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Docetaxel + Cetuximab + Concurrent Re-Irradiation (Intensity - Modulated Radiation Therapy, IMRT) for Patients With Locoregionally Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer

NCT00713219 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 14

Last updated 2015-04-23

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Summary

This is a study for patients who have head and neck cancer that has recurred in the body area where they previously received radiation, and for whom surgery is not planned. A widely accepted treatment option in this situation is chemotherapy alone. Another approach that has been used in clinical trials is to treat patients with a repeat course of radiation. In these studies, some patients received chemotherapy at the same time as the radiation.

In this clinical study, we wish to treat with radiation plus two drugs during the course of reirradiation, Taxotere® (docetaxel) and Erbitux® (cetuximab). Docetaxel and cetuximab both are chemotherapy drugs which are administered by vein. Both drugs help radiation kill cancer cells.

The radiation will be administered using a strategy called intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), which focuses the radiation beam on the tumor.

Docetaxel and cetuximab are both approved for the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer.

However, the combination of radiation + docetaxel + cetuximab for patients with recurrent head and neck cancer is considered to be a topic for clinical research. The purpose of this study is to determine the good and bad effects of treatment with radiation + docetaxel + cetuximab.

Conditions

Interventions

RADIATION

IMRT, cetuximab, docetaxel

IMRT will be administered in once daily fractions (2 Gy/day, Monday through Friday) over approximately 7 weeks to a goal of approximately 70 Gy. The chemotherapy regimen will begin with a loading dose of intravenous cetuximab (400 mg/m2) one week prior to the initiation of radiation therapy, followed by weekly administration of intravenous docetaxel (15 mg/m2) and intravenous cetuximab (250 mg/m2) for approximately 7 weeks concurrently with radiation. Patients will be evaluated weekly prior to their chemotherapy. All patients will be evaluated on an intention-to-treat basis.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Matthew Fury, MD, PhD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-07-31
Primary Completion
2013-04-30
Completion
2013-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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