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Window Trial 5-aza in HNSCC, T-tare

NCT02178072 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2022-02-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the activity of 5-azacitidine in patients with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)-positive and HPV- negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The response activity will be determined by analyzing your tumor tissue prior to and after treatment with 5-azacitidine. Preliminary studies in mice bearing human head and neck cancers or head and neck cancer cells cultured in laboratories suggest that treatment with 5-azacitidine increases changes in cancer cells that lead to their death. This study is designed to determine if similar changes occur in cancer cells of patients with head and neck cancer.

The study also aims to determine the amount of a specific type of protein, p53 before and after treatment. Research has shown that the p53 protein is associated with anti-tumor activity.

Finally, this study is measuring the amount of a specific type of protein called interferon in your tumor tissue. Interferons are proteins made and released by the body in response to pathogens (disease causing agents) such as viruses, bacteria, or tumor cells. Interferons allow for communication between cells to trigger the protective defenses of the immune system that remove pathogens (disease causing agents) or tumors.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

5-Azacitadine

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Yale University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Barbara Burtness, MD · Yale University School of Medicine, Smilow Cancer Center at Yale New Haven Hospital, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-02-19
Primary Completion
2019-10-23
Completion
2019-10-23

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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