Herbal mouth wash to minimise radiation induced mucositis in head and neck cancer patients
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C00-C14- Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/04/024851
- Lead Sponsor
- Regional Cancer Centre Trivandrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with oral cancer undergoing radical / adjuvant radiotherapy with or without surgery will be included.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who require adjuvant chemoradiation will not be included.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To find out whether the two forms of mouth wash is useful in minimizing side effects of radiation in patients undergoing radiotherapy for oral cancers in terms of oral hygiene, in minimising oral mucositis and in decreasing the severity of analgesic and antibiotic usage. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: At baseline, Weekly, <br/ ><br>at the end of radiotherapy treatment and 6 weeks after the treatment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method degree of xerostomia, intolerance to spicy food and the tumour response.Timepoint: 6 weeks after the completion of treatment