Effect of low-level laser therapy on patient reported measures of oral mucositis and quality of life in head and neck cancer patients receiving chemoradiotherapy—a randomized controlled trial

Purpose Chemoradiotherapy (CRT)-induced oral mucositis (OM) adversely affects a patient’s oral functions and quality of life (QOL). Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) showed some preventive and curative effects against clinically reported objective measures of OM in few trials including our recently pub...

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description Purpose Chemoradiotherapy (CRT)-induced oral mucositis (OM) adversely affects a patient’s oral functions and quality of life (QOL). Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) showed some preventive and curative effects against clinically reported objective measures of OM in few trials including our recently published study. There is dearth of evidence regarding the effects of LLLT on patient’s subjective experience of OM and QOL. Hence, we did this study to evaluate the effects of LLLT on a patient’s reported measures of OM and QOL in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients receiving CRT. Methods This triple blinded study randomized 220 HNC patients scheduled for CRT (three weekly Cisplatin + RT = 66 Gray (2 Gy/session), five fractions/week for 6.5 weeks, total 33 fractions) into laser (110) and placebo (110) groups. The laser group received LLLT (Technomed Electronics Advanced Laser Therapy 1000, He–Ne, λ  = 632.8 nm, power density = 24 mW/cm 2 , dosage = 3.0 J at each point, total dose/session = 36–40 J, spot size 1 cm 2 , irradiation time/point 125 s) before each radiation session, while the placebo group did not receive laser therapy. Methodology was similar to our recently published study (Gautam et al. Radiother Oncol 104:349–354, 2012 ). In this part of our study, a blinded assessor collected subjective outcomes of the patient’s reported measures of OM using Oral Mucositis Weekly Questionnaire-Head and Neck (OMWQ-HN) and QOL using Functional Assessment of Cancer Treatment-Head and Neck (FACT-HN) Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using repeated measure ANOVA through general linear model. Statistical significance was kept at p  
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Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) showed some preventive and curative effects against clinically reported objective measures of OM in few trials including our recently published study. There is dearth of evidence regarding the effects of LLLT on patient’s subjective experience of OM and QOL. Hence, we did this study to evaluate the effects of LLLT on a patient’s reported measures of OM and QOL in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients receiving CRT. Methods This triple blinded study randomized 220 HNC patients scheduled for CRT (three weekly Cisplatin + RT = 66 Gray (2 Gy/session), five fractions/week for 6.5 weeks, total 33 fractions) into laser (110) and placebo (110) groups. 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Aged
Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use
Analysis
Analysis of Variance
Cancer
Cancer patients
Care and treatment
Chemoradiotherapy - adverse effects
Chemoradiotherapy - methods
Cisplatin
Double-Blind Method
Female
Head and neck cancer
Head and Neck Neoplasms - therapy
Humans
Lasers in surgery
Linear Models
Low-Level Light Therapy - methods
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Nuclear radiation
Nursing
Nursing Research
Oncology
Opioids
Original Article
Pain Medicine
Parenteral Nutrition, Total - methods
Quality of Life
Rehabilitation Medicine
Severity of Illness Index
Stomatitis
Stomatitis - etiology
Stomatitis - pathology
Stomatitis - radiotherapy
Surveys and Questionnaires
Treatment Outcome
title Effect of low-level laser therapy on patient reported measures of oral mucositis and quality of life in head and neck cancer patients receiving chemoradiotherapy—a randomized controlled trial
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