New tool aims to ease the journey for head and neck cancer survivors and caregivers
NCT ID NCT05811936
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a program called SNAP that helps head and neck cancer survivors and their caregivers after radiation treatment. The program includes a needs assessment, a personalized care plan, and a mobile app. Researchers want to see if it reduces symptoms for survivors and eases the burden on caregivers.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 352 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Patient Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age \>18 2. Stage I-IV non-metastatic HNC (i.e., lip/oral cavity, nasopharynx, salivary gland, oropharynx, hypopharynx, paranasal sinus, larynx and cutaneous cancers) 3. Currently receiving radiation treatment (with/without surgery and/or concurrent chemotherapy) with curative intent 4. Able to nominate caregiver, the primary support person, also interested in participating Caregiver Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age \>18 2. Provide care for a loved one with stage I-IV HNC 3. Agrees to participate after being nominated Patient Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who do not read/understand English 2. Patients who are cognitively impaired and cannot complete interviews as judged by the referring health care provider 3. Patients concurrently diagnosed with and/or receiving treatment for a second "significant" primary cancer, except the following: * Excised and cured non-melanoma skin cancer * Carcinoma in situ of breast or cervix * Superficial bladder cancer * Stage 1 differentiated thyroid cancer that is resected or observed * pT1a/pT1b prostate cancer comprising \<5% of resected tissue with normal prostate specific antigen (PSA) since resection * cT1a/cT1b prostate cancer treated with brachytherapy Caregiver Exclusion Criteria: 1. Inability to read or understand English 2. Cognitively impaired and cannot complete interviews, as judged by the referring health care provider
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Medical University of South Carolina
RECRUITINGCharleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States
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