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Completed Phase 2Phase 3 Interventional Results available

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

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00656513

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Official title

A Phase II/III Study Comparing Acupuncture-like Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (ALTENS) Versus Pilocarpine in Treating Early Radiation-Induced Xerostomia

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00656513
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2, Phase 3
Lead sponsor
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
Network
Enrollment
196 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

  • ALTENS Procedure
  • Pilocarpine Drug

Procedure · Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Aug 31, 2008
Primary completion
Oct 31, 2014
Completion
Oct 31, 2014
Last update posted
Nov 18, 2019

2008 – 2014

United States locations

U.S. sites
16
U.S. states
12
U.S. cities
14
Facility City State ZIP Site status
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center San Francisco California 94115
Hospital of Saint Raphael New Haven Connecticut 06511
Emory Crawford Long Hospital Atlanta Georgia 30308
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Atlanta Georgia 30322
Saint Anthony's Hospital at Saint Anthony's Health Center Alton Illinois 62002
Bloomington Hospital Regional Cancer Institute Bloomington Indiana 47403
Center for Cancer Care at Goshen General Hospital Goshen Indiana 46526
Methodist Cancer Center at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis Indiana 46202
Boston University Cancer Research Center Boston Massachusetts 02118
CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau St Louis Missouri 63141
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo New York 14263-0001
Blumenthal Cancer Center at Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte North Carolina 28232-2861
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Cleveland Ohio 44106-5065
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center Cleveland Ohio 44195
Oklahoma University Cancer Institute Oklahoma City Oklahoma 73104
Schiffler Cancer Center at Wheeling Hospital Wheeling West Virginia 26003

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Non-U.S. locations

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About this trial record page

What this page shows
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