An interventional study of Cardamom, ginger and orange juice gelatin and Camomile infusion with lemon juice in Xerostomia, Salivary Gland Diseases and Mouth Diseases, sponsored by Fundacio Salut i Envelliment UAB. Completed at 1 site in Spain. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-02-11.
Sponsored by Fundacio Salut i Envelliment UAB · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Xerostomia or dry mouth is the subjective feeling that there is not enough saliva in your mouth. It's a frequent symptom in terminally ill patients receiving palliative care, reducing their quality of life and comfort. Usual recommendations in these patients are good oral hygiene and mouthwashes, ad libitum consumption of camomile and lemon juice infusions, and ad libitum sucking of cold (e.g. ice, ice cream) or citric products (e.g. pineapple). Other xerostomia treatments such as artificial saliva and pharmacological drugs (e.g. pilocarpine) are less used in terminally ill patients due to cost and secondary effects.
The purpose of this randomized parallel clinical trial is to determine if a new recipe of gelatin with orange juice, cardamome and ginger is more effective in the control of xerostomia than the usual treatment of camomile infusion with lemon juice against. Treatments will be consumed ad libitum during one week. The main outcome is the subjective assessment of dry mouth at end of treatment.
254 studies on the registry are indexed under Xerostomia; 47 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 32 is below the median of 42 across 216 interventional studies indexed under Xerostomia.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Dietary Supplement
Dietary Supplement: Cardamom, ginger and orange juice gelatin
Dietary Supplement
Dietary Supplement: Camomile infusion with lemon juice
Patients will receive the recipe of the gelatin, with detailed instructions to prepare it at home, and the necessary ingredients for the gelatin. If necessary, they will be helped in the preparation of an initial batch that should last for one week of treatment. Patients will be instructed to consume the gelatin candy as necessary to alleviate the dry mouth sensation
Patients will receive instructions to prepare the infusion at home, and the necessary ingredients. Patients will be instructed to ingest the infusion as necessary to alleviate the dry mouth sensation.
Scale of self-perceived mouth dryness (0=not at all, 10=very dry)
Time frame: At end of treatment (1 week )
Objective signs of xerostomia
Investigator will assess the presence of xerostomia signs through the assessment of 1) appearance and degree of dryness of tongue, buccal mucosa and lips, and 2)difficulties in speech derived from dry-mouth sensation in the patient.
Time frame: At end of treatment (1 week )
Scale of subjective assessment of salival disfunction (Pai 2001).
Time frame: At end of treatment (1 week )
Treatment acceptability
Participants will answer an open-question regarding their satisfaction with the treatment received, with regards to taste, texture, difficulty of preparation, etc.
Time frame: At end of treatment (1 week )
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