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Hyperbaric Oxygen for the Treatment of a Dry Mouth Which Occurred After Radiotherapy

NCT00682747 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 13

Last updated 2016-10-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether hyperbaric oxygen is effective in the treatment of a dry mouth that occured after radiotherapy for head and neck tumours.

Conditions

  • Radiation-induced Xerostomia

Interventions

DRUG

Hyperbaric oxygen

40 treatments with hyperbaric oxygen once per day, five days per week, 2.4 ATA, 100 % oxygen (10-15 minutes compression with air, 90 min of oxygen breathing - two 10 minutes break for breathing air after each 30 minutes of oxygen, 10 minutes decompression with oxygen

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Verband Deutscher Druckkammerzentren

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Thomas Kuhnt

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas Kuhnt, MD · University Hospital Rostock, Clinic for Radiotherapy

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
2008-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-03-31
Completion
2011-03-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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