A Phase II Study In Patients With Advanced Head And Neck Cancer Of Standard Chemoradiation And Add-On Cetuximab

NCT01435252 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 68

Last updated 2017-11-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Sixty patients with advanced squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck will be enrolled in this study. Patients are treated with standard chemoradiation in combination with concurrent add-on cetuximab. Subsequently patients are randomized to cetuximab consolidation therapy (three months, Arm A) versus no consolidation therapy (Arm B). The aim of this study is to investigate if cetuximab consolidation therapy improves the 2-year locoregional control rate.

* Trial with medicinal product
* Trial with radiotherapy

Conditions

  • Oropharyngeal Cancer
  • Hypopharyngeal Cancer
  • Laryngeal Cancer

Interventions

DRUG

Cetuximab

Arm A: chemoradiation in combination with concurrent cetuximab Arm B: chemoradiation in combination with concurrent and consolidation cetuximab

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Zurich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Oliver Riesterer, Leitender Arzt · University Hospital Zurich, Division of Radiation Oncology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-19
Primary Completion
2017-10-25
Completion
2017-10-25

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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