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Saliva characteristics in health and disease

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: null- (22 oral cancer, 22 potentially malignant lesions, 22 tobacco usersand 22 controls)
Registration Number
CTRI/2018/01/011566
Lead Sponsor
Manipal College of Dental Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

Oral cancer group: Histopathologically confirmed cases of Oral cancer and who were above 18 years of age would be included.

Potentially malignant lesions group: Histopathologically confirmed cases of potentially malignant lesions (leukoplakia, oral sub-mucous fibrosis) and who were above 18 years of age would be included.

Tobacco users group: Known habitual tobacco users (of more than 1 year smoking or smokeless tobacco) and who were above 18 years of age would be included.

Control groups: Healthy individuals, without the habit of tobacco, with no gross pathologies and

who were above 18 years of age would be included.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with systemic disease, patient had a history of prior

malignancy, immunodeficiency, other autoimmune disorders, hepatitis, or human

immunodeficiency virus infection; and prior treatment in the form of chemotherapy,

radiotherapy, surgery or alternative medicine, pregnancy or lactation

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Salivary MMP - 9Timepoint: Baseline (immediately)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
ATimepoint: NA
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