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PET/CT Scan-Guided Watchful Waiting or Neck Dissection of Locally Advanced Lymph Node Metastases in Treating Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy for Primary Head And Neck Cancer

NCT00720070 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 560

Last updated 2013-08-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Imaging procedures, such as PET/CT scan, produce pictures of areas inside the body and may help doctors detect residual disease and plan the best treatment. Neck dissection is surgery to remove lymph nodes and other tissues in the neck. It is not yet known whether a neck dissection should always be performed in treating patients with head and neck cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying PET/CT scan-guided watchful waiting compared with neck dissection of locally advanced lymph node metastases in treating patients who are undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy for primary head and neck cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

positron emission tomography/computed tomography

Patients undergo PET/CT scan

PROCEDURE

therapeutic conventional surgery

Patients undergo neck dissection

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Warwick Medical School

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hisham Mehanna, MD · Warwick Medical School

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-08-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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