Clinical Trial: Oral Care Program for Mouth Side Effects During Head and Neck Radiation Therapy

U.S., Oct. 22 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07885033) titled 'Oral Care Program for Mouth Side Effects During Head and Neck Radiation Therapy' on Oct. 13.

Brief Summary: People having radiation therapy to the head and neck often develop painful mouth problems - mouth sores, dry mouth, mouth pain, trouble eating and drinking, and changes in taste. These problems can become severe enough to interrupt radiation treatment or lead to an emergency room visit or a hospital stay.

This study is testing whether an oral care program called OSEM (Oral Side-Effect Management) reduces how severe those mouth problems become.

Fifty adults starting radiation to a head and neck site at Premier Cancer Center w...