Evaluation the Effects of Herbal Gargle for Chemoradiotherapy-induced Oral Mucositis of Head & Neck Cancer, a Pilot Study.

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2025-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effects of Herbal gargle on chemoradiotherapy-induced stomatitis in head & neck cancer patients.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Willing to join the trial project and sign the informed consent form.

• Age more than 20 years-old.

• Pathology proved to be head and neck cancers.

• Head and neck cancer patients under radiotherapy or concurrent chemoradiotherapy.

• Expected life expectancy more than 3 months.

• Subjects with clear consciousness and can be assessed cooperatively.

• Subjects are suitable to use Herbal gargle evaluated by Traditional Chinese medicine physicians.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects can not sing the informed consent form.

• Systemic infection.

• Heart, liver and kidney insufficiency

• Allergy history of Traditional Chinese medicine

• Unclear conscious to use Herbal gargle.