163
Participants
Start Date
February 29, 2012
Primary Completion Date
February 28, 2014
Study Completion Date
November 30, 2014
Manuka honey in liquid form
Patients swallow 10 cc (approximately 2 level teaspoons) of liquid Manuka honey 4 times per day while awake over an approximately 12 hour period (e.g. 8 a.m., Noon, 4 p.m., and 8 p.m.) 7 days/week during concurrent chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
Manuka honey in lozenge form
Patients place 2 lozenges (the equivalent of 10 cc of liquid Manuka honey), one at a time, in the mouth, allowing each lozenge to dissolve on the tongue/in the mouth, swallowing the honey as it dissolves. Patients do this 4 times per day while awake over an approximately 12 hour period (e.g. 8 a.m., Noon, 4 p.m., and 8 p.m.) 7 days/week during concurrent chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
Standard supportive care
"Patients receive standard supporting care for esophagitis-related pain as needed during concurrent chemotherapy and radiation treatment. The following regimen is recommended, but the local standard of care is permitted.~1. A compound containing viscous lidocaine and magnesium aluminum oxide (Maalox®);~2. Liquid or solid oxycodone, 5-10 mg, every 3 hours as needed."
CCOP - Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, East Syracuse
Highland Hospital of Rochester, Rochester
James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester
Adams Cancer Center, Gettysburg
Cherry Tree Cancer Center, Hanover
York Cancer Center at Apple Hill Medical Center, York
Northeast Radiation Oncology Center, Dunmore
Rosenfeld Cancer Center at Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington
Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr
Lankenau Cancer Center at Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood
CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services, Newark
Rex Cancer Center at Rex Hospital, Raleigh
Duke Cancer Institute, Durham
FirstHealth Moore Regional Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center, Pinehurst
Pardee Memorial Hospital, Hendersonville
Gibbs Regional Cancer Center at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg
Piedmont Fayette Hospital, Fayetteville
Nancy N. and J. C. Lewis Cancer and Research Pavilion at St. Joseph's/Candler, Savannah
Florida Cancer Center - Palatka, Palatka
Baptist Cancer Institute - Jacksonville, Jacksonville
CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach
Providence Cancer Center at Providence Hospital, Mobile
Regional Cancer Center at Singing River Hospital, Pascagoula
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center at Fairview Hospital, Cleveland
Hillcrest Cancer Center at Hillcrest Hospital, Mayfield Heights
Parma Community General Hospital, Parma
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center, Independence
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland
Mercy Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center, Canton
Parkview Regional Cancer Center at Parkview Health, Fort Wayne
St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center - Green Bay, Green Bay
CentraCare Clinic - River Campus, Saint Cloud
Trinity CancerCare Center, Minot
CCOP - Carle Cancer Center, Urbana
Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital - Saint Louis, St Louis
David C. Pratt Cancer Center at St. John's Mercy, St Louis
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco
Queen's Cancer Institute at Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu
Hawaii Medical Center - East, Honolulu
St. Joseph Cancer Center, Bellingham
Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford
OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria
Cancer Center at Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie
Lucille P. Markey Cancer Center at University of Kentucky, Lexington
Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis
Payson Center for Cancer Care at Concord Hospital, Concord
Seacoast Cancer Center at Wentworth - Douglass Hospital, Dover
Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon
Elliot Regional Cancer Center at Elliot Hospital, Manchester
Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch
Fox Chase Virtua Health Cancer Program at Virtua Memorial Hospital Marlton, Marlton
Presbyterian Cancer Center at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte
Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Winston-Salem
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland
Geisinger Cancer Institute at Geisinger Health, Danville
Cancer Center of Paoli Memorial Hospital, Paoli
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio
St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center, Green Bay
Collaborators (1)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NIH
NRG Oncology
OTHER
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
NETWORK