Intravenous Versus Subcutaneous Amifostine in Prevention of Xerostomia After RT for Head and Neck Carcinomas

NCT00158691 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 296

Last updated 2005-09-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Prospective randomized study in order to compare intravenous versus subcutaneous administration of amifostine in patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Salivary flow will be evaluated during few years after the treatment by a clinical evaluation, the measure of the weight of saliva and a patient benefit questionnaire cotation.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Ethyol

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Schering-Plough

    collaborator INDUSTRY
  • Groupe Oncologie Radiotherapie Tete et Cou

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Etienne Bardet, MD · Centre Régional de Lutte contre le Cancer de Nantes-Atlantique

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-03-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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