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Filter by:Cancer treatment, including radiation along with aggressive chemotherapy, increases the patient's survival rate. However, they possess toxic side effects. Oral mucositis is one of the most serious complications of cancer treatment, which occurs in most of patients receiving cancer therapy. Mucositis can dramatically affect the patient's quality of life .Epidermal growth factor (EGF) is a dominant factor in early keratinocyte differentiation, proliferation and migration. However, a major obstacle in most studies is that there isn't prolonged contact between the applied treatment and the oral mucosa to achieve the optimum therapeutic effect. Thus, a new vehicle for EGF is needed to achieve sufficient prolonged contact with oral mucosa. The present project aims at employing EGF as therapeutic agent for mucositis dealing with the challenges of delivery of such macromolecule to the oral mucosa by using self-healing gels to maximize the drug effect.
The investigators plan to conduct a 3-year pioneering care research project for mucositis in cancer patients. These include: (1) an analysis of the incidence and severity of mucositis, severity, treatment methods, and treatment costs; (2) an RCT comparing the effectiveness of honey, Taiwan green propolis, and usual care in mucositis of cancer patients; (3) monitoring of related symptom changes using a smart bracelet device; (4) a measurement of IL-1, IL-6, IL-10, and TNF, Microbiota in saliva, Microbiota in stool and (4) modeling of the trend of mucositis for alertness and search of essential parameters of the complications.
Oral mucositis (OM) is a major source of morbidity in patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) is an antioxidant, widely used as mucolytic agent or antidote of acetaminophen overdose hepatotoxicity. we intend to explore the safety and efficacy of NAC in the prevention of OM after high-dose chemotherapy and autologous HCT in a phase III, randomized, open label and multi-center study.
Oral mucositis consequences can range from pain, decreased oral intake, impaired speech and swallowing to adverse events as severe as septicemia, increased hospitalization, and G-tube feeding A wide variety of agents have been tested to prevent OM or reduce its severity.This trial will assess the usefulness of solcoseryl and pumpkin seed oil versus Benzydamine Hydrochloride mouth wash in management of oral mucositis in patients receiving radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy.
The primary purpose of this study is to explore the significance of analgesic treatment for radiation-induced oral mucositis pain in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma during radiotherapy, and to compare the analgesic effect of morphine controlled-release tablets with that of fentanyl transdermal patch. Half of participants will receive morphine controlled-release tablets,while the other half will receive fentanyl transdermal patch.
Chemotherapy-induced mucositis is an important complication after autologous stem cell transplantation. It is mainly responsible for pain and dysphagia requiring opioids and artificial nutrition. It can also induce infectious complications. A few medication has demonstrated efficacy in this setting. It has been suggested that selenium can reduce the intensity of mucositis due to its antioxydant activity. The investigators therefore perform a randomized study to confirm this preliminary data.
The study aims to investigate and compare the reduction in (1) soft tissue inflammation and (2) amount of plaque accumulation at implant sites with (test) or without (control) patient administered use of single tufted brush. Stratified randomized single blinded clinical controlled trial with 2 parallel arms is designed to achieve the aims of this research project. Study participants will be enrolled from NUH University Dental Cluster. They will be randomly assigned into the test (toothbrush, interdental brush, and single tufted brush) and control (toothbrush and interdental brush) groups and reviewed at 2 weeks (± 3 days), 4 weeks (± 3 days), 3 months (± 7 days), and 6 months (± 7 days).
The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of an randomised-controlled trial to investigate the efficacy of liquid probiotics to prevent or reduce mucositis and infection in children diagnosed with cancer who are undergoing treatment with regimes likely to cause mucositis.
Radiation therapy is one of the treatments for Nasopharyngeal carcinoma . The most common side effects of post-radiation may be radiation-induced oral mucositis . When severe, oral mucositis increases the risk of infection and may affect clinical outcomes due to treatment interruption, dose reduction, and reduced treatment compliance. In China, a quadruple mixture of dexamethasone, gentamicin, vitamin B12, and lidocaine is commonly used in patients who begin to have radiation-induced oral mucositis . However, the incidence of radiation-induced oral mucositis remains high. Recombinant bovine basic fibroblast growth factor is a multifunctional cell growth factor that stimulates the growth of cells derived from mesoderm and neuroectodermal cells and thus has a wide range of biological activities. The drug has different degrees of promotion on the three stages of the wound repair process, namely the local inflammatory reaction stage, cell proliferation and differentiation, granulation tissue formation stage and tissue reconstruction stage. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial was to evaluate the efficacy of recombinant bovine basic fibroblast growth factor as an intervention in radiation-induced oral mucositis for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma , with a commonly used quadruple mixture (from dexamethasone, gentamicin , vitamin B12 and lidocaine composition) were compared.
The purpose of this clinical study is to evaluate the efficacy of lappaconitine adhesive patch in alleviation radiation induced mucositis pain and the improvements in QOL of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma . To determine if lappaconitine administered prior to radiation therapy reduces the severity of radiation induced oral mucositis pain in patients who have been diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.