Morphine Mouthwash for Management of Oral Mucositis in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2012-10-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Oral mucositis is a debilitating side effects of cancer treatment for which there is not much
successful treatments at yet. The investigators are going to evaluate the effectiveness of
topical morphine compared with a routine mouthwash in managing cancer treatment-induced
mucositis. The investigators hypothesize that topical morphine is more effective and more
satisfied by patients than the magic mouthwash in reducing severity of cancer
treatment-induced oral mucositis.