Comparing two mouth pain treatments for head and neck cancer patients
Part of Cancer, Mouth & dental clinical trials.
This trial tests a new mouthwash (BupiZenge) against a standard numbing medicine (lidocaine) for pain caused by mouth sores from radiation therapy. It may help you if you are about to start radiation for certain head and neck cancers.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You must be 18 to 80 years old.
- You must have a specific type of head and neck cancer (squamous cell carcinoma) in the mouth, back of the throat, or nearby areas.
- You must be about to start a specific type of radiation therapy (IMRT or proton therapy) aimed at curing the cancer.
- You must be able to eat and drink without a feeding tube.
- You must not have had radiation to the head or neck before.
- You must not have active mouth sores from other causes, like herpes or yeast infections.
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