Acupuncture-Like Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (ALTENS) or Pilocarpine in Treating Early Dry Mouth in Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer

PHASE2/PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

196

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 30, 2008

Primary Completion Date

November 30, 2014

Study Completion Date

November 30, 2014

Conditions
Head and Neck CancerXerostomia
Interventions
DRUG

Pilocarpine

5mg by mouth 3 times a day for 12 weeks

PROCEDURE

ALTENS

Acupuncture-like transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (ALTENS) twice weekly for 12 weeks via a Codetron unit

Trial Locations (20)

26003

Schiffler Cancer Center at Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling

30308

Emory Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta

30322

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta

44195

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland

46202

Methodist Cancer Center at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis

46526

Center for Cancer Care at Goshen General Hospital, Goshen

47403

Bloomington Hospital Regional Cancer Institute, Bloomington

62002

Saint Anthony's Hospital at Saint Anthony's Health Center, Alton

63141

CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau, St Louis

73104

Oklahoma University Cancer Institute, Oklahoma City

94115

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco

06511

Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven

02118

Boston University Cancer Research Center, Boston

14263-0001

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo

28232-2861

Blumenthal Cancer Center at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte

44106-5065

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland

H1T 2M4

Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal

H2L 4M1

Hopital Notre-Dame du CHUM, Montreal

H2W 1S6

McGill Cancer Centre at McGill University, Montreal

G1R 2J6

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec, Québec

Sponsors

Collaborators (1)

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

collaborator

NRG Oncology

OTHER

lead

Radiation Therapy Oncology Group

NETWORK

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