Light therapy eases mouth sores and skin burns in 33,000 cancer patients
NCT ID NCT07054528
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This real-world study follows 33,000 cancer patients in France using the CareMin650™ device, which shines light on mouth sores and skin burns caused by chemotherapy or radiation. The goal is to see if this light therapy reduces the severity of these painful side effects. Researchers will also ask nurses and doctors how easy the device is to use.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- CareMin650™ photobiomodulation device
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could confirm that light therapy helps prevent and treat painful mouth sores and skin burns from cancer treatment, improving quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational registry, not a controlled trial, so results may be less reliable. The device is already marketed, so this study mainly confirms real-world use rather than proving new benefits.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 33,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2034
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A research network
The lead sponsor is a research network or cooperative group.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Most patients with cancer or haematological malignancies receiving chemotherapy and presenting with oral mucositis and/or radio- and/or chemo-induced dermatitis will have some form of oral mucositis.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Any adult patient over 18 years of age * Patient treated with the CareMin650™ photobiomodulation device, as a preventive or curative measure for oral mucositis and/or radiodermatitis induced by chemotherapy (in the broadest sense: includes targeted therapies, immunotherapy) and/or radiotherapy, as part of their routine management for any type of cancer or haematological malignancy, whatever the stage and prognosis of the disease * Information note sent to the patient and record of the patient's or legal representative's (guardian's) non-objection * Membership of a social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women * Patient with severe cognitive impairment rendering him/her incapable of expressing non-objection to participation in the study. * If the patient is under guardianship or curatorship: objection from the guardian/curator. * Patient with a known allergy to polyurethane * Patient taking part in a clinical study involving medicinal or non-medicinal therapies to treat or prevent oral mucositis or radiodermatitis. * Patients physically unable to apply Ora-Pad and Derma-Pad devices (e.g. limited mouth opening).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier de Valenciennes
Valenciennes, France, 59300, France
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