Assessment of combined efficacy of gargling with drakshaguloochyadi and chewing with khadiradi vati in curative intended radiotherapy induced xerostomia in head and neck cancer
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: R682- Dry mouth, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/12/022396
- Lead Sponsor
- Amrita School of Ayurveda
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients underwent radiotherapy diagnosed with head and neck cancer suffering from xerostomia
Patient presenting with symptoms of dry mouth like difficulty in chewing and swallowing Impairment in sense of taste and smell and difficulty in talking
Patients having unstimulated whole saliva flow rate less than 0.3ml/min and stimulated whole saliva flow rate less than 1ml/min
Exclusion Criteria
Patients diagnosed with sjogrens syndrome
Patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus
Patients diagnosed with any other systemic diseases having dryness of mouth
Patients having other oral diseases like oral mucositis and oral ulcers
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Questionnaire to assess xerostomiaTimepoint: 1st day <br/ ><br>31st day
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sialometry <br/ ><br>pH of saliva <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1st day <br/ ><br>31st day