What this means
This study is a trial that has not started yet and has no results. It will test whether daily red light treatment eases skin and mouth soreness from radiotherapy in children.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Opening soon
- Who can join
- Ages 0–16
- Where
- 1 site
The science
- Registered title
- Using Red Light Therapy to Ease Skin Side Effects and Mouth Side Effects, in Children and Young People Aged 0 to 16 Years Old, Receiving Radiotherapy
- Trial ID
- NCT07183267 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Radio Dermatitis, Mucositis Oral, Oesophagitis
- What is tested
- Photobiomodulation
- Sponsor
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
- Ages
- 0 Years to 16 Years
- Dates
- First posted Sep 19, 2025 · updated Mar 19, 2026
Registry summary
The goal of this interventional study is to see if the daily use of red light therapy called photobiomodulation can help sore skin and sore mouths in children having radiotherapy.
All children aged 0-16 years old who are receiving either proton or photon radiotherapy treatment, except to the brain only, will be asked if they would like to join the study.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Does the use of red light therapy help the skin side effects in children and young people undergoing proton or photon therapy?
- Does the use of red light therapy help the mouth side effects in children and young people undergoing proton or photon therapy in the head and neck area?
Researchers will compare the patients enrolled on to the study with a like for like historic patient to see if red light therapy improves the sore skin and sore mouths caused by proton or photon therapy.
Participants will have a daily treatment with red light therapy alongside their daily proton or photon treatment fraction.
Sites (1)
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, Cheshire, United Kingdom