U.S., April 17 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07535008) titled 'Dental Cleaning to Prevent Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease' on April 10.
Brief Summary: This clinical trial evaluates the feasibility and effectiveness of a post-transplant dental cleaning for the prevention of chronic graft versus host disease (GVHD) in patients undergoing an allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT). HCT is the only curative treatment for some types of blood cancer. Unfortunately, this approach can lead to the development of GVHD, which is a disease caused when cells from a donated stem cell graft attack the normal tissue of the transplant patient. Some research has shown that the bacteria that is present ...