S0216, Combination Chemotherapy and RT in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Head and Neck Cancer

July 21, 2011 updated by: Southwest Oncology Group

Docetaxel (NSC-628503), Cisplatin (NSC-119875), And 5-Fluorouracil (NSC-19893) Induction Chemotherapy Followed By Accelerated Fractionation/Concomitant Boost Radiation And Concurrent Single Agent Cisplatin (NSC-119875), In Patients With Advanced Squamous Cell Head And Neck Cancer

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining more than one chemotherapy drug with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy and radiation therapy in treating patients with stage III or stage IV head and neck cancer.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the overall survival of patients with stage III or IV squamous cell head and neck cancer treated with docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil followed by accelerated fractionation/concomitant boost radiotherapy and cisplatin.
  • Determine the unconfirmed complete response rate in these patients after treatment with induction chemotherapy.
  • Determine the overall complete response rate (confirmed and unconfirmed) in patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the toxic effects of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE:

  • Induction Chemotherapy: Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour and cisplatin IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1 and fluorouracil IV continuously on days 1-4. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 2 courses in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.
  • Chemoradiotherapy: Beginning within 3-4 weeks after administration of the second course of induction chemotherapy, patients receive accelerated fractionation radiotherapy once daily, 5 days per week, for 6 weeks with concomitant boost radiotherapy once daily, 5 days a week, for the last 2.5 weeks of radiotherapy. Patients also receive concurrent cisplatin IV over 30-60 minutes on days 1 and 22.

Patients are followed every 2 months for 1 year, every 3 months for 2 years, every 4 months for 1 year, and then every 6 months for 1 year.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 60 patients will be accrued for this study within 2 years.

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Ontario
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8
        • Hospital For Sick Children
    • Alabama
      • Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294-3300
        • University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center
      • Mobile, Alabama, United States, 36607
        • MBCCOP - Gulf Coast
    • Arizona
      • Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85006-2726
        • CCOP - Western Regional, Arizona
      • Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85012
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Carl T. Hayden)
      • Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85723
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson
      • Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724
        • Arizona Cancer Center at University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
    • Arkansas
      • Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205
        • Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
      • Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)
    • California
      • Duarte, California, United States, 91010-3000
        • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
      • Fresno, California, United States, 93720
        • California Cancer Center
      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
        • USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
      • Martinez, California, United States, 94553
        • Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez
      • Oakland, California, United States, 94609-3305
        • CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute
      • Orange, California, United States, 92868
        • Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of California Irvine Cancer Center
      • Sacramento, California, United States, 95817
        • University of California Davis Cancer Center
      • Santa Rosa, California, United States, 95403
        • CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
      • Travis Air Force Base, California, United States, 94535
        • David Grant Medical Center
    • Colorado
      • Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80010
        • University of Colorado Cancer Center at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
      • Denver, Colorado, United States, 80220
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver
    • District of Columbia
      • Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20060
        • MBCCOP - Howard University Cancer Center
    • Florida
      • Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tampa (Haley)
    • Georgia
      • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30342-1701
        • CCOP - Atlanta Regional
    • Hawaii
      • Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 96813
        • MBCCOP - Hawaii
    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
        • MBCCOP - University of Illinois at Chicago
      • Decatur, Illinois, United States, 62526
        • CCOP - Central Illinois
      • Hines, Illinois, United States, 60141
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)
      • Maywood, Illinois, United States, 60153-5500
        • Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center at Loyola University Medical Center
    • Kansas
      • Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160-7353
        • Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute at the University of Kansas Medical Center
      • Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214-3882
        • CCOP - Wichita
      • Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67218
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita
    • Kentucky
      • Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40502-2236
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington
      • Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40536-0084
        • Markey Cancer Center at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center
    • Louisiana
      • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New Orleans
      • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
        • MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center
      • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
        • Tulane Cancer Center at Tulane University Hospital and Clinic
      • Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, 71130-3932
        • Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
      • Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, 71101-4295
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118
        • Cancer Research Center at Boston Medical Center
    • Michigan
      • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48105
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor
      • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48106
        • CCOP - Michigan Cancer Research Consortium
      • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109-0912
        • University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
      • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48202
        • Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Hospital
      • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201-1379
        • Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
      • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201-1932
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit
      • Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503
        • CCOP - Grand Rapids
      • Royal Oak, Michigan, United States, 48073-6769
        • CCOP - Beaumont
      • Southfield, Michigan, United States, 48075
        • Providence Cancer Institute at Providence Hospital
    • Mississippi
      • Jackson, Mississippi, United States, 39216-4505
        • University of Mississippi Medical Center
      • Jackson, Mississippi, United States, 39216
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson
    • Missouri
      • Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64131
        • CCOP - Kansas City
      • Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63141
        • CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau
      • Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
        • St. Louis University Hospital Cancer Center
      • Springfield, Missouri, United States, 65807
        • CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks
    • Montana
      • Billings, Montana, United States, 59101
        • CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
    • New Jersey
      • East Orange, New Jersey, United States, 07018-1095
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange
    • New Mexico
      • Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87108-5138
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque
      • Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87131
        • MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC
    • New York
      • New York, New York, United States, 10016
        • NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center
      • New York, New York, United States, 10032
        • Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University
      • Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
        • James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center
    • North Carolina
      • Salisbury, North Carolina, United States, 28144
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salisbury
      • Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27104-4241
        • CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
    • Ohio
      • Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45220-2288
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati
      • Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45267-0501
        • Charles M. Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195-9001
        • Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
      • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43206
        • CCOP - Columbus
      • Dayton, Ohio, United States, 45429
        • CCOP - Dayton
      • Dayton, Ohio, United States, 45428-1002
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton
    • Oregon
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97207
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97225
        • CCOP - Columbia River Oncology Program
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97201-3098
        • Cancer Institute at Oregon Health and Science University
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425
        • Hollings Cancer Center at Medical University of South Carolina
      • Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29401-5799
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Charleston
      • Greenville, South Carolina, United States, 29615
        • CCOP - Greenville
      • Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, 29303
        • CCOP - Upstate Carolina
    • Tennessee
      • Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38104
        • University of Tennessee Cancer Institute
    • Texas
      • Amarillo, Texas, United States, 79106
        • Harrington Cancer Center
      • Amarillo, Texas, United States, 79106
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Amarillo
      • Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States, 78234-6200
        • Brooke Army Medical Center
      • Galveston, Texas, United States, 77555-0565
        • University of Texas Medical Branch
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Houston
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030-4095
        • University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
      • San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229-3900
        • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
      • San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)
      • Temple, Texas, United States, 76504
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple
      • Temple, Texas, United States, 76508
        • CCOP - Scott and White Hospital
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84148
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City
      • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84112-5550
        • Huntsman Cancer Institute
    • Washington
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98101
        • CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98108
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109
        • Puget Sound Oncology Consortium
      • Tacoma, Washington, United States, 98431-5000
        • Madigan Army Medical Center
      • Tacoma, Washington, United States, 98405-0986
        • CCOP - Northwest

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (excluding lip, nasopharynx, paranasal sinus, and salivary gland) by biopsy or fine needle aspirate of the primary lesion or neck mass

    • Stage III or IV disease
  • No evidence of distant metastases

    • Negative chest x-ray
  • Primary site in the head and neck region must be identified

    • No unknown primary site
  • Considered to be appropriate for definitive radiotherapy with curative intent

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 18 and over

Performance status

  • Zubrod 0-1

Life expectancy

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic

  • Granulocyte count greater than 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin no greater than upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Alkaline phosphatase less than 2 times ULN
  • ALT or AST less than 1.5 times ULN

Renal

  • Creatinine less than 1.5 mg/dL

Cardiovascular

  • No myocardial infarction within the past 3 months
  • No unstable or uncontrolled angina

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No other prior malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or adequately treated stage I or II cancer currently in complete remission
  • No evidence of pre-existing peripheral neuropathy
  • No active systemic infection
  • No history of hypersensitivity reaction to products containing polysorbate 80

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy

  • No prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior radiotherapy

Surgery

  • No prior surgery for head or neck cancer

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment

Collaborators and Investigators

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Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2003

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 5, 2003

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 5, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

February 6, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

July 25, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 21, 2011

Last Verified

July 1, 2011

More Information

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