High-Dose Radiation Therapy Plus Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Nose or Throat Cancer - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by:	National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00052429

Purpose

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy that delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the tumor may kill more tumor cells and cause less damage to normal tissue. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining high-dose radiation with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of combining high-dose radiation therapy with chemotherapy in treating patients who have newly diagnosed stage II, stage III, or stage IV nasopharyngeal cancer.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Head and Neck Cancer	Drug: cisplatin Drug: fluorouracil Procedure: adjuvant therapy Procedure: radiation therapy	Phase I Phase II

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Head and Neck Cancer

Drug Information available for: Cisplatin Fluorouracil

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Open Label
Official Title:	Phase I/II Study of Dose-Painting Using Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Plus Chemotherapy in Patients With Stage II-IVB Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Primary Outcome Measures:

Feasibility of fractionation intensity modulated radiotherapy with dose painting plus chemotherapy [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Toxicity [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Rates of local-regional control and survival [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment:	74
Study Start Date:	September 2002
Primary Completion Date:	November 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

Determine the feasibility of dose-painting using accelerated fractionation intensity modulated radiotherapy with chemotherapy in patients with stage II-IVB nasopharyngeal cancer.
Determine the toxicity, including xerostomia and ototoxicity, of this regimen in these patients.
Determine the rates of local-regional control and survival of patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: Cohorts of 10 patients receive the following treatment to assess for dose-limiting toxicity.

Phase I

Radiotherapy: Patients receive radiotherapy once daily 5 days a week for 6 weeks beginning on day 1.
Concurrent chemotherapy: Patients receive cisplatin IV over 20-30 minutes on days 1-5 and 22-26.
Adjuvant chemotherapy: Approximately 2-5 weeks after the completion of radiotherapy, patients receive fluorouracil IV continuously on days 1-4 and cisplatin IV over 20-30 minutes on days 1-5 and 22-26. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

In the absence of dose-limiting toxicity in 1 whole cohort of patients, study proceeds to phase II.

Phase II

Patients are treated as in phase I. Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 4 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 10-74 patients (10-20 for phase I and 54 for phase II) will be accrued for this study.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

Histologically confirmed nasopharyngeal cancer
- Stage II-IVB
- Newly diagnosed
No distant metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

18 and over

Performance status

Karnofsky 60-100%

Life expectancy

Not specified

Hematopoietic

WBC at least 3,000/mm^3
Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm^3
Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
Hemoglobin at least 8 g/dL

Hepatic

Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2.5 times ULN
AST no greater than 2.5 times ULN

Renal

Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL
Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min
Calcium no greater than 11.5 mg/dL

Other

Not pregnant or nursing
Negative pregnancy test
Fertile patients must use effective contraception
Medically able to tolerate a definitive course of radiotherapy and the necessary immobilization
No other active malignancy within the past 3 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

Not specified

Chemotherapy

No prior chemotherapy for this diagnosis
More than 3 years since other prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

Not specified

Radiotherapy

No prior radiotherapy for this diagnosis
More than 3 years since other prior radiotherapy
No prior radiotherapy to the head and neck region

Surgery

Not specified

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00052429

Locations

United States, New York
Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States, 10021

Sponsors and Collaborators

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

Study Chair:

Suzanne Wolden, MD

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

More Information

Clinical trial summary from the National Cancer Institute's PDQ® database This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Responsible Party:	Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ( Suzanne Wolden )
Study ID Numbers:	CDR0000258423, MSKCC-02077, NCI-H02-0101
Study First Received:	January 24, 2003
Last Updated:	October 23, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00052429
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

stage II lymphoepithelioma of the nasopharynx
stage II squamous cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx
stage III lymphoepithelioma of the nasopharynx

stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx
stage IV lymphoepithelioma of the nasopharynx
stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Epidermoid carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Cisplatin
Fluorouracil
Squamous cell carcinoma

Head and Neck Neoplasms
Carcinoma, squamous cell
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Carcinoma

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Antimetabolites
Neoplasms
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Neoplasms by Site
Immunologic Factors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action

Antineoplastic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Immunosuppressive Agents
Pharmacologic Actions

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009