# A Trial Comparing Two Modalities of Prophylactic Nutritional Support During Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer

> **NCT01985438** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre** · enrollment: 100 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Head and Neck Neoplasms

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement
- **PROCEDURE:** nasogastric tube placement

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01985438
- **Lead sponsor:** Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2013-11
- **Primary completion:** 2015-06
- **Final completion:** 2015-06
- **Target enrollment:** 100 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2013-12-12


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01985438

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01985438, "A Trial Comparing Two Modalities of Prophylactic Nutritional Support During Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01985438. Licensed CC0.

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