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Lookup NU author(s): David Hamilton, James O'HaraORCiD, Amar Rajgor, Mhairi Anderson, Kim Keltie, Professor Dawn Teare, Professor Linda Sharp
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© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ.INTRODUCTION: Laryngeal cancer disproportionately affects socioeconomically disadvantaged patients. Treatment can render a patient nil by mouth or in need of a permanent tracheostomy. In the past 30 years, survival has remained at best static and at worst it has declined. Currently, there is no method of prognosticating how a patient will respond to treatment.The LARyngeal Cancer coHort (LARCH) aims to establish how survival and quality-of-life outcomes compare between surgery and (chemo)radiotherapy in early and advanced laryngeal cancer and how the presenting features of laryngeal cancer influence oncological, functional and quality-of-life outcome. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This study is the first enhanced laryngeal cancer disease cohort. In the initial phase, we aim to deliver a prospective cohort study of 150 patients in 8 centres over a 3-year period.Patient, tumour, quality-of-life and laryngeal functional data will be collected from patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx at baseline, 6, 12 and 24 months. Multiple logistic regression analyses will be used to quantify locoregional control and identify factors associated with control overall and by treatment modality and identify factors associated with quality of life overall and by treatment modality. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Most interventions take place as part of routine care, with LARCH providing a mechanism for recording this data centrally. When successfully recruiting in the North of England, we plan to roll out LARCH nationwide; in the future, LARCH can be used as a trial platform in the disease. The results will be submitted for publication in high-impact international peer-reviewed journals and presented to scientific meetings. Access to the anonymised LARCH dataset by other researchers will be publicised and promoted. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN27819867.
Author(s): Hamilton DW, O'Hara J, Rajgor A, Selby G, Anderson M, Keltie K, Parker R, Teare D, Patterson J, Jones TM, Sharp L
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: BMJ Open
Year: 2023
Volume: 13
Issue: 1
Print publication date: 13/01/2023
Online publication date: 13/01/2023
Acceptance date: 04/01/2023
Date deposited: 31/01/2023
ISSN (electronic): 2044-6055
Publisher: BMJ Group
URL: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067561
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067561
PubMed id: 36639211
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