NCT03481647Recruiting
Evaluation of an Oral Care Programme for Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Evaluation of an Oral Care Programme for Patients Undergoing Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer Regarding Mucositis, Oral Health, Epigenetic Modifications, Patient-related Factors, Quality of Life and Health Economy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 20 Apr 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study will evaluate the effect of an intensified oral care programme on prevalence, severity and duration of mucositis in patients undergoing treatment for cancer in the head and neck region. Patients in the control group get professional oral care once a week.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 150 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 16 Jan 2018
- Start date
- 8 Jan 2018
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Göteborg University
- Diseases
- Head and neck cancer
- NCT number
- NCT03481647
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 150
- From 8 Jan 2018 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2026
- 2 sites 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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Other illness
- Patients with recurrent cancer
- Patients with severe cognitive impairment.
Who the study is looking for
- Patients scheduled to receive full dose of curative RT including major salivary glands in the radiation field
Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute of odontology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gothenburg | Sweden | Active, not recruiting |
| Lanssjukhuset Ryhov Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jönköping | Sweden | Recruiting |
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