Evaluating Pre-Treatment Vestibular Physical Therapy Rehab for Patients with Vestibular Schwannomas
The study is a pilot efficacy study. The investigators aim to estimate mean baseline and post-treatment balance scores among Vestibular Schwannomas (VS) patients undergoing pretreatment rehab (PREHAB) or no PREHAB when managed with either surgery or radiosurgery.
• Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
• Male or female participants ≥18 years of age.
• Initial diagnosis of a Vestibular Schwannoma confirmed by a physician with an internal auditory canal (IAC) MRI, in accordance with standard or institutional practice
• VS patients who present with a tumor size ≤2.5 cm and will be treated with surgery or SRS
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status \<2
• Within 14 days of study registration, participants must have normal laboratory values that support safe treatment, at the discretion of the treating investigator
• Be willing to adhere to outlined study protocol criteria and complete self-reported questionnaires (translations may be made available if the patient' primary language is not English).
• For females of reproductive potential: must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test 7 prior to enrollment and agreement to use of highly effective contraception method during study participation and for an additional 24 weeks after the completion of stereotactic radiosurgery.