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NCT06311877

Effects of Flavor Modification for Management of Radiation Induced Dysgeusia

Enrolling by Invitation
NAAges 18–90InterventionalTreatment
University of South Florida
~30 participants
Updated 2025-04-18 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:mBerryNo intervention

At a glance

Recruiting sites
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What they're measuring
5-Point Hedonic Rating Scale
Measured over Bi-weekly for 8 weeks
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Dysgeusia

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Florida1

Study leadership

  • Jennifer Larsson · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of South Florida

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Over 18 years
Diagnosis of mandibular cancer, tonsillar cancer, and lingual cancer
Receiving primary or adjuvant radiation therapy

Exclusion

Received a total glossectomy or total laryngectomy.
Patients with allergies to peanut, latex, peach, or soy will be excluded as they are at increased risk of allergy to mBerry.
Diagnosis of diabetes as well as prediabetic patients and those that are taking Metformin.

What this trial measures

  • 5-Point Hedonic Rating ScaleBi-weekly for 8 weeks

    Taste Test Scale used to assessing liking or preference of taste of a product. Dislike Very Much: Assigned a value of 1, this represents strong disliking. Dislike Slightly: Assigned a value of 2, indicating mild disliking. Neither Like nor Dislike: Assigned a value of 3, representing a neutral response. Like Slightly: Assigned a value of 4, indicating mild liking. Like Very Much: Assigned a value of 5, representing strong liking. The higher the number scored indicates the participants enjoyed the taste vs the lower the number participant liked the taste less.

  • Chemotherapy-induced Taste Alteration Scale (CITAS)Bi-weekly for 8 weeks

    Perceived taste scale- Self- administered questionnaire of 18 items evaluated on a five-point. Using a Likert scale 1-5 (where 1 = no difficulty or absence of the disturbance and 5 = maximum difficulty or disturbance). Higher scores indicate more severe taste alterations.