Oral mucositis. Oral mucositis (ulcerative)
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group will receive hospital's routine prophylactic therapy, which is cholorhexidine mouthwash, and Achillea's extract mouthwash. After preparation of Achillea's extractio
Treatment - Drugs
Intervention group will receive hospital's routine prophylactic therapy, which is cholorhexidine mouthwash, and Achillea's extract mouthwash. After preparation of Achillea's extraction, it is used fo
Control group will receive hospital's routine prophylactic therapy, which is cholorhexidine mouthwash. 5 ml Cholorhexidine mouthwash will be used once daily. Patients will be asked not to eat, drink
Sponsors
Hematology and Oncology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to 85 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: AML patients including both male or female ones, aged between 16-85 who are candidate for chemotherapy; Exclusion criteria: Pregnancy; Patients who are not volunteer; Patients with less than 3 weeks duration of hospitalization; Patients with mucositis
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Duration of mucositis. Timepoint: From begining of chemotherapy until 21 days later. Method of measurement: Counting number of days.;Severity of mucositis. Timepoint: First day of chemotherapy until 21 days later. Method of measurement: WHO oral mucositis scale. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Amount of analgesics requested for pain caused by mouth sores. Timepoint: First day of chemotherapy until 21 days later. Method of measurement: Type and dosage of analgesics recorded in patients records in 21 days duration. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactSimin Mashayekhi
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed