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Contact the study team using the details below to take part. If there are no contact details below please ask your doctor in the first instance.
Dr
Richard
Simcock
Sussex Cancer Centre
Brighton
BN2 5BE
Chronic radiation-induced xerostomia
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To determine whether patients suffering with chronic radiation induced xerostomia experience a reduction in key xerostomia symptoms following treatment with acupuncture in a group setting.
Interventional multicentre randomised phase III crossover trial
Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.
The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:
15 Oct 2009
31 Mar 2011
2013 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23104718 results
You can take part if:
1. Patients treated with radical radiotherapy for head and neck cancer at least 18 months previously2. At least one parotid gland within field of radiotherapy3. Patient complains of xerostomia4. No clinical sign of local recurrence5. Age 18 years or over, either sex
You may not be able to take part if:
1. Xerostomia caused by reason other than radiotherapy, e.g., Sjogren's disease2. Previous surgery to more than one parotid gland3. Currently using pilocarpine4. Previous acupuncture treatment for this condition5. Any physical characteristics that could prevent, or complicate, correct needle insertion
Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.
Dr
Richard
Simcock
The study is sponsored by Brighton and Sussex Medical School (UK) and funded by Cancer Research UK (CRUK) (UK) (ref: C54/A7374).
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for Trial ID: ISRCTN13130687
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