L-arginine vs. L-glutamine oral suspensions for radiation-induced oral mucositis: a triple-blind randomized trial.
- 2025-07-03
- RCT · n = 23
- Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology 151(7)
- Fatma E A Hassanein
- Christine Mikhail
- Sarah Elkot
- Asmaa Abou-Bakr
- PubMed: 40603739
- DOI: 10.1007/s00432-025-06213-x
- High evidence
- Clinical
By 7th week of radiotherapy, BMI was significantly decreased in the maltodextrin group than in either the arginine (p = 0.028) or glutamine (p = 0.001) groups, indicative of treatment-mediated weight loss.
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Moderate
- Significant
- Yes
- Dose
- 5 g