NCT07029854Not yet recruiting
Laser Acupoints Stimulation on Xerostomia Related Chemoradiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 19 Jun 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of the study is to evaluate to effect of LASER acupoints stimulations on xerostomia patients during chemoradiation therapy after head and neck cancer.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 54 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 12 Jun 2025
- Start date
- 18 Jun 2025
- Primary completion date
- 18 Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Cairo University
- Diseases
- Head and neck cancer
- NCT number
- NCT07029854
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 54
- From 18 Jun 2025 to the primary completion date, 18 Aug 2025
- 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
- They had taken any drug or herbal medicine in the past 30 days that could affect salivary function.
- Any therapy that may affect treatment.
Other illness
- They had a history of xerostomia;
- They had known bleeding disorders.
- They had history of cerebrovascular accident or spinal cord injury.
Other
- They had suspected or confirmed physical closure of salivary gland.
- ducts on either side.
- They Were taking heparin or warfarin.
- They had contraindications for the use of acupuncture at any acupoints.
- They were planning to, or ended up taking such a substance during the study.
Who the study is looking for
- Chemoradiation therapy
- Carcinoma in the head and neck area (NPC)
- Anatomically intact parotid and submandibular glands.
- All patients will be clinically and medically stable when attending the study.
Age in the registry: 40 years to 70 years · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Hussein university Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cairo | Egypt | Unknown status |
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