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Efficacy of Prophylactic Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) Performed by Nurses for Decreasing Severity of Oral Mucositis During Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSC) Transplantation

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Hematologic Malignancy
Interventions
Device: Laser treatment
Device: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT02696408
Lead Sponsor
Institut de Cancérologie de la Loire
Brief Summary

The LLLT has an anti-inflammatory, analgesic effect and accelerates the healing of ulcerated lesions. There are little data in the literature showing its efficacy in prevention of mucositis in cohorts of patients with hematopoietic stem cells transplantation.

The main objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of a prophylactic low level laser therapy performed by nurses on the severity of oral mucositis during HSCT.

Detailed Description

The main end point for efficacy is the reduction of severe mucositis (grade 3 or more). The secondary efficacy endpoints are the reduction of mucositis, whatever the grade, the reduction of time with mucositis, the time to onset of mucositis symptoms, the reduction of pain intensity and evaluation of quality of life.The secondary endpoints for safety are severe adverse events and potential toxicity. Patients will be allocated at inclusion with a 1/1 ratio either to laser-on or laser-off groups. In the laser group, patients will undergo laser therapy performed by nurses, which will consist of irradiation of the whole oral cavity during 2 minutes with 250mW power. In the laser-off group, laser therapy will be carried out with equipment off during the same time, and still performed by nurses. Protective eye shields will be used to avoid detrimental effects on eyes and to keep the subjects blind.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
234
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patient undergoing autologous or allogeneic HSC (Hematopoietic Stem Cell) transplantation with myeloablative conditioning
  • Patient affiliated to a social security
  • Signed inform consent
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patient undergoing HSCT (Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation) with reduced intensity conditioning Slavin (FB2) or Seattle (F-2 Gy TBI)
  • Protected major patient
  • Pregnant woman
  • Patient with pacemaker
  • Epileptic Patient

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Laser treatmentLaser treatmentpreventive treatment performed by nurses of mucositis by laser treating daily by scanning the entire oral cavity for 2 minutes with a power of 250 mW associated with mouthwashes several times a day (standard preventive treatment of mucositis)
laser-offPlacebodaily laser-off session performed by nurses associated with mouthwashes several times a day (standard preventive treatment of mucositis)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
prevalence of grade 3 mucositis and more30 days

prevalence of grade 3 and more mucositis following the classification proposed by WHO (world health organization)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain30 days

Pain will be reported for each patient during their participation: 30 days post graft maximum.

Quality of life30 days

Quality of life will be reported for each patient during their participation: 30 days post graft maximum.

time of onset of mucositis30 days

time of onset of mucositis will be assessed by measuring the interval between the beginning of packaging and the first day of mucositis has been assessed at a grade 1

number of all grades of mucositis30 days

The number of all grades of mucositis will be reported at day 30 post graft for all patients.

Safety30 days

serious adverse events will be reported for each patient during their participation: 30 days post graft maximum.

duration of mucositis30 days

The duration of mucositis will be reported at day 30 post graft for all patients.

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

Centre Léon Bérard

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Lyon, France

Institut de Cancérologie Lucien Neuwirth

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Saint-Priest en Jarez, France

Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud

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Pierre Bénite, France

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