Efficacy of Traditional Persian Medicine Preparation Versus Artificial Saliva for Radiation Induced Xerostomia
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-02-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Head and neck cancers(HNC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide. Xerostomia is one of
the most common side effect of radiation therapy among patients with HNC. Mouth dryness
significantly impairs patients' quality of life (QOL).
HNC.Regarding to traditional use of A. digitata and M. sylvestris in addition to known their
beneficial effects in recent studies, we decided to design a randomized, controlled clinical
trial to try to evaluate efficacy of the these herbs in QOL of HNC patients with radiation
induced xerostomia