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Status unknownNCT04308161Updated Mar 13, 2020

Vitamin D Oral Gel for Prevention of Radiation Induced Oral Mucositis

A Phase 2 interventional study of vitamin D oral gel and Miconazole Topical Gel in Oral Mucositis Due to Radiation, sponsored by Hams Hamed Abdelrahman. Status unknown at 1 site in Egypt. Open to participants aged 25 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-03-13.

Sponsored by Hams Hamed Abdelrahman · Phase 2, Interventional, and Prevention

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Mar 2020), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 4 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Nov 2019, registered Mar 2020).
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
45
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
25 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The main aim of this study was to evaluate clinically the effect of topical oral vitamin D gel in comparison to conventional therapy in prevention of radiation - induced oral mucositis

Read the detailed description

The study was designed as randomized, controlled, clinical trial. patients who were undergoing to receive radiotherapy were divided into three groups: Group I: was given conventional treatment.Group II : was given topical oral gel of vitamin D. Group III: was given topical oral gel of vitamin D in combination with the conventional treatment.

All patients were clinically evaluated at the start the radiotherapy, three weeks and six weeks later for pain and oral mucositis severity.

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Conditions studied

  • Oral Mucositis Due to Radiation

Keywords

  • vitamin D topical oral gel
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In context

Mucositis

488 studies on the registry are indexed under Mucositis; 70 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 45 is close to the median of 50 across 394 interventional studies indexed under Mucositis.

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Lead sponsor

Hams Hamed Abdelrahman is the lead sponsor of 107 studies on the registry; 8 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
25 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients who are going to receive radiotherapy as a treatment of head and neck cancer either as postoperative (adjuvant) therapy or definitive therapy.
  • Patients whose radiotherapy treatment planned dose is 50 Gy or above.
  • Patients receiving radiotherapy alone or receiving concomitant cisplatin (or carboplatin) with radiotherapy.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients under Anticoagulants such as warfarin, heparin, or aspirin.
  • Patients whose radiotherapy treatment planned dose is lower than 50 Gy.
  • Patients suffering from any uncontrolled systemic diseases (such as diabetes, cardiovascular, liver disorder, renal dysfunction)
  • Patients with findings of any physical or mental abnormality which would interfere with or be affected by the study procedure.
  • Hyper-calcemic patients.
  • Smokers.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
45 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    vitamin D oral gel

    Topical oral vitamin D gel twice daily (Equivalent to 8000 I.U/day vitamin D) for six weeks. Topical oral Vitamin D gel is prepared with the aid of pharmaceutics department, faculty of pharmacy, Alexandria University. It is prepared by using Cholecalciferol 2ml ampoule (200.000 I.U.) within topical oral gel formulation.

    Drug: vitamin D oral gel

  • Active comparator
    conventional therapy

    Conventional therapy (symptomatic treatment) which included: * Miconaz oral gel * BBC oral spray * Oracure gel * Alkamisr sachets Dose: Three times a day for six weeks

    Drug: Miconazole Topical Gel · Drug: BBC oral spray · Drug: Oracure gel · Other: Alkamisr sachets

  • Experimental
    combination therapy

    Topical oral vitamin D gel twice daily (Equivalent to 8000 I.U/day vitamin D) for six weeks in combination with the symptomatic treatment Symptomatic treatment which included: * Miconaz oral gel * BBC oral spray * Oracure gel * Alkamisr sachets Symptomatic treatment dose: Three times a day for six weeks

    Drug: vitamin D oral gel · Drug: Miconazole Topical Gel · Drug: BBC oral spray · Drug: Oracure gel · Other: Alkamisr sachets

Interventions

  • Drugvitamin D oral gel

    vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin which has important calcemic roles in the body regarding bone homeostasis and calcium/phosphorus balance. Recently, the non-calcemic roles of vitamin D as anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and immuno-regulatory functions have been widely reported.So, we tried to use it for prevention of radiation induced oral mucositis

  • DrugMiconazole Topical Gel

    topical anti fungal agent

  • DrugBBC oral spray

    Topical anesthetics and anti-inflammatory agent

  • DrugOracure gel

    Topical analgesic gel

  • OtherAlkamisr sachets

    Sodium bicarbonate mouthwash

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Changes in severity of oral mucositis at different time points along the study

    Oral mucositis will be evaluated by the World Health Organization (WHO) scale which record the extent and severity of oral mucositis at the third and sixth week after the first radiotherapy session.

    Time frame: up to 3 and 6 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Pain and discomfort severity at different time points along the study: Numeric Rating Scale

    Discomfort and pain severity were reported by each patient using Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) at the third and sixth week after the first radiotherapy session.

    Time frame: up to 3 and 6 weeks

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Outpatient clinic of Department of Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University
    Alexandria, Egypt
    • Islam s Bakr, BDS · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
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Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 13, 2020, 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
NCT04308161
Lead sponsor
Hams Hamed Abdelrahman
Responsible party
Hams Hamed Abdelrahman (Assistant lecturer, Alexandria University) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Mar 13, 2020
Start date
Nov 2, 2019
Primary completion
Oct 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2020 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 13, 2020

Study contacts

Islam s Bakr, BDS
Contact
dent.bakr@gmail.com
1067809063 ext. 0020
Islam s Bakr, BDS
principal investigator · Alexandria University
azza m zaki, Phd
study director · Alexandria University
Riham m El-Moslemany, Phd
study director · Alexandria University
Rasha o Elsaka, Phd
study director · Alexandria University

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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