Fenretinide in Treating Patients With Leukoplakia of the Mouth

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Head and Neck Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain drugs to try to prevent the development of or treat early cancer. Fenretinide may be an effective drug in treating leukoplakia. PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to study the effectiveness of fenretinide in treating patients who have leukoplakia of the mouth.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00004161
Run by
University of Alabama at Birmingham
People needed
30
Starts
1997-06-01
Expected to finish
2004-01-01
Last updated by the study team
2013-04-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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