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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00537199
Date of registration: 26/09/2007
Primary sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Public title: OraTest in Combination With Visual Examination and Visual Examination Alone
Scientific title: Evaluation of OraTest in Combination With Visual Examination in the Improved Detection of Oral Mucosal Lesions Suspicious of Serious Pathology in High-Risk Patients for the Purpose of Referral to the Health Care Professional Experienced in Oral Cancer: Phase III Clinical Trial Comparing the Sensitivity and Assessing the Specificity of OraTest in Combination With Visual Examination and Visual Examination Alone in Patients at High Risk as Defined by Age and Lifestyle Factors (ZIL-401)
Date of first enrolment: February 2007
Target sample size: 1
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00537199
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Mark Chambers, DMD
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Affiliation:  M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. High risk of oral cancer as defined by a twenty-pack/year cigarette smoking history
or equivalent and is either a current smoker or has quit smoking within the last 24
months. Twenty-pack/year equivalent is defined as ½ pack/day for 40 years, or one
pack/day for 20 years, or 2 packs/day for 10 years, or 4 packs/day for 5 years.
AND/OR;

2. Ten-year history of twenty orally-consumed alcohol units/week and is either a current
drinker or has quit drinking within the last 24 months. Twenty orally-consumed
alcohol units/week is defined as the equivalent of twenty - 1 ounce shots of whisky
or spirits/week (20 ounces = 600 mL), or twenty - 3 ounce glasses of wine/week (60
ounces = 1800 mL), or twenty - 12 ounce glasses of beer/week (240 ounces = 7200 mL);

3. Male or female, at least 45 years of age;

4. Written informed consent.

5. Females of childbearing potential may be enrolled following a negative urine
pregnancy test performed at the SE visit. Abstinence will be considered an acceptable
form of birth control.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. History of oral cancer, surgery or biopsy for suspected oral neoplasm;

2. History of recent oral surgery, periodontal treatment, or oral trauma (<14 days) or
current orthodonture (e.g., braces);

3. Known hypersensitivity to study drug or its analogs;

4. Active and uncontrolled infection or any other severe concurrent disease that in the
judgment of the investigator would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this
study;

5. Psychiatric disorders which would interfere with informed consent or follow-up;

6. Use of any investigational agent within previous 30 days;

7. Female that is lactating or demonstrating positive pregnancy test;

8. Patients in whom betel nut use/abuse has been reported within the past 5 years;

9. Patients currently taking medication containing prohibited dyes.



Age minimum: 45 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Head and Neck Cancer
Oropharynx Cancer
Intervention(s)
Drug: OraTest
Other: Visual Examination
Primary Outcome(s)
Ratio of Sensitivity of OraTest + Visual Exam Versus Sensitivity of Visual Exam Alone [Time Frame: Two (2) scheduled visits for visual examination.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2005-1008
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Zila Biotechnology
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