Clinical trials: Progressive Dysphagia
Dysphagia, Oropharyngeal, Dysphagia
Slow-Stream Expiratory Muscle Strength Training for Veterans With Dysphagia Living in Long-term Care
Sunnybrook Veterans Centre (VC) is a long-term care (LTC) facility with many elderly residents living with swallowing disorders who are at high risk of developing pneumonia from aspirating food/liquid into their lungs.
- Conditions
- Dysphagia, Oropharyngeal, Dysphagia, Dysphagia, Progressive, Aging
- Trial name
- NCT04064333
- Testing
- Slow-Stream Expiratory Muscle Strength Training
- Where
- Canada
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Zenker Diverticulum, Progressive Dysphagia
Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction and Esophageal Diverticulum
Patients undergoing open transcervical or endoscopic approach in which a laser or stapler is used to divide the common wall between the diverticulum and esophagus, or who are not surgical candidates but agree to follow-up.
- Conditions
- Zenker Diverticulum, Progressive Dysphagia, Pharyngoesophageal Diverticulum
- Trial name
- NCT03187925
- Testing
- open, transcervical versus rigid endoscopic treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati