Caphosol as a therapeutic option in patients with breast- or colorectal cancer at risk for chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis
- Conditions
- 10006291mucositisstomatitis
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON38087
- Lead Sponsor
- Maxima Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
* Patients 18 years or older
* Patients first diagnosed with breast cancer receiving FE100C x6, FE100C x3 and docetaxel x3, TAC x6, FAC x6, AC x4 followed with Docetaxel x4, AC x4 followed with Docetaxel/Trastuzumab x4. Patients diagnosed with first colorectal cancer receiving FOLFOX-IV x9 (+/- bevacizumab), XelOx x8 (+/- bevacizumab)
* Patients with clinically assessed >grade 2 oral mucositis in any of the first three cycles of chemotherapy and that receive at least two subsequent chemotherapy cycles of the same therapeutic agent
* Willingness not to use marketed oral mucositis drugs, rinses or artificial saliva (Gelclair, Mugard, Evomucy, Biotene, Oral Balance, Magic Mouthwash) for 2 cycles when on standard oral care
* Written informed consent
*Receiving palifermin
*Receiving low level laser therapy
*Dose adjustment in chemotherapy dosages up till the chemotherapy cycle following the chemotherapy cycle in which oral mucositis > grade 2 is assessed.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>To evaluate the effectiveness of a calcium phosphate mouth rinse (Caphosol) on<br /><br>the burden of disease of moderate and severe oral mucositis (WHO scale grade<br /><br>II-IV)</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The effect of oral mucositis on planned chemotherapy dosing<br /><br>The consumption of hospital resources used to treat oral mucositis</p><br>