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FRENCH THERAPEUTIC EDUCATION PROGRAM AIMING TO IMPROVE LARYNGECTOMIZED PATIENTS' AND THEIR FAMILY CAREGIVER'S QUALITY OF LIFE

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllUniversity Hospital, Caen
NCT04569500 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The therapeutic education of patients and their close relations is, as yet, poorly developed in France in the field of oncology (Pérol2007), in particular for cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract (Allison2010). In the case of pharyngeal and laryngeal cancer, total laryngectomy associated with radiotherapy remains a reference treatment for advanced stage cancers. This mutilating surgical procedure has a major impact on the patient's life, due to its physical and functional sequelae: phonatory (loss of physiological voice), feeding, olfactory and aesthetic (tracheostomy). Its psychosocial consequences are also important, owing to the biographical disruption and the identity-related metamorphoses associated with illness and its treatment, which alter the quality of life not only of patients, but also of their close relations. Indeed, transformation is not only at individual level, it al

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Patient inclusion criteria * Patients over 18 having been treated by total laryngectomy for cancer of the larynx, pharynx or cervical esophagus. * Patients accepting to participate in the study (informed consent form explained and signed). * Patient having not been undergone a PTE * Person affiliated with an appropriate social security system. Close relation inclusion criteria * Person over 18 designated as being a close relation by the laryngectomized patient (confidential person, spouse, parent, natural support person or any person whose quality of life may be impacted by the patient's laryngectomy). * Close relation accepting to participate in the study (informed consent form explained and signed). * Person authorized by the patient to be contacted by the investigator, in order to propose his/her participation in the research study. * Person affiliated with an appropriate social security system. Patient exclusion criteria - Physical, psychical, psychiatric or cognitive incapacity to answer to questions or participate in interviews/sessions. Close relation exclusion criteria \- Physical, psychical, psychiatric or cognitive incapacity to answer to questions or participate in interviews/sessions.
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What it tests

  • PETAL program
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Where

1 site
CHU Caen
Caen, France
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
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