Post-operative Radiotherapy With Cisplatin Alone or in Combination With Iressa in Upper Aerodigestive Tract Carcinomas

November 14, 2011 updated by: Groupe Oncologie Radiotherapie Tete et Cou

CARISSA Trial - Multicenter Randomized Phase II Trial Comparing Post-operative Radiotherapy and Cisplatin Alone or in Combination With the EGFR Inhibitor ZD 1839 (Iressa) in Upper Aerodigestive Tract Carcinomas

This trial will be an open multicentric randomized phase II study comparing post-operative radiotherapy + cisplatin associated or not with Iressa in upper aerodigestive tract carcinomas.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

54

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

      • Nice, France, 06189
        • Centre Antoine Lacassagne

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

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with upper aerodigestive tract carcinomas (all sites included) having surgical resection and eligible for post-operative radiation + cisplatin.
  • Patient having a tumoral biopsy (0.5 - 1 cm3) stored in liquid nitrogen at time of surgical resection (patients with small tumors located in larynx for instance will not be included)
  • Patients receiving post-operative radiation (>=60 Gy on tumor bed and/or cervical area), associated with cisplatin, 6 weeks after surgery at the latest.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • previous history of cancer (except skin basal cell carcinoma)

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
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: postop chemoradio with cisplatin
postoperative chemoradiotherapy with cisplatin
postoperative chemoradiotherapy with cisplatin
Experimental: postop chemoradio (cisplatin)+gefitinib
postoperative chemoradiotherapy with cisplatin + gefitinib
postoperative chemoradiotherapy with cisplatin + gefitinib

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Disease free survival
Time Frame: 3 years
3 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Collaborators

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Rene-Jean Bensadoun, MD, Centre Antoine Lacassagne

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

September 1, 2005

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 12, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 12, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

September 15, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 15, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 14, 2011

Last Verified

November 1, 2011

More Information

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