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Registration number
ACTRN12619000132145
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
8/01/2019
Date registered
30/01/2019
Date last updated
8/01/2020
Date data sharing statement initially provided
30/01/2019
Type of registration
Prospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
A Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial of two interventions to manage dry mouth in pre-operative elective surgical patients.
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Scientific title
A Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial of two interventions to manage dry mouth in pre-operative elective surgical patients.
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Secondary ID [1]
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Universal Trial Number (UTN)
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Trial acronym
I AM DRY
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Linked study record
This record is a follow-up of the pilot study registered under ACTRN12618001270202
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Dry Mouth
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Condition category
Condition code
Anaesthesiology
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Other anaesthesiology
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Saliva Substitute - Biotene Dry Mouth Oral Rinse
Preoperative patients who have offered their informed consent will be given 15 mls of Biotene to rinse their mouth. The patient is allowed to rinse their mouth for as long as they like and then spit out the liquid.
Patients will be asked to complete a Dry Mouth Score pre-intervention and 30 minutes post-treatment. The treatment can be repeated hourly until participants are transferred to the operating rooms from the preoperative area (there is no maximum time as patient stays in the preoperative are varied).
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Intervention code [1]
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Prevention
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Intervention code [2]
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Treatment: Other
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Comparator / control treatment
Water
Preoperative patients who have offered their informed consent will be given 15 mls of water to rinse their mouth.
Patients will be asked to complete a Dry Mouth Score per-intervention and 30 minutes post-treatment.
The treatment can be repeated after 1 hour and subsequently hourly until participants leaves the preoperative area for the operating room.
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Control group
Active
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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Absolute risk reduction in mouth dryness represented by rating of mouth dryness on a 5 point Likert scale post intervention (much worse, worse, no change, better or much better).
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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30 minutes post intervention in pre-operative area
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Secondary outcome [1]
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Difference in mouth dryness before and after intervention using a 100mm Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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30 minutes after intervention
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Secondary outcome [2]
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Incidence of harm related to intervention will be reported as an adverse event; such as allergic reaction symptoms to treatment - swollen mouth. Events will be recorded directly from participant self-reported and documentation in to medical records.
All adverse events will be reviewed and adjudicated by an independent review panel.
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Assessment method [2]
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Timepoint [2]
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30 minutes post intervention
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
All patients undergoing elective surgery who meet all of the following criteria:
Elective adult surgical patients aged 18 years of age and older who:
Are able to consent to participate AND,
Have complied with local hospital fasting guidelines.
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Minimum age
18
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Maximum age
No limit
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Sex
Both males and females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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Key exclusion criteria
Patients who did not comply with fasting guidelines.
Patients undergoing acute surgery.
Patients who do not give or cannot give consent to participate.
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Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
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Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
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Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
sealed opaque envelopes
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Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Block randomisation in groups of 8 utilising computer software generated tables,
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Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
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Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
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Intervention assignment
Parallel
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Other design features
Not applicable
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Phase
Not Applicable
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Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
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Statistical methods / analysis
Scientific outcomes will be described with simple inferential statistics.All analysis will be carried out with intention to treat rather than per protocol. Primary outcome data will be analysed using Chi-squared tests. A p value <0.05 will be taken as significant. Secondary outcome data will be analysed using a t-test with p values and confidence intervals. A p-value <0.05 will be taken as statistically significant.
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Recruiting
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
4/02/2019
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Actual
14/03/2019
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Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
1/07/2020
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Actual
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Date of last data collection
Anticipated
31/07/2020
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Actual
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Sample size
Target
840
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Accrual to date
70
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Final
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Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1]
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New Zealand
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State/province [1]
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Auckland
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Country [2]
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New Zealand
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State/province [2]
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Wellington
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Country [3]
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New Zealand
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State/province [3]
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Canterbury
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Country [4]
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New Zealand
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State/province [4]
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Waikato
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Country [5]
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New Zealand
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State/province [5]
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Northland
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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Other Collaborative groups
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Name [1]
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SATURN Trainee Network
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Address [1]
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c/- Anaesthesia and Perioperative Research
Perioperative Services
Dept Anaesthesia Offices
Level 8
Building 1, Auckland City Hospital
Park Road
Grafton
Auckland 1023
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Country [1]
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New Zealand
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Funding source category [2]
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Hospital
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Name [2]
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Anaesthesia and Perioperative Research
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Address [2]
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Perioperative Services
Dept Anaesthesia Offices
Level 8
Building 1, Auckland City Hospital
Park Road
Grafton
Auckland 1023
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Country [2]
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New Zealand
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Primary sponsor type
Individual
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Name
Dr Doug Campbell
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Address
Perioperative Services
Dept Anaesthesia Offices
Level 8
Building 1, Auckland City Hospital
Park Road
Grafton
Auckland 1023
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Country
New Zealand
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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Other Collaborative groups
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Name [1]
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SATURN Trainee Network
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Address [1]
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c/- Anaesthesia and Perioperative Research
Perioperative Services
Dept Anaesthesia Offices
Level 8
Building 1, Auckland City Hospital
Park Road
Grafton
Auckland 1023
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Country [1]
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New Zealand
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
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Ethics committee name [1]
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Central Health and Disability Ethics Committee
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Ethics committee address [1]
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Health and Disability Ethics Committees Ministry of Health 133 Molesworth Street PO Box 5013 Wellington 6011
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Ethics committee country [1]
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New Zealand
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Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
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12/11/2018
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Approval date [1]
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14/12/2018
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Ethics approval number [1]
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18/CEN/237
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Summary
Brief summary
Dry mouth, associated with fasting, stress, anxiety and pharmacological agents has been identified to be the most common perioperative patient complaint. In the pre-operative setting, dry mouth and thirst can be difficult to separate. Patient reported outcome measures such as pain, anxiety and nausea have multiple therapeutic options. Dry mouth is an important, but often overlooked patient reported outcome measure, with few therapeutic options. Dry mouth, is amenable to therapies including saliva substitutes, saliva stimulants and intravenous sialogues in oncological patients following surgery or radiotherapy and in autoimmune conditions. To date, the efficacy of these treatments has not been tested in the perioperative setting. Following a recent pilot study, BIG DRY aims to reduce the feeling of dry mouth in perioperative patients by comparing two simple treats, mouth wash and water.
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Trial website
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Public notes
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Contacts
Principal investigator
Name
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Dr Leesa Morton
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Address
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Dept Anaethesia
Christchurch Hospital
Private Bag 4710
Christchurch
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New Zealand
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Phone
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+64 33640288
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Fax
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for public queries
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Davina McAllister
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Address
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Anaethesia and Perioperative Research
Dept Anaesthesia
Perioperative Services
Level 8, Building 1
Auckland City Hospital
Park Road
Grafton
Auckland
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New Zealand
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Phone
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+64 93757095
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+6493754378
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for scientific queries
Name
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Leesa Morton
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Address
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Dept Anaethesia
Christchurch Hospital
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Christchurch
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New Zealand
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+64 33640288
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Data sharing statement
Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?
No
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No/undecided IPD sharing reason/comment
At this time we have made no decision around what data will be available. We are awaiting guidance from our organisational research governance group.
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What supporting documents are/will be available?
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Study protocol
376669-(Uploaded-29-01-2019-09-54-39)-Study-related document.pdf
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Ethical approval
376669-(Uploaded-08-01-2019-12-05-21)-Study-related document.pdf
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Informed consent form
376669-(Uploaded-08-01-2019-12-06-10)-Study-related document.docx
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