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Predictive and Impact of Pain After 6 Months of Radiotherapy, in Head and Neck Cancer

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllUniversity Hospital, Caen
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Head and neck cancers are a source of complications and after-effects related to the disease and treatment. These cancers and their treatment alter the quality of life of patients and generate pain with physical and psychological components. Chronic pain affects 36% of patients at 6 months and 30% after this period. These pains are responsible for the consumption of level II and III analgesics in 53% of these patients. At the same time, after the end of treatment, nearly a quarter of patients continued to smoke and half still consumed alcohol at least twice a week. The hypothesis of this research is to investigate the correlation between pain and the continuation of addictions, the occurrence of depressive states, asthenia and the alteration of the patients' global quality of life. The investigators propose a two-center prospective cohort study to evaluate this hypothesis at 6 months a

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๐Ÿ“‹ Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with a first Head and neck cancer whose therapeutic sequence involves radiotherapy * Patient over 18 years of age * Having given written consent * patient not previously treated with radiotherapy * Life expectancy \> 3 months * World Health Organization (WHO) score \< 3 * Histologically proven Head and Neck cancer * Stable patient, with no signs of recurrence or other progressive neoplasia at the time of the examination * Patient treated with radiotherapy * Patient fluent in French Exclusion Criteria: * Non-consenting patient * History of malignancy, other than treated and cured basal cell or cervical cancer * Patient who has had a salvage surgery other than lymph node removal * Patient with evidence of recurrence or other progressive neoplasia at the time of examination * Patient who has had previous mutilating surgery (causing sequelae of swallowing and eating) * Uncontrolled infectious pathology * Patient under 18 years of age * Patient who is not fluent in French * Patient with a psychiatric pathology that could disrupt the study or prevent the interpretation of the results.
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What it tests

  • Questionnaire
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Where

1 site
Caen University Hospital
Caen, France
๐Ÿค Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible โ€” always decide together with your own doctor.
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