Prevention of mucositis in bone marrow transplantation: a double blind randomised controlled trial of sucralfate.

Abstract

Mucositis is still a leading side effect of high dose chemotherapy and irradiation delivered in autologous and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. In this double blind randomised study, we tested the efficacy of sucralfate for the prevention of mucositis induced by such conditioning treatments. Treatment was started one day before conditioning regimen and patients were prospectively evaluated. The main endpoint was severe mucositis that was more frequent in the placebo group than in the sucralfate group (47% vs. 29%, P = 0.07). This trend was confirmed after adjustment on total body irradiation (TBI) (P = 0.06), the sole stratification parameter. Interestingly, patients receiving sucralfate showed a significant reduction of diarrhoea (25%) vs. 53%, P = 0.005). Overall, the preventive administration of sucralfate appears to be an effective procedure to diminish the occurrence of severe oral and intestinal mucositis in patients treated by high dose chemotherapy alone or combined with TBI before bone marrow transplantation.

• Authors: L Castagna, E Benhamou, E Pedraza, M Luboinski, M Forni, I Brandes, J L Pico, P Y Dietrich
• Journal: Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology (Ann Oncol) Vol. 12 Issue 7 Pg. 953-5 (Jul 2001) ISSN: 0923-7534 [Print] England
• PMID: 11521801 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)

Chemical References

• Anti-Ulcer Agents
• Sucralfate

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Anti-Ulcer Agents (therapeutic use)
• Bone Marrow Transplantation (adverse effects)
• Double-Blind Method
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Prospective Studies
• Stomatitis (prevention & control)
• Sucralfate (therapeutic use)
• Treatment Outcome