# Cough, Expiratory Training, and Chronic Aspiration After Head and Neck Radiotherapy

> **NCT02662907** · NA · ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · sponsor: **M.D. Anderson Cancer Center** · enrollment: 175 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Head and Neck Cancer

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Barium Swallow
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Questionnaires
- **DEVICE:** Expiratory Muscle Strength Training (EMST) Device
- **DEVICE:** Digital Manometer
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Neurocognitive Exams
- **DRUG:** Barium

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02662907
- **Lead sponsor:** M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2016-02-01
- **Primary completion:** 2027-02-02
- **Final completion:** 2027-02-02
- **Target enrollment:** 175 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-16

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02662907

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02662907, "Cough, Expiratory Training, and Chronic Aspiration After Head and Neck Radiotherapy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02662907. Licensed CC0.

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