Can a mouth rinse save your taste buds during cancer treatment?
NCT ID NCT06500884
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 5 times
Summary
This study tests whether certain mouth rinses or oral medications can prevent or reduce taste changes caused by the drug talquetamab, used to treat multiple myeloma. About 210 participants will be randomly assigned to different preventive treatments. The goal is to find a way to keep patients' sense of taste intact during therapy.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Talquetamab (a drug) and various mouth rinses or oral medications to prevent taste changes
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could identify a way to prevent or reduce the unpleasant taste changes that often come with talquetamab treatment, making it easier for patients to tolerate.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase 2 trial, so it's still early. The preventive treatments may not work well for everyone, and taste changes might still occur. The study focuses on managing side effects, not on curing the cancer itself.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 210 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Expected to finish
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May 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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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: * Multiple myeloma (MM) according to IMWG diagnostic criteria * Were triple-class exposed (received prior treatment with a PI, an IMiD, and anti CD38 mAb) * Documented evidence of progressive disease based on investigator's determination of response by IMWG criteria on or after their last regimen * Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group-performance status (ECOG-PS) of 0 or 1 at screening. Participants with ECOG-PS 2 or 3 are eligible for the study if the ECOG-PS score is related to stable physical limitations (e.g., wheelchair-bound due to prior spinal cord injury) and not related to multiple myeloma or associated therapy * Be willing and able to adhere to the lifestyle restrictions specified in the protocol Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindications or life-threatening known allergies, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to any study drug or its excipients * Stroke, transient ischemic attack, or seizure within 6 months prior to screening * Any of the following within 6 months prior to the first dose of study treatment: severe or unstable angina, myocardial infarction; major thromboembolytic event (e.g., pulmonary embolism, cerebrovascular accident), clinically significant ventricular arrythmia or heart failure New York Heart Association functional classification Class III or IV. Uncomplicated deep vein thrombosis is not considered exclusionary * Major surgery or had significant traumatic injury within 2 weeks prior to the start of administration of study treatment, or will not have fully recovered from surgery, or has major surgery planned during the time the participant is expected to be treated in the study or within 2 weeks after administration of the last dose of study treatment * A WETT score indicating severe dysgeusia at screening and confirmed prior to randomization. Also unresolved/severe dysgeusia referred by the participant or a finding in the physical examination/oral cavity inspection. Some examples include leukoplakia, prior mouth cancers, extensive dental caries, severe periodontitis, active oral infections, candidiasis, parotic gland removal, or radiotherapy with resultant xerostomia
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
37 sites in 7 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Albert Schweitzer Ziekenhuis
RECRUITINGDordrecht, 3318 AT, Netherlands
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Belfast City Hospital
RECRUITINGBelfast, BT9 7AB, United Kingdom
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Clinica Medica Sao Germano LTDA
RECRUITINGSão Paulo, 04537 081, Brazil
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Colchester Hospital University NHS
RECRUITINGColchester, CO4 5JL, United Kingdom
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Colorado Blood Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGDenver, Colorado, 80218, United States
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Duke University Medical Center
RECRUITINGDurham, North Carolina, 27705, United States
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Eastbourne District General Hospital
RECRUITINGEastbourne, BN21 2UD, United Kingdom
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Erasmus MC
RECRUITINGRotterdam, 3015 CN, Netherlands
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Fundacao Universidade de Caxias do Sul
RECRUITINGCaxias do Sul, 95070 560, Brazil
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Hammersmith Hospital
RECRUITINGLondon, W12 0HS, United Kingdom
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Hosp Clinic de Barcelona
RECRUITINGBarcelona, 08036, Spain
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Hosp Clinico Univ de Salamanca
RECRUITINGSalamanca, 37007, Spain
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Hosp. Quiron Madrid Pozuelo
RECRUITINGPozuelo de Alarcón, 28223, Spain
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Hosp. Univ. 12 de Octubre
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28041, Spain
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Hosp. Univ. Germans Trias I Pujol
RECRUITINGBadalona, 08916, Spain
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Hosp. Univ. Ramon Y Cajal
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28034, Spain
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Hosp. Univ. Virgen de La Arrixaca
RECRUITINGEl Palmar, 30120, Spain
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Hosp. de Jerez de La Frontera
RECRUITINGJerez de la Frontera, 11407, Spain
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Hospital Erasto Gaertner- Liga Paranaense de Combate ao Cancer
RECRUITINGCuritiba, 81520-060, Brazil
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Hospital Espanol Auxilio Mutuo Auxilio Mutuo Cancer Center
RECRUITINGSan Juan, 00918, Puerto Rico
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IDOR - Regional Bahia
RECRUITINGSalvador, 41253-190, Brazil
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IDOR - Regional Brasilia
RECRUITINGBrasília, 70390-140, Brazil
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IDOR - Regional Sao Paulo
RECRUITINGSão Paulo, 01401 002, Brazil
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10029, United States
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Newcastle Freeman Hospital
COMPLETEDNewcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, United Kingdom
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Samsung Medical Center
RECRUITINGSeoul, 135-230, South Korea
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Seoul National University Hospital
RECRUITINGSeoul, 03080, South Korea
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The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St Mary s Hospital
RECRUITINGSeoul, 06591, South Korea
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The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Christie Hospital
RECRUITINGManchester, M20 4BX, United Kingdom
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The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
RECRUITINGLiverpool, L7 8YA, United Kingdom
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University College London Hospitals
RECRUITINGLondon, NW1 2BU, United Kingdom
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University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
RECRUITINGCleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States
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University of California San Francisco
RECRUITINGSan Francisco, California, 94143, United States
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University of Rochester Medical Center
RECRUITINGRochester, New York, 14642, United States
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University of Washington
RECRUITINGSeattle, Washington, 98109, United States
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VUMC Amsterdam
RECRUITINGAmsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands
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Virginia Commonwealth University - Massey Cancer Center
RECRUITINGRichmond, Virginia, 23298, United States
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Yale University School Of Medicine
RECRUITINGNew Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States
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