An observational study in ORL Cancer, sponsored by Institut Claudius Regaud. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-18.
Sponsored by Institut Claudius Regaud · Observational
Feasibility, prospective, monocentric study aiming to evaluate the interest of a written information guide, given and explained by the dental assistant, on the improvement of the oral hygiene of patients with ORL cancer at 3 months post-radiotherapy.
The study will be conducted on a population of 44 patients with ORL cancer requiring radiation treatment.
Each patient will be followed during 3 months post-radiotherapy (follow-up for up to 12 months post-inclusion).
Institut Claudius Regaud is the lead sponsor of 117 studies on the registry; 34 are open to participants now.
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Patient with ORL cancer for which radiotherapy (+/- associated chemotherapy) is indicated.
Exclusion Criteria:
Other: Accompaniment by the dental assistant.
Inclusion visit (before radiotherapy treatment): * oral hygiene education (prevention of complications related to radiotherapy) will be provided by the dental assistant. * a written information guide on oral hygiene will be given to the patient. * the questionnaire entitled "Motivation and oral hygiene behavior" will be completed by the patient. End of study visit (three months post-radiotherapy): • The "Motivation and oral hygiene behavior" and the satisfaction questionnaires will be completed by the patient.
Rate of patients with improved oral hygiene between the inclusion visit and 3 months post-radiotherapy.
Improvement is defined as a gross decrease of at least 30% in the plaque index between the inclusion visit and 3 months post-radiotherapy. The plaque index will be evaluated using the O'Leary method.
Time frame: 3 months per patient
Patient satisfaction with the oral hygiene information guide and the consultations performed by the dental assistant.
It will be evaluated by means of a satisfaction questionnaire.
Time frame: 3 months per patient
The motivation of the patients towards their oral health.
It will be evaluated with the questionnaire "Motivation and oral hygiene behavior".
Time frame: 3 months per patient
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