Status:

COMPLETED

Nab-Paclitaxel, Cisplatin, and Cetuximab With Concurrent Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Conditions:

Head and Neck Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-120 years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cel...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * To determine the maximum tolerated dose of paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation when combined with cisplatin, cetuximab, and radiotherapy in patients with loc...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, hypopharynx, or larynx
  • Diagnosis based on the primary lesion and/or lymph nodes
  • Stage III or IV disease (T2, N2-3, M0 or T3-4, any N, M0)
  • No primary tumor of the oral cavity, nasopharynx, sinuses, or salivary glands
  • No distant metastasis by chest x-ray, CT scan, or PET/CT scan within the past 6 weeks
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Zubrod performance status 0-1
  • ANC \> 1,500/mm\^3
  • Platelet count \> 100,000/mm\^3
  • Hemoglobin \> 9.0 g/dL (transfusion or other intervention to achieve hemoglobin \> 8.0 g/dL allowed)
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
  • AST, ALT, and AP ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal
  • Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min
  • None of the following electrolyte abnormalities grade 3-4 by CTCAE v 3.0:
  • Calcium \< 7 mg/dL or \> 12.5 mg/dL
  • Glucose \< 40 mg/dL or \> 250 mg/dL
  • Magnesium \< 0.9 mg/dL or \> 3 mg/dL
  • Potassium \< 3 mmol/L or \> 6 mmol/L
  • Sodium \< 130 mmol/L or \> 155 mmol/L
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No other prior invasive malignancy, except for nonmelanomatous skin cancer, unless disease-free for ≥ 3 years
  • No prior allergic reaction to study drugs
  • No active cardiac disease, defined as any of the following:
  • Unstable angina
  • Uncontrolled hypertension
  • Myocardial infarction within the past 6 months (unless successfully treated with coronary artery bypass graft or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty)
  • Uncontrolled arrhythmia
  • Congestive heart failure
  • Three or more heart-related hospitalizations within the past year
  • No severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring ≥ 3 hospitalizations within the past year
  • No AIDS
  • No pre-existing peripheral sensory neuropathy ≥ grade 2
  • No concurrent medical illnesses that would impair patient tolerance to therapy or limit survival
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • No prior systemic chemotherapy for this cancer
  • Prior systemic chemotherapy for a different cancer allowed
  • No prior radiotherapy to the region of this cancer that would result in overlap of radiotherapy fields
  • No prior initial surgical treatment (excluding diagnostic biopsy of the primary site or nodal sampling of neck disease)
  • At least 48 hours since prior and no concurrent granulocytic growth factors (e.g., filgrastim \[G-CSF\]) during radiotherapy
  • No concurrent erythropoietic growth factors (e.g., darbepoetin, erythropoietin)

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 1 2009

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    August 3 2015

    Estimated Enrollment :

    37 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00851877

    Start Date

    March 1 2009

    End Date

    August 3 2015

    Last Update

    August 21 2020

    Active Locations (2)

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    Baylor Research Institute

    Dallas, Texas, United States, 75204

    2

    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas, United States, 75239