| Funding Agency |
Project |
| 1. National Institute of Health(NIH)
|
Phase II randomized clinical trail of
Sulindac in oral premalignant lesions.
The project will attempt to establish the
effectiveness of Sulindac as a potential of an international consortium in oral cancer prevention
research between AIMS hospital and Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, New York. |
| 3.Department of Biotechnology:
Govt. of India |
Phase II Chemoprevention trial of Curcumin in oral
leukoplakia.
This clinical trial will attempt to determine the effectiveness of Curcumin a derivative of Turmeric to treat oral precancer lesion- leukoplakia. |
| 4. Kerala State Science, Technologyand Environment Research Council |
Infrastructure development grant. This grant is
to equip a core research laboratory for
head and neck oncology to facilitate
translational research.
Lymphoscintigraphy |
| 5. Kerala State Science,
Technology and Environment
Research Council:
|
Lymphocintigraphy for evaluation of nodal
metastasis in Head and neck cancer.
This project is to determine the feasibility of
lymphoscintigraphy as a minimally invasive
tool to detect sub-clinical lymph node metastasis.
|
| 6. Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research,
Govt. of India
|
Gene expression profiling of head and neck
squamous cell carcinoma by cDNA microarray.
This project which is carried out in collaboration with Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hydrebad; will attempt to develop a custom head and neck cancer gene-chip for characterization of the tumor at the molecular level.
|
| 7. Head and Neck Research
Fund
|
Validation of transcriptomes of Cancer associated genes in saliva of patients with oral Cancer
The goal of this project is to identify cancer
signature molecules in saliva, which may be
used for early detection of cancer
|
| 8. Belcher
Pharmaceuticals
|
Study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Muco
5232 a concentrated chewable gel wafer in
reducing the severity of oral mucositis included by
radiation with or without Chemotheraphy
|
|
9 Head and Neck
Research Fund
|
Speech out come after treatment of tongue cancer:
comparison between different treatment
methods.
This project is to determine functional outcome of
different methods of treating tongue cancer.
|
| 10. Department of Science and
Technology, Govt. of India:
|
Evaluation of oral self-examination in early detection of oral cancer
In this rural community based research we plan to
determine the feasibility of mouth self-examination
for early detection of oral cancer.
|
| 11. Head and Neck Research
Fund
|
Elongation factor (eIF4) as a marker for sub microscopic metastasis in cervical lymph nodes
This project involved development of a novel marker to identify sub-microscopic metastasis in cervical lymph nodes
|
| 12. wockhardt pharma |
Phase II study of antibiotic efficacy in complicated
skin and soft tissue infections.
|
| 13. Head and Neck Research
Fund:
|
Study on prevalence of hypothyroidism in treated
head and neck cancer patients and the effect
of intervention on Quality of life.
|
| 14. Head and Neck Research
Fund
|
Pattern of spread of tumours of the gingivo-buccal
sulcus.
This is a histopathological study to evaluate pattern
of spread of cancer of gingivo-buccal sulcus.
|
| 15. Head and Neck Research
Fund |
Indigenous hydroxyapatite implants for chin and
malar augmentation.
This is a ongoing collaborative project with SCT
center for research, Trivandrum
|
| 16. GSK pharmaceuticals |
Phase III randomize clinical trial of post-operative anti-EGFr tyrosine kinase inhibitor in high-risk head and neck cancer patients. |
