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Light-Emitting Diode Therapy in Preventing Mucositis in Children Receiving Chemotherapy With or Without Radiation Therapy Before Bone Marrow Transplantation
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Study NCT00036712   Information provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First Received: May 13, 2002   Last Updated: June 9, 2009   History of Changes

May 13, 2002
June 9, 2009
January 2002
August 2009   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
  • Mean change in oral mucositis index (OMI) score from baseline to maximum score within 14 days posttransplant
  • Mean change in pain score from baseline to maximum score within 14 days posttransplant
  • Proportion of patients not experiencing ulcerative mucositis within the first 14 days posttransplant
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Light-Emitting Diode Therapy in Preventing Mucositis in Children Receiving Chemotherapy With or Without Radiation Therapy Before Bone Marrow Transplantation
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.

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.

Phase II
Interventional
Supportive Care
  • Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders
  • Kidney Cancer
  • Leukemia
  • Lymphoma
  • Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes
  • Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Diseases
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Oral Complications
  • Ovarian Cancer
  • Pain
  • Sarcoma
  • Procedure: management of therapy complications
  • Procedure: pain therapy
 
 

*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.
 
Recruiting
80
 
August 2009   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

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
Both
2 Years to 18 Years
No
 
United States
 
NCT00036712
Harry T. Whelan, Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center
CDR0000069293, MCW-HRRC-28600, MCW-CHW-0070, NCI-V02-1699
Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Study Chair: Harry T. Whelan, MD Medical College of Wisconsin
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
June 2009

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