NCT01833650Completed
The Use of Candy and Honey in Decreasing Salivary Gland Damage Following Radioiodine Therapy for Thyroid Cancer
A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effectiveness of Candy and Honey in Decreasing Salivary Gland Damage Following Radioiodine Therapy for Thyroid Cancer
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of honey mouthwashes in the prevention of salivary side effects of 131I (radioiodine) therapy.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 120 (actual)
- First submitted
- 11 Apr 2013
- Start date
- 1 Feb 2018
- Primary completion date
- 1 Aug 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Cyprus University of Technology
- Diseases
- Thyroid cancer, Childhood cancers
- NCT number
- NCT01833650
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 120
- From 1 Feb 2018 to the primary completion date, 1 Aug 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- previous radioiodine therapy or external radiation to the head or neck
Other illness
- a history of salivary-gland disorders,
- collagen tissue disease
- diabetes mellitus,
- allergy to the honey
Other
- patients who had distant metastases,
Who the study is looking for
- \>18 years old
- They had a histological diagnosis of papillary, follicular, medullary or anaplastic thyroid cancer
- They had undergone total thyroidectomy
- They were able to provide consent
Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of Cyprus Oncology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nicosia | Cyprus | Unknown status |
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