NCT02854358

Efficacy of Traditional Persian Medicine Preparation Versus Artificial Saliva for Radiation Induced Xerostomia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Head and neck cancers(HNC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide. Xerostomia is one of the most common side effect of radiation therapy among patients with HNC. Mouth dryness significantly impairs patients' quality of life (QOL). HNC.Regarding to traditional use of A. digitata and M. sylvestris in addition to known their beneficial effects in recent studies, we decided to design a randomized, controlled clinical trial to try to evaluate efficacy of the these herbs in QOL of HNC patients with radiation induced xerostomia

Conditions

• Xerostomia
• Head and Neck Cancers

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	mixed powder of A. digitata and M. sylvestris
DRUG	Hypozalix spray (artificial saliva)	Hypozalix spray (artificial saliva)

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-03-01
• Primary completion: 2016-02-01
• Completion: 2016-02-01
• First posted: 2016-08-03
• Last updated: 2016-08-03