Predictive Factors of Acute Oral Mucositis Induced by Chemo-radiotherapy for Local Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

University of Chinese Academy Sciences

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stomatitis; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02945878

NPC-MUCO

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a prospective, observational study to analyze the clinical and dosimetric factors about the radiation oral mucositis caused by radical chemo-radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients and try to find the indicators for acute radiation oral mucositis.

Full description

All patients received 1 - 3 concurrent chemotherapy during the intensity modulated radiotherapy. Before radiotherapy, three types of mouth mucosa are contoured in all treatment plans. Oral mucosa grades are recorded before and during treatment. Dose-volume Histograms are got to analyze the associated factors.

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Histologically conformed Initial nasopharyngeal carcinoma
2. Patients can feed through the mouth.
3. ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) : 0-1.
4. No history of chemo-radiotherapy, immuno-therapy or biotherapy.
5. Normal hemodynamic indices before the recruitment (including white blood cell count>4.0×109/L, neutrophil count>1.5×109/L, platelet count >100×109/L, hemoglobin≥90g/l, normal liver/kidney function).
6. Informed consent signed.

Exclusion criteria

1. History of malignant tumors.
2. Any severe complications contraindicated chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
3. Medical history of central nervous system, cognitive or psychological diseases;
4. Pregnant or nursing women.
5. Patients with mental disease cannot complete the questionaire.
6. Patients refused the informed consent.