Salivary Gland Surgery Before Radiation Therapy in Preventing Radiation-Caused Xerostomia in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Head and Neck Cancer, Radiation Toxicity, Xerostomia
In brief
RATIONALE: Moving a salivary gland out of the area that will undergo radiation therapy may protect the gland from side effects of radiation therapy and may prevent xerostomia (dry mouth). PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of salivary gland surgery in preventing xerostomia in patients who are undergoing radiation therapy for head and neck cancer.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00068237
- Run by
- Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
- People needed
- 49
- Starts
- 2003-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-02-05
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- University of Florida Shands Cancer Center — Gainesville, Florida, United States
- University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center - Miami — Miami, Florida, United States
- Cancer Institute at St. John's Hospital — Springfield, Illinois, United States
- Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Hospital — Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Medical Center — Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Hollings Cancer Center at Medical University of South Carolina — Charleston, South Carolina, United States
- M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at University of Texas — Houston, Texas, United States
- Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Milwaukee — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- Cross Cancer Institute at University of Alberta — Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Doctor H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre — St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec — Québec, Quebec, Canada
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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