Laser Therapy in Preventing Oral Mucositis in Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation

NCT00024037 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2010-06-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Oral Complications

Interventions

PROCEDURE

management of therapy complications

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mark M. Schubert, DDS, MSD · Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Study Design

Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1995-04-30
Completion
2002-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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