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Patients were given 1,000 mg/day IV amifostine (740 mg/m2) once a day or divided (depending on frequency of chemotherapy or total body irradiation [TBI]), rounded to nearest 500 mg, and given over 15 minutes prior to chemotherapy or TBI.
This was a single-institution, randomized, open-label trial conducted between August 1998 and October 2003.
The World Health Organization (WHO) Mucositis grading scale was used daily during the study, followed by the Common Toxicity Criteria in Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP).