Health Condition 1: null- Prevention of mucositis in the group of patients undergoing hematopoetic stem cell transplant
Conditions
Interventions
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Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age between 10 and 70 years. 2. Karnofsky Performance Score >= 70%. 3. Confirmed histological diagnosis of cancer/leukaemia for which haematopoietic stem cell transplantation is as approved modality of therapy. 4. Patients eligible to receive high-dose chemotherapy as part of conditioning regime. 5. Concomitant co morbid condition if present, controlled by medicines. 6. Serum creatinine ï?¼ 1.8mg/dl. 7. Total bilirubin ï?¼ 2mg/dl. 8. Liver enzymes within three times of normal limit. 9. Expected survival > 6 months.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant women and lactating mothers. 2. Patients with history of AIDS 3. Patients who have taken any other investigational product in last 4 weeks. 4. Patients having untreated symptomatic dental infection. 5. Patients with WHO Grade 3 or 4 oral Mucositis. 6. Other serious concurrent illness. 7. Inconclusive histological diagnosis. 8. Patients on anticancer antibiotics. 9. Patients with signs and symptoms of systemic infections. 10. Patientâ??s/guardianâ??s refusal to sign informed consent.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Determine the incidence of grade III and IV mucositis in patients undergoing allogeneic or autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantationTimepoint: daily assessment of mucositis till resolution or till 24 days. whichever is earlier. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 2. Determine the incidence of Grade I and II mucositis in patients undergoing allogeneic or autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (Criteria for assessment is given in Appendix 1). 3. Duration of and time period for healing of chemotherapy induced oral mucositis. 4. Determine incidence and severity of dysphagia Timepoint: daily assessment of mucostits till resolution or day 24 of the treatment. | — |
Countries
India