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Laser Therapy in Preventing Oral Mucositis in Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
First Received: September 13, 2001   Last Updated: May 9, 2009   History of Changes
Sponsors and Collaborators: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00024037
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Laser therapy may reduce the severity of symptoms and speed healing of oral mucositis. It is not yet known if laser therapy is effective in preventing oral mucositis.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase II/III trial to determine the effectiveness of laser therapy in preventing oral mucositis in patients who are undergoing bone marrow transplantation.


Condition Intervention Phase
Oral Complications
Procedure: management of therapy complications
Phase II
Phase III

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Supportive Care
Official Title: A Phase II/III Blinded Randomized Trial to Determine the Efficacy of Low Energy Diode Laser Therapy (650 nm or 780 nm) to Prevent Oral Mucositis Following Bone Marrow Transplantation

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Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Study Start Date: April 1995
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine whether low-energy laser therapy can prevent oral mucositis in patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Patients are randomized to one of three treatment arms. Arm I: Patients undergo low-energy laser therapy with visible red light (650 nm) daily over 15-20 minutes beginning on the first day of their transplant conditioning regimen and continuing until day 2 after bone marrow transplantation. Arm II: Patients undergo low-energy laser therapy with invisible infra-red light (780 nm) daily on the same schedule as in arm I. Arm III: Patients undergo sham laser therapy daily on the same schedule as in arm I. Patients are followed on days 3, 7, 10, 14, 18, 21, and 24.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 66 patients (22 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   12 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: At risk of developing oral mucositis due to toxicity resulting from one of the following: Preparative chemoradiotherapy Multiple drug conditioning regimens Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Over 12 Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Other: Able to carry out routine oral care No active oral, viral, bacterial, or fungal infections No active uncontrolled oral bleeding that would preclude laser therapy

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: Not specified Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified Other: Not currently enrolled on other protocols with oral mucositis as a stated end point (e.g., conditioning regimen toxicity trials or GVHD prophylaxis trials) No other concurrent investigational drugs or agents for the prevention or treatment of mucositis No concurrent photosensitizing agents

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00024037

Locations
United States, Washington
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109-1024
Sponsors and Collaborators
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Investigators
Study Chair: Mark M. Schubert, DDS, MSD Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  More Information

Additional Information:
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Study ID Numbers: CDR0000068886, FHCRC-1001.00, NCI-G01-2008
Study First Received: September 13, 2001
Last Updated: May 9, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00024037     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
oral complications

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Mouth Diseases
Stomatitis
Mucositis
Stomatognathic Diseases

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Mouth Diseases
Stomatitis
Stomatognathic Diseases

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