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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01354548
Date of registration: 02/05/2011
Primary sponsor: University Hospital, Linkoeping
Public title: Jaw Training to Increase Jaw Mobility During Radiotherapy
Scientific title: Prophylactic Training for the Prevention of Trismus in Connection With Radiation Therapy - a Randomised Study
Date of first enrolment: February 2010
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01354548
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
Sweden
Contacts
Name:   Vera E Loorents
Address: 
Telephone: + 46 10 103 2827
Email: vera.loorents@lio.se
Affiliation: 
Name:   Sussanne Börjeson, Med dr
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Department of Medicine and Care, Division of Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 18 or older

- Be able to communicate and understand the Swedish language.

- Compliance with training programme and follow-up during the study time period.

- Planed radiotherapy dose of at least 15Gy to the jaw muscles.

- Tooth 11 and 41 intact.

Exclusion Criteria:

- An operation in the target area that has already affected jaw mobility.

- Jaw measurement under 35mm.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Trismus
Intervention(s)
Device: TheraBite® Jaw Motion Rehabilitation System™
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in Jaw mobility measurement during Radiotherapy [Time Frame: Up to 7 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in Jaw Mobility measurement at 6 and 12 months after completed Radiotherapy [Time Frame: 6 and 12 months]
Secondary ID(s)
FORSS-88571
The Swedish Cancer Society
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Linkoeping University
Ryhov County Hospital
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