Voice box (larynx) cancer
VoiceS: Voice Quality After Transoral CO2-Laser Surgery Versus Single Vocal Cord Irradiation for Larynx Cancer
Where to go
1 hospital in India taking patients for this trial.
Registry summary (technical)
Laser surgery and radiotherapy are well-established standards of care for unilateral stage 0 \& I carcinoma in situ (Cais) and squamous cell carcinoma of glottic larynx (SCCGL). Based on meta-analyses, functional and oncological outcome after both treatment modalities are comparable1-5. However, no properly conducted randomized trials comparing these treatments exist. The only such trial with the endpoint of voice quality had to be prematurely closed due to low accrual6. The traditional radiotherapy involves the treatment of the whole larynx. Recently, a new radiotherapy technique was introdu…
Sponsor: Olgun Elicin
NCT04057209 on ClinicalTrials.gov
Last updated on the registry 7 Oct 2025 · read by us 20 Oct 2026