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Phase 2 N=18 Treatment

Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Chemoradiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer

Head and Neck Cancer

Enrolled (actual)
18
Serious AEs
11.1%
Results posted
Feb 2021
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Participants With Progression-free Survival — 17 Participants

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Interventions
Induction Chemotherapy followed by Response Adapted Chemoradiation (Radiation)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
University of California, Davis
Primary completion
Mar 2017

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Number of Participants With Progression-free Survival
17
SECONDARY
Number of Participants With Overall Survival
16
SECONDARY
Number of Patients With Toxicity of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy
17

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive head and neck cancer can be treated with a less aggressive regimen of radiation therapy and chemotherapy (paclitaxel) after initially receiving two cycles of chemotherapy (carboplatin/paclitaxel).

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Pathologically proven diagnosis of HPV-positive squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, hypopharynx, or larynx. HPV-positivity will be defined as tumors that are p16-positive by immunohistochemistry.
  • Clinical stage III or IV disease; Note: Patients with M1 tumors are not eligible.
  • Appropriate stage for protocol entry, including no distant metastases, based upon minimum diagnostic workup
  • Zubrod Performance Status 0-1
  • Age > 18
  • Adequate bone marrow function
  • Adequate hepatic function
  • Adequate renal function
  • Pregnancy test within 4 weeks prior to registration for women of childbearing potential
  • Women of childbearing potential and male participants must agree to use a medically effective means of birth control throughout their participation in the treatment phase of the study (until at least 60 days following the last study treatment)
  • Patient must sign study specific informed consent prior to study entry.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Prior invasive malignancy (except non-melanomatous skin cancer) unless disease free for a minimum of 3 years;
  • Patients with simultaneous primaries or bilateral tumors are excluded.
  • Patients who present with a cervical lymph node metastasis of unknown primary origin;
  • Prior systemic chemotherapy for the study cancer; note that prior chemotherapy for a different cancer is allowable;
  • Prior radiotherapy that would result in overlap of radiation therapy fields;
  • Primary site of tumor of oral cavity, nasopharynx, nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, or salivary glands;
  • Recurrent head and neck cancer;
  • Severe, active co-morbidity
  • Pregnant or lactating women or women of childbearing potential and men who are sexually active and not willing/able to use medically acceptable forms of contraception; this exclusion is necessary because the treatment involved in this study may be significantly teratogenic.
  • Prior allergic reaction to the study drug(s) involved in this protocol.
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01716195). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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