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NCT05241587

Chewing Gum in Hemodialysis Patients

Completed NA Last updated 15 February 2022
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Gum Group: in Mouth Dryness in 75 participants. Completed in 12 December 2020.

Timeline
3 March 2018
Primary endpoint
22 May 2019
12 December 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsorDidem Sarımehmet
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationnon randomized
Designparallel
Maskingsingle
Primary purposehealth services research
Enrollment75
Start date3 March 2018
Primary completion22 May 2019
Estimated completion12 December 2020
Sites1 location across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Didem Sarımehmet

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Mouth Dryness or Nausea. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of chewing xylitol gum on thirst, dry mouth and nausea in patients undergoing haemodialysis.Patients undergoing haemodialysis often experience thirst, dry mouth and nausea.This was a prospective, non-randomized experimental study involving a control group. The study was carried out with patients undergoing haemodialysis in a private dialysis centre in the northeast of Turkey between July and December 2018. It was completed with a total of 75 patients assigned to the gum group (n=25), mouth spray group (n=25), and control group (n=25).The patients in the gum group chewed xylitol gum for 10 minutes, five times a day for six weeks. Patients in the mouth spray group used two puffs of mouth spray three times a day. No intervention was made in the control group. Data were collected with the Patient Information Form, Charlson Comorbidity Index, Visual Analogue Scale, Rhodes Index of Nausea, Vomiting and Retching, graduated tube, and pH meter. Data were evaluated with Mann-Whitney U, Pearson Chi-square, Kruskal Wallis and Friedman tests. TREND checklist for non-randomised controlled trials was followed.

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