Establishment of oral care method to reduce the number of bacteria in saliva of patients undergoing cancer surgery

JRCT ID: jRCT1071230048

Registered date:03/08/2023

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Not Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: malignant tumor
• Date of first enrollment: 08/08/2023
• Target sample size: 60
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): gargle mouth with diluted Isodine gargle 7 percent as described in the package insert for 30 seconds.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: gargle mouth with diluted Isodine gargle 7 percent as described in the package insert for 30 seconds.

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 18age old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

1.Patients who are diagnosed with malignant tumor and scheduled to undergo surgery (excluding endoscopic resection) under general anesthesia at Nagasaki University Hospital (including first occurrence and recurrence).
2.Patients who have been fully informed about the participation in this study, and who have given written consent of their own free will based on sufficient understanding.

Exclude criteria

1. Patients who are managed under intubation by postoperative tracheotomy.
2. Patients who are unable to gargle.
3. Patients who have allergic to iodine or have abnormal thyroid function.
4. Principal or cooperative doctors judge patients as inappropriate as research subjects.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Soutome Sakiko