Status:

COMPLETED

Post-Operative Adjuvant Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy For High Risk Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients

Lead Sponsor:

National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Taiwan University Hospital

Changhua Christian Hospital

Conditions:

Oral Cavity

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to confirm the value of concurrent chemoradiotherapy in improving the locoregional control and survival of patients with resected locally advanced HNSCC, a phase III rando...

Detailed Description

Potentially resectable Stage III or IV squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck (HNSCC) are treated by operation and adjuvant radiotherapy. The 5-year survival rate is approximating 30%. Recurren...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Clinically free of disease after having undergone surgery for histologically confirmed primary keratinizing SCC of the oral cavity.
  • buccal mucosa upper lip (140.3) lower lip (140.4) cheek (145.0) retromolar area (145.6) bucco-alveolar sulci upper and lower (145.1) oral tongue dorsum (141.1) lateral border (141.2) inferior surface (141.3)
  • With any one of the risk factors of recurrence listed below:
  • Nodal extracapsular spread of disease (ECS) Number of positive node \> 2 Perineural involvement Lymphovascular emboli/permeation in resected surgical specimen Histologically positive surgical margin

Exclusion

  • Karnofsky performance status of \<50 Concurrent or previous second primary cancer (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) Gross residual disease following surgery Distant metastasis before or at the time of adjuvant treatment Serum creatinine \> 1.4 mg/dl, WBC \<3500/mm3, platelet \<100,000/mm3
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Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 1999

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

August 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

161 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00201383

Start Date

October 1 1999

End Date

August 1 2009

Last Update

September 20 2005

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National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, Taiwan, 100