# Zinc Sulfate in Preventing Loss of Sense of Taste in Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer

> **NCT00036881** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology** · enrollment: 173 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Dysgeusia
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Oral Complications
- Radiation Toxicity

## Interventions

- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** zinc sulfate
- **OTHER:** placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00036881
- **Lead sponsor:** Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2002-05
- **Primary completion:** 2007-04
- **Final completion:** 2007-06
- **Target enrollment:** 173 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2016-07-14

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00036881

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00036881, "Zinc Sulfate in Preventing Loss of Sense of Taste in Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00036881. Licensed CC0.

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