Effects of a Nursing-based Oral Care Program for the Prevention of 5-Fluorouracil Chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis in Patients with solid Tumors

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• Conditions: Chemotherapie-induced oral mucositis; K12.1; Other forms of stomatitis

• Registration Number: DRKS00000248
• Lead Sponsor: Hochschule Furtwangen

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-01-14
• Study Completion: 2012-05-21
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 141

Inclusion Criteria

Patients, who consent to the participation of the study
Patients with solid Tumors
legal capacity
5-Fluorouracil Chemotherapy with a dose > 400mg/m2 body surface area per application

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who could not consent to the participation of the study
Patients coeval enclosed to another RCT
Patients who addict drugs and/or alcohol
Patients who have infectious disease
Patients who got a chemptherapie within last 6 month
Patients who get head or neck-radiotherapy
Patients with an acute oral mucositis before beginning of chemotherapie
Long distances to patients domicile

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Appearance of an oral mucositis (WHO 1 or higher) beetween day 8 an 12 after first, second and third application of chemotherapie

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intesity and duration of oral mucositis<br>Oral health releated quality of life<br>Activities of oral hygiene<br>adherence<br>