Glow-in-the-dark mouth exam could catch cancer earlier
NCT ID NCT01167790
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a special light (autofluorescence) can help doctors spot early signs of mouth cancer in people who smoke and drink heavily. 180 adults hospitalized for alcohol withdrawal took part. The goal was to see if the light technique is more reliable than a standard oral exam for finding precancerous lesions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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180 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Jul 2010
- Finished
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Mar 2012
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * patients hospitalized for alcoholic weaning * consumption activates of tobacco or stop for less than one year * consent form signed Exclusion Criteria: * patient presenting a disorder of the haemostasis (plaques \< 50G / L; INR \> 3, haemophilia, moderate or severe Willebrand disease), * absorption of acid acetylsalicylic in seven days before inclusion, * the patient with oral cavity precancerous pathology, dysplasia or known cancer patient
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hopital Saint André
Bordeaux, 33000, France
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