Dexamethasone for Treatment of Radiation-related Fatigue in Patients Receiving RT for Head-neck and Lung Cancer

NCT02410382 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 79

Last updated 2019-05-14

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Summary

This study will look at how dexamethasone and placebo influence radiation fatigue, quality of life and number of treatment days missed during radiation therapy or radiation therapy and chemotherapy for cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Dexamethasone

oral dexamethasone 4 mg bid for 14 days

DRUG

Placebo

oral placebo

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Arizona

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sun Yi, MD · University of Arizona

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-08-27
Primary Completion
2018-02-16
Completion
2018-02-16

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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