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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00222079
Date of registration: 16/09/2005
Primary sponsor: University of Iowa
Public title: Evaluation of Esomeprazole in Treating Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Exposed to Radiation Therapy
Scientific title: Pilot Study to Evaluate Esomeprazole (Nexium) in Treating Gastro-Esophageal Reflux in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer With Prior External Beam Radiation Therapy: a Randomized, Prospective, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Study.
Date of first enrolment: November 2004
Target sample size: 46
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00222079
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Chad I Hines, BS
Address: 
Telephone: 319-384-7090
Email: chad-hines@uiowa.edu
Affiliation: 
Name:   Douglas K trask, MD. Ph.D.
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  University of Iowa
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Signed informed consent

2. History of head and neck cancer

3. Radiation Therapy (external beam or IMRT)

1. Must have received equal or greater than 5000 cGy cumulative dose

2. Must have complaint of xerostomia

3. Greater than three month interval since radiation treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subjects unable to tolerate pH-probe in past

2. Subjects currently on proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) or H-2 receptor antagonist therapy

3. Prior history of esophago-gastric surgery

4. Symptoms of gastrointestinal bleeding (melena, hematemesis)

5. Known hepatic cirrhosis or esophageal varices

6. Prior esophageal perforation

7. Pregnant, nursing or not likely to be using adequate contraceptive measures

8. Subjects not predicted to survive duration of study

9. Subjects with allergies or sensitivities to proton-pump inhibitors

10. Psychological, familial, sociological or geographical conditions which do not permit
Study follow-up and compliance with study protocol

11. Subjects predicted to undergo surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy for head and
neck cancer during the course of study



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Gastro-Esophageal Reflux
Intervention(s)
Drug: Esomeprazole (Nexium)
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
200308067
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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