S9908: Glutamine in Treating Mucositis Caused by Radiation Therapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Cancer of the Mouth or Throat
Stopped early · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Cancer-related Problem/Condition, Head and Neck Cancer, Pain
In brief
RATIONALE: Glutamine may be effective in decreasing side effects, such as inflammation of the mouth and throat, caused by radiation therapy. The effectiveness of glutamine for mucositis is not yet known. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of glutamine in treating patients who develop mucositis following radiation therapy for newly diagnosed cancer of the mouth or throat.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00006994
- Run by
- SWOG Cancer Research Network
- People needed
- 23
- Starts
- 2001-11-01
- Expected to finish
- 2006-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-11-18
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- CCOP - Western Regional, Arizona — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Carl T. Hayden) — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson — Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Arizona Cancer Center at University of Arizona Health Sciences Center — Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan) — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center — Duarte, California, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach — Long Beach, California, United States
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital — Los Angeles, California, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - West Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California, United States
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA — Los Angeles, California, United States
- Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez — Martinez, California, United States
- CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute — Oakland, California, United States
- Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of California Irvine Cancer Center — Orange, California, United States
- University of California Davis Cancer Center — Sacramento, California, United States
- UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center — San Francisco, California, United States
- CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital — Santa Rosa, California, United States
- David Grant Medical Center — Travis Air Force Base, California, United States
- University of Colorado Cancer Center at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center — Aurora, Colorado, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver — Denver, Colorado, United States
- MBCCOP - Howard University Cancer Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tampa (Haley) — Tampa, Florida, United States
- CCOP - Atlanta Regional — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center — Fort Gordon, Georgia, United States
- MBCCOP - Gulf Coast — Mobile, Alabama, United States
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