Chemotherapy and radiotherapy induced oral mucositis
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients • over the age of 18 years old • With a diagnosis of head and neck cancer who are to receive at least 50Gy of radiotherapy, with or without concomitant / neoadjuvant chemotherapy and where fields include at least 50% of the oral cavity. • With a diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) or Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) who are due to receive intensive chemotherapy • Patients receiving high dose methotrexate • Undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation • Written informed consent as a positive Are the trial subjects under 18? no Number of subjects for this age range: F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who • Are unable to give written informed consent • Are unable to comprehend or record the self-reporting questionnaires, which will be used to assess symptoms. • Are allergic to any of the constituents of Mugard or standard therapy. • Are expected to move to another institution before completion of this study. • Show signs of existing oral mucositis before commencement of treatment • Are under the age of 18 years
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Main Objective: Does the use of Mugard in the management of patients with chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy-induced oral mucositis (severe intraoral ulceration), offer significant advantage in reducing the time of onset, duration or severity of intraoral lesions?; Secondary Objective: Secondary Response Criteria • Tolerability • Pain • Ability to eat and drink • Recruitment rate • Concordance rate • Attrition / Follow up • Acceptability of trial events • Acceptable data collection methods • Acceptable data capturing tools • Acceptable delivery of intervention • Refining interventions • Assessment of resources needed for large scale trial • Obtaining estimate of SD of outcome measures • Obtain estimate of ICC of outcome measures ;Primary end point(s): Time of onset, duration and severity of intraoral lesions | — |
Countries
United Kingdom