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NCT04222478 Interest of Auriculotherapy in the Treatment of Xerostomia

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NCT ID NCT04222478
Status Recruiting
Phase
Sponsor Hopital Foch
Condition Xerostomia
Study Type INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment 68 participants
Start Date 2019-12-04
Primary Completion 2025-12-04

Trial Parameters

Condition Xerostomia
Sponsor Hopital Foch
Study Type INTERVENTIONAL
Phase N/A
Enrollment 68
Sex ALL
Min Age 18 Years
Max Age N/A
Start Date 2019-12-04
Completion 2025-12-04
Interventions
Specific auriculotherapyNon-specific auriculotherapy

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Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to show that auriculotherapy is effective in the treatment of xerostomia

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients over 18 years old; * Complain about xerostomia after cervical irradiation in the context of ENT cancer; * End of radiotherapy\> 3 months * Covered by a national healthcare insurance * Consent form signed. Non inclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breastfeeding women; * Local counterindication to auriculotherapy; * With anticoagulant treatment; * History or existing of hemophilia; * Valvular prosthesis; * Ear's pavilion infection; * Treatment by auriculotherapy or acupuncture in this indication in the previous 12 months; * Having started in the 48 hours preceding the first auriculotherapy session, any new management of xerostomia and likely to interfere with the study (specific medication and/or complementary therapeutic management); * Difficulty to comply with the treatment, questionnaires or study protocol; * Being deprived of liberty or under guardianship.

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