Ginger effect on salivary secretio
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Xerostomia.Disturbances of salivary secretion
- Registration Number
- IRCT2013120915723N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria were:
1- Patients had a history of head and neck cancer and its treatment with high-dose radiotherapy of 45 Gy have been..
2-At least 6 months past the end of radiotherapy patients.
3 - Age above 18 years
4 - confirms xerostomia questionnaire with Fox
5 - to sign a consent form inclusion
Criteria excluded :
1 - Pregnancy
2 - Patients with more than 3 months has passed from cancer treatment.
3 - Patients who can not take food by mouth.
4 - Radiation therapy to patients who have not received their full.
5 - Patients with Sjogren's syndrome or other causes of dry mouth (except radiation) are.
Exclusion criteria were:
1 - pregnancy during the study
2 - Sensitivity Ginger.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Xerostomia. Timepoint: Beginning of the study, two weeks after baseline (end of study). Method of measurement: Questionnaire.;Weight of unstimulation saliva. Timepoint: Beginning of the study, two weeks after baseline (end of study). Method of measurement: Milligrams.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improved quality of life. Timepoint: Beginning of the study two weeks after baseline (end of study). Method of measurement: Questionnaire.