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Chronic Myeloproliferative DisordersPhase 2NCT00036712

Light-Emitting Diode Therapy in Preventing Mucositis in Children Receiving Chemotherapy With or Without Radiation Therapy Before Bone Marrow Transplantation

A Phase 2 study testing management of therapy complications and pain therapy in people with Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders and Kidney Cancer, run by Medical College of Wisconsin at 1 site in United States.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Light-emitting diode (LED) therapy may be able to prevent mucositis of the mouth. PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to determine the effectiveness of LED therapy in preventing mucositis of the mouth in children who are receiving chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy before donor bone marrow… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 2 to 18 years
What is being tested?
management of therapy complications and pain therapy
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
80 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jan 2002to Aug 2009
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 2 to 18 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Patients undergoing a myeloablative conditioning regimen comprising chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy prior to a first allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 2 to 18

Performance status:

  • Not specified

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Not specified

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Not specified

Pulmonary:

  • No pulmonary dysfunction that would increase significantly the risk of requiring intubation during the first 21 days after transplantation

Other:

  • Not pregnant
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No photophobia
  • Must have emotional, cognitive, and mental maturity sufficient to tolerate light-emitting diode therapy application and oral examination without combativeness

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Chemotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • No concurrent medication that may cause epidermal or ocular photosensitivity

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226

    Clinical Trials Office - Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer C, 414-805-4380

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: A Multiinstitutional Trial To Evaluate The Prophylactic Use Of NASA-Developed Light Emitting Diodes For The Prevention Of Oral Mucositis In Bone Marrow Transplant Patients

RATIONALE: Light-emitting diode (LED) therapy may be able to prevent mucositis of the mouth.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to determine the effectiveness of LED therapy in preventing mucositis of the mouth in children who are receiving chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy before donor bone marrow transplantation.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare the incidence and severity of oral mucositis in children undergoing NASA-developed light-emitting diode (LED) therapy during a pre-transplantation myeloablative conditioning regimen (chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy) and continuing through the post-bone marrow transplantation (BMT) phase versus LED therapy during the post-BMT phase only.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, double-blind, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating center and cheek being treated (right vs left). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 schedules of light-emitting diode (LED) therapy.

  • Arm I: Patients undergo LED therapy for 71 seconds once daily beginning on day 1 of the myeloablative conditioning regimen comprising chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy and continuing for 14 days after bone marrow transplantation (BMT).
  • Arm II: Patients undergo LED therapy as in arm I beginning on the day of BMT (day 0) and continuing for 14 days after BMT.

Photographs are taken of the right and left buccal mucosa at baseline and then every 3 days beginning on day 1 of LED therapy.

Pain and xerostomia are assessed using the Wong-Baker "smiley-face" pain scale at baseline and then periodically for 14 days after BMT.

Patients are followed monthly for 2 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 80 patients (40 per arm) will be accrued for this study within 2 years.

Being tested
management of therapy complications, pain therapy
Keywords
recurrent childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, refractory multiple myeloma, recurrent childhood rhabdomyosarcoma, disseminated neuroblastoma, recurrent neuroblastoma, recurrent Wilms tumor and other childhood kidney tumors, recurrent childhood lymphoblastic lymphoma, stage III chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage IV chronic lymphocytic leukemia, recurrent childhood acute myeloid leukemia, relapsing chronic myelogenous leukemia, refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia, chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia, primary myelofibrosis, childhood acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3), refractory hairy cell leukemia, oral complications, recurrent/refractory childhood Hodgkin lymphoma
Medical subject headings
Myeloproliferative Disorders, Kidney Neoplasms, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma, Neoplasms, Plasma Cell, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • management of therapy complicationsProcedure or surgery

  • pain therapyProcedure or surgery

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Mean change in oral mucositis index (OMI) score from baseline to maximum score within 14 days posttransplant

  2. Mean change in pain score from baseline to maximum score within 14 days posttransplant

  3. Proportion of patients not experiencing ulcerative mucositis within the first 14 days posttransplant

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Time to heal

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2002
  3. Primary completionAug 2009 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Enrolment
80 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00036712
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000069293
Other IDs
MCW-HRRC-28600, MCW-CHW-0070, NCI-V02-1699
Status last verified
Jun 2009
First submitted
13 May 2002
Last updated
20 Sep 2013
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing management of therapy complications and pain therapy in people with Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders and Kidney Cancer, run by Medical College of Wisconsin at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Sep 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Each site lists its own contact: choose the nearest one under Trial locations. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Mean change in oral mucositis index (OMI) score from baseline to maximum score within 14 days posttransplant. The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 20 Sep 2013.

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