Status:

COMPLETED

Study of Pralatrexate With Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid Supplementation for Previously Treated Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer (HNSCC)

Lead Sponsor:

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

New York University Cancer Institute

NYU Langone Health

Conditions:

Head and Neck Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out if the experimental drug pralatrexate with the vitamins folic acid and vitamin B12 might be an effective treatment for head and neck cancer. The reason we are ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients must have histopathologically confirmed recurrent and/or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, including unknown primary squamous cell carcinomas of the neck. Confirmation of biopsy/diagnosis will be performed at MSKCC or at participating sites (NYU Cancer Institute/NYU Medical Center/ Bellevue Hospital Center).
  • Patients must be at least 18 years of age.
  • ECOG performance status must be ≥ 0 or 1.
  • Disease must be measurable by RECIST version 1.1 criteria.
  • Patients must have been previously treated with systemic chemotherapy (i.e., chemotherapy and/or targeted therapies such as cetuximab for recurrent/metastatic HNSCC,.
  • At least four weeks must have elapsed from previous radiation therapy. Patients must have recovered from the acute toxic effects of treatment prior to study enrollment.
  • Patients must have adequate organ function, as follows:
  • Adequate bone marrow reserve: absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \> 1,000 cells/mm3, platelets \> 100,000 cells/mm3, and hemoglobin \> 9 g/dL Hepatic: AST and ALT ≤ 3 X upper limit of normal (ULN); AST and ALT ≤ 5 X ULN if liver metastasis present; Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN unless Gilbert's disease is present Renal: Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL or creatinine clearance (by either 24 hour urine collection or Cockcroft-Gault equation) \> or = to 55 ml/min
  • Both women and men and members of all races and ethnic groups are eligible for this trial.
  • Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 14 days of treatment. Both men and women must agree to use a reliable method of birth control until 30 days following the last dose of study drug.

Exclusion

  • History of any brain metastases unless resected with no evidence for \> 12 weeks and not on steroids
  • Women who are lactating
  • Other active malignancy, other than indolent malignancies which the investigator determines are unlikely to interfere with treatment and safety analysis
  • Patients who have undergone an allogeneic stem cell transplant

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

13 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01183065

Start Date

August 1 2010

End Date

April 1 2014

Last Update

November 20 2015

Active Locations (5)

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Memoral Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

2

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center @ Suffolk

Commack, New York, United States, 11725

3

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States, 10065

4

Memorial Sloan-Kettering at Mercy Medical Center

Rockville Centre, New York, United States