Phototherapy for the Management of Oral Ulcers in Bone Marrow Recipients

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2007
Study hypothesis: light therapy may prevent oral ulcers in bone marrow recipients. Methods: patients will be treated with either active light-emitting device or inactive light-emitting device. Daily treatment with light therapy will start at the beginning of the conditioning regimen and will last until day 21 post-transplant. Each daily treatment last about 5 minutes. Patients will be evaluated for oral mucositis and oral pain level on a weekly basis.
Epistemonikos ID: 211df629bb5a8dc5114b1613e23d3c4284b3df8e
First added on: May 06, 2024