Status:

COMPLETED

Ability of Curcumin to Decrease Cytokines Involved in Mucositis in the Autologous Transplant

Lead Sponsor:

Tata Memorial Centre

Conditions:

Oral Mucositis (Ulcerative)

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Mucositis is a very common complication in bone marrow transplant setting. It is a result of injury to the gut caused by high dose chemotherapy. Currently there are no universal protocols that have be...

Detailed Description

Mucositis is an inevitable side-effect of intensive conditioning therapy used for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and usually refers to the mucosal ulceration of mouth and throat. However, it ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male or female patients 18 years and above .
  • Patients who give written informed consent
  • Patients with performance status - 0,1 or 2(ECOG scale)
  • Patients receiving any of the following high dose chemotherapy regimens
  • Melphalan- 200 mg/m2 or more (MEL-200 mg/m2)
  • Busulfan and Melphalan (BuMEL)
  • Carmustine (BCNU), Etoposide, Cytosine Arabinoside and Melphalan ( BEAM)
  • Patients who have creatinine clearance \> 50 ml/min
  • Patients with serum bilirubin levels \< 2mg/dl. and serum liver enzymes (ALT or AST or both) greater than 5 times the upper limit of normal value.

Exclusion

  • Patients who are on NSAIDs , aspirin ,antioxidants or systemic steroids for more than 3 months and the last dose taken within the last one week.
  • Patients being treated for active infection at the time of starting high dose chemotherapy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 6 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 3 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04870060

Start Date

October 6 2010

End Date

July 3 2015

Last Update

April 11 2024

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Tata Memorial Centre

Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 410210