Effectiveness of an Oral Exercise Program for Xerostomia in Patients With Sjögren Disease
- NCT ID
- NCT07864987
- Registry status
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Sponsor
- Nazli Elif Nacar
- Conditions
- Sjogren Syndrome
Overview
ClinicalTrials.gov lists this study as Not yet recruiting.
Official title: Effectiveness of an Oral Exercise Program for Xerostomia in Patients With Sjögren Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Enrollment: 56 participants (Estimated).
What is being studied
- Intervention: Exercise
- Intervention: Motor Activity
- Intervention: Movement
- Intervention: Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena
- Intervention: Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena
- Other: Oral exercise
Who may be eligible
- Ages
- 18 Years to no maximum
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- No
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the following eligibility criteria.
Inclusion Criteria:
* a diagnosis of SjD based on the 2016 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria;
* ≥18 years of age;
* residual stimulated whole salivary flow rate (≥0.05 ml/min);
* presence of subjective xerostomia (Visual Analogue Scale ≥ 50);
* stable pharmacological treatment for at least 4 weeks before enrolment;
* provision of written informed consent. -
Exclusion Criteria:
* history of head and neck radiotherapy,
* severe cognitive impairment (i.e., dementia)
* psychiatric disorders preventing participation,
* neurological disorders affecting oral motor function,
* participation in structured oral motor or swallowing rehabilitation within the previous 2 months,
* inability or unwillingness to comply with the study protocol.
Study locations
No study locations are listed in the registry data.
Study details
- Start date
- October 26, 2026
- Primary completion date
- June 30, 2028
- Completion date
- September 30, 2028
- First posted
- October 8, 2026
Source and update information
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- NCT ID
- NCT07864987
- Registry last updated
- October 8, 2026
- QualifiedStudies registry data refreshed
- October 12, 2026
- QualifiedStudies record fetched
- October 12, 2026
View NCT07864987 on ClinicalTrials.gov
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