NCT05494970

Accompaniment of Patients by Dental Assistants in the Evaluation of Oral Hygiene During and After Radiotherapy Treatment.

Accompaniment of Patients by Dental Assistants in the Evaluation of Oral Hygiene During and After Radiotherapy Treatment: a Feasibility Study.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 44 (actual)
• Sponsor: Institut Claudius Regaud · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Feasibility, prospective, monocentric study aiming to evaluate the interest of a written information guide, given and explained by the dental assistant, on the improvement of the oral hygiene of patients with ORL cancer at 3 months post-radiotherapy. The study will be conducted on a population of 44 patients with ORL cancer requiring radiation treatment. Each patient will be followed during 3 months post-radiotherapy (follow-up for up to 12 months post-inclusion).

Conditions

• ORL Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Accompaniment by the dental assistant.	Inclusion visit (before radiotherapy treatment): * oral hygiene education (prevention of complications related to radiotherapy) will be provided by the dental assistant. * a written information guide on oral hygiene will be given to the patient. * the questionnaire entitled "Motivation and oral hygiene behavior" will be completed by the patient. End of study visit (three months post-radiotherapy): • The "Motivation and oral hygiene behavior" and the satisfaction questionnaires will be completed by the patient.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-10-13
• Primary completion: 2024-01-30
• Completion: 2024-01-30
• First posted: 2022-08-10
• Last updated: 2024-02-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France