# 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 MORVS 2026-10-19 from https://api.morvs.ai/clinical/NCT00036881. Licensed CC0.

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