A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial Evaluating the Impact of Nystatin on the Development of Oral Irritation in Patients Receiving High Dose Intravenous Interleukin-2

Summary

In patients who are receiving intravenous high dose Interleukin-2, patients will be randomized into two groups: group one will receive nystatin swish and swallow immediately before initiation of IL-2, and the second group will receive a placebo. The patients in each group will be monitored and evaluated for differences in the rate and severity of development of oral irritation during treatment. They will also be studied for differences between the two groups in the number of doses of IL-2 taken.

Timeline

Start

1999-04

Primary completion

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Completion

2000-08

Publications

• Background Marmary Y, Shiloni E, Katz J. Oral changes in interleukin-2 treated patients: a preliminary report. J Oral Pathol Med. 1992 May;21(5):230-1. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1992.tb00107.x.
• Background Rodriguez-Archilla A, Urquia M, Cutando A, Asencio R. Denture stomatitis: quantification of interleukin-2 production by mononuclear blood cells cultured with Candida albicans. J Prosthet Dent. 1996 Apr;75(4):426-31. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3913(96)90036-0.
• Background Rosenberg SA, Lotze MT, Muul LM, Leitman S, Chang AE, Ettinghausen SE, Matory YL, Skibber JM, Shiloni E, Vetto JT, et al. Observations on the systemic administration of autologous lymphokine-activated killer cells and recombinant interleukin-2 to patients with metastatic cancer. N Engl J Med. 1985 Dec 5;313(23):1485-92. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198512053132327.

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