Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Peter Milgrom
ORCID ID
Contact details
Dental Public Health Sciences
1959 NE Pacific Street
Rm B-509
Box 357475
Seattle
Washington
98195
United States of America
+1 206 543 4043
dfrc@u.washington.edu
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
U54 DE14254
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Gum 1
Study hypothesis
Increasing reduction in mutans streptococci level in plaque and saliva to increasing dose of xylitol use
Ethics approval
University of Washington Internal Review Board - Application #: 02-4021-B 02. Approved 02/01/2003.
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Condition
Dental Caries
Intervention
4 group design. Control (sorbitol gum) and 3 xylitol gum groups all chewed 12 pellets of gum evenly divided into 4 times per day.
Intervention type
Drug
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Xylitol
Primary outcome measure
Reduction in mutans streptococci level in plaque and saliva
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/03/2003
Overall trial end date
01/06/2004
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Adult, male & female, with screening plaque mutans streptococci level greater than 10,000 CFU/ml
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
132
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Gastro-intestinal diseases/problems
2. Phenylalanine intolerant
Recruitment start date
01/03/2003
Recruitment end date
01/06/2004
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United States of America
Trial participating centre
Dental Public Health Sciences
Seattle, Washington
98195
United States of America
Sponsor information
Organisation
University of Washington (USA)
Sponsor details
Carol Zuiches
Asst Vice Provost for Research
Office of Sponsored Programs
1100 45th St.
NE
Ste. 300
Seattle
Washington
98105
United States of America
+1 206 543 4043
gcsvcs@u.washington.edu
Sponsor type
University/education
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
National Institute of Dental and Cranio-facial Research (NIDCR) (USA) - U54 DE14254
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2006 results http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16434738
Publication citations
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Results
Milgrom P, Ly KA, Roberts MC, Rothen M, Mueller G, Yamaguchi DK, Mutans streptococci dose response to xylitol chewing gum., J. Dent. Res., 2006, 85, 2, 177-181.