Comparison of the efficacy and safety of miconazole 50-mg mucoadhesive buccal tablets with miconazole 500-mg gel in the treatment of oropharyngeal candidiasis: A prospective, randomized, single-blind, multicenter, comparative, phase III trial in patients treated with radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Cancer

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 204-211

  Bensadoun, Rene Jean ^a   Daoud, Jamel ^b   El Gueddari, Brahim ^c   Bastit, Laurent ^d   Gourmet, Rene ^e   Rosikon, Andrzej ^f   Allavena, Christophe ^g   Céruse, Philippe ^h   Calais, Gilles ⁱ   Attali, Pierre ^j  

^a CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^b HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Morocco)

^d Frederic Joliot Center   (France)

^e CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^f Centre Hospitalier Robert Ballanger CHRB   (France)

^g Centre Catherine de Sienne   (France)

^h South Lyon Hospital   (France)

ⁱ CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^j BioAlliance Pharma   (France)

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Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Miconazole; Mucoadhesive buccal tablet; Oral candidiasis; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

LORAMYC; MICONAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSGEUSIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; OROPHARYNX CANDIDIASIS; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TABLET; TASTE DISORDER; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; FEMALE; GELS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICONAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; TABLETS;

EID: 37449017575     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23152     Document Type: Article

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