# S9908: Glutamine in Treating Mucositis Caused by Radiation Therapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Cancer of the Mouth or Throat

> **NCT00006994** · PHASE3 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **SWOG Cancer Research Network** · enrollment: 23 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Cancer-related Problem/Condition
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Pain

## Interventions

- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** glutamine
- **RADIATION:** radiation therapy
- **DRUG:** l-glutamine placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00006994
- **Lead sponsor:** SWOG Cancer Research Network
- **Sponsor class:** NETWORK
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2001-11
- **Primary completion:** 2005-04
- **Final completion:** 2006-04
- **Target enrollment:** 23 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Withdrawn due to drug availability and funding
- **Last updated:** 2015-11-18

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00006994

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00006994, "S9908: Glutamine in Treating Mucositis Caused by Radiation Therapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Cancer of the Mouth or Throat". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-15 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00006994. Licensed CC0.

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