Status:
COMPLETED
Impact of Fixed Dentures in Head and Neck Cancer (IMFDHAC)
Lead Sponsor:
Region Jönköping County
Collaborating Sponsors:
School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Jönköping Sweden
Malmö University
Conditions:
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Dental Prosthesis
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of the multi centre study is to evaluate an intervention, which means that patients undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer will receive fixed dentures in accordance with the Publ...
Detailed Description
The oncological care is multidisciplinary. In the investigation phase for radiotherapy, the Ear-Nose-Throat (ENT) physician refer the patient for a dental examination. Any dental infections are treate...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients diagnosed with head and neck tumours considered to receive radiotherapy, with or without combination of chemotherapy or surgery
- Good oncological prognosis at baseline.
- Patients diagnosed with dental infections and therapy planned for dental extraction(s).
Exclusion
- Unwillingness to participate in the study.
- Patients with communication problems.
- Patients with comorbidity with poor prognosis.
- Patients with poor oncological prognosis at baseline.
- Patients with imminent risk of recurrence.
- Patients with any technical, biological, or any other reasonable obstacle of treating patients with fixed dentures
- Patients in the matched control group financing fixed oral prosthesis themselves.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 17 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
64 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03753932
Start Date
March 1 2013
End Date
September 17 2021
Last Update
May 19 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Public Dental Health
Jönköping, Sweden, 58185