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WithdrawnNCT03955224ESMULLLATUpdated Apr 8, 2021

Evaluation of Low-Level Laser Therapy Efficacy in Pain Management of Grade 2 Oral Mucositis Induced by Radiotherapy or Chemoradiotherapy: a Study in Patients With Upper Aerodigestive Tract Cancer

A Phase 2 interventional study of Basic Oral Care + active LLLT and Basic oral Care + inactive LLLT in Upper Aerodigestive Tract Neoplasms, sponsored by Institut Claudius Regaud. Withdrawn at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-04-08.

Sponsored by Institut Claudius Regaud · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was withdrawn
Withdrawn due to lack of recruitment
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
0
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Prospective, monocentric, randomized phase II study evaluating Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) as a treatment for the pain due to grade 2 oral mucositis in patients with upper aero-digestive tract cancer treated by radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy.

Patients with upper aero-digestive tract cancer receiving their first cervicofacial radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy will be included in this study if they suffer from oral mucositis due to their treatment.

The study procedure will consist in 5 applications of the LLLT that will be performed at three days intervals for a maximum duration of 15 days.

Each patient will be followed until 3 days after the end of the study treatment, for a total duration of the study of 18 days.

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Conditions studied

  • Upper Aerodigestive Tract Neoplasms

Keywords

  • Upper Aerodigestive Tract Neoplasms
  • Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT)
  • Mucositis
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In context

Head and Neck Neoplasms

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Lead sponsor

Institut Claudius Regaud is the lead sponsor of 117 studies on the registry; 34 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Age ≥ 18 years.
  2. Patients with upper aero-digestive tract cancer receiving a first cervicofacial radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy
  3. Patients with a grade 2 mucositis (according to the NCI CTCAE version 5.0) appearing during treatment.
  4. Patients available to perform the LLLT treatment: 5 visits at 3 days intervals
  5. Patients must provide written informed consent prior to any study specific procedures.
  6. Patients affiliated to a Social Health Insurance in France.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients who have already received a cervicofacial radiotherapy
  2. Patients who have already received an induction chemotherapy for their upper aero-digestive tract cancer
  3. Patients under targeted therapy for their upper aero-digestive tract cancer
  4. Patients under systemic corticotherapy
  5. Patients with a non-grade 2 mucositis (according to the NCI CTCAE version 5.0)
  6. Patients with ulceration or any other oral mucosa pathology than mucositis
  7. Pregnant or breastfeeding women
  8. Any psychological, familial, geographical or sociological condition which does not allow to respect the medical follow-up and/or compliance to study procedure
  9. Patient who has forfeited his/her freedom by administrative or legal award or who is under legal protection (curatorship and guardianship, protection of justice)
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
0 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Basic Oral Care + active LLLT (experimental arm)

    Device: Basic Oral Care + active LLLT

  • Placebo comparator
    Basic oral Care + inactive LLLT (control arm)

    Other: Basic oral Care + inactive LLLT

  • Other
    Basic Oral Care (control arm)

    Other: Basic Oral Care

Interventions

  • DeviceBasic Oral Care + active LLLT

    * Compliance with the Basic Oral Care Associated with * Active LLLT : 5 applications performed at three days intervals (day 1 to day 13 +/- 1 day)

  • OtherBasic oral Care + inactive LLLT

    * Compliance with the Basic Oral Care Associated with * Inactive LLLT : 5 applications performed at three days intervals (day 1 to day 13 +/- 1 day)

  • OtherBasic Oral Care

    Compliance with the Basic Oral Care only

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Rate of patients who didn't need a dose increase or introduction of new analgesics for mouth pain during the study compared to baseline

    Time frame: 16 days for each patient

Secondary outcomes

  1. Evaluation of the oral mucositis pain intensity with Visual Analog Scale Scores

    Time frame: 16 days for each patient

  2. Quality of Life assessed by the Quality of Life Questionnaire specific to Head and Neck cancer (H&N35)

    Time frame: 16 days for each patient

  3. Frequency of adverse events related to the LLLT using the National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Effects (NCI CTCAE) version 5.0

    Time frame: 16 days for each patient

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Study locations

1 site
  • Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse - Oncopole
    Toulouse, France
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 8, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03955224
Lead sponsor
Institut Claudius Regaud
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 20, 2019
Start date
Mar 2021 (estimated)
Primary completion
Oct 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 2022 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 8, 2021

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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