Hypoxia-based Dose Escalation With Radiochemotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer

January 30, 2015 updated by: University Hospital Tuebingen

Randomized Phase II Study for Dose Escalation in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas Treated With Radiochemotherapy

Patients with locally advanced suqamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region receive a hypoxia scan either by magnetic resonance tomography, computed tomography or fluoromisonidazole (FMISO)-PET-CT. Patients presenting with hypoxia are randomized into standard therapy consisting of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with 70 Gy plus either 5-fluorouracil/mitomycin C or cisplatinum (Arm A) or a dose escalation of 10% (77Gy) to the hypoxic volume applied via simultaneous integrated boost in addition to the standard treatment (Arm B).

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

90

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

  • Germany
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 72076
        • Recruiting
        • Tuebingen university, radiation oncology
        • Contact:

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:

  • histologically verified squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region stage III and IV eligible for primary radiochemotherapy
  • measurabel disease by CT and/or MRT and/or FDG-PET-CT
  • fit for chemotherapy
  • no prior radiotherapy or major surgery in the head/neck region
  • Karnofsky Index > 60%
  • informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • uncontrolled secondary cancer
  • distant metastases
  • pregnancy
  • expected malcompliance

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: Standard therapy
Standard radiochemotherapy (70 Gy, 5-fluorouracil 600 mg/m2 d1-5, mitomycin C d1+36 or cisplatinum 40 mg/m2 weekly for 5 weeks)
Radiation: radiochemotherapy with 70 Gy
Experimental: dose escalation
Standard plus 10% dose escalation to the hypoxic volume
Radiation: radiochemotherapy with 77 Gy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
time to local recurrence
Time Frame: 5 years
5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University Hospital Tuebingen

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Stefan Welz, Dr. med., Radiation Oncology

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

December 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2017

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 28, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 30, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

February 2, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 2, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 30, 2015

Last Verified

January 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2.0

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Subscribe