Evaluation of an Oral Care Programme for Head and Neck Cancer Patients

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Conditions studied: Head and Neck Cancer

In brief

This study will evaluate the effect of an intensified oral care programme on prevalence, severity and duration of mucositis in patients undergoing treatment for cancer in the head and neck region. Patients in the control group get professional oral care once a week.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03481647

Run by

Göteborg University

People needed

150

Starts

2018-01-08

Expected to finish

2026-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-04-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients scheduled to receive full dose of curative RT including major salivary glands in the radiation field

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with recurrent cancer
• Patients with severe cognitive impairment.

Where it is running

• Länssjukhuset Ryhov — Jönköping, Sweden (enrolling)
• Institute of odontology — Gothenburg, Sweden

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