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Cetuximab in combination with S-1 in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Head and Neck Cancer

Phase 2
Conditions
Head and Neck cancer
Registration Number
JPRN-UMIN000010310
Lead Sponsor
Juntendo university faculty of medicine
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete: follow-up complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

1)Known hypersensitivity to S-1, fluorouracil, cisplatin, cetuximab or to any of the excipients of these drugs 2)Being treated with other pyrimidine fluoride antineoplastic agents, flucytosine or therapeutic anticoagulation (prophylactic use of warfarin 1 mg per day is allowed) 3)Known Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, active or chronic carrier of hepatitis B virus (HBV) (HBV antigen positive or HBV deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) positive) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) (HCV antibody positive) 4)Current severe infection, or suspicious of severe infection 5)Significant comorbid disease such as paresis of intestine and ileus. 6)Exhibiting significant interstitial pneumonitis, or pulmonary fibrosis in the chest CT 7)Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus 8)Severe heart disease or liver disease 9)Pregnant women are excluded from this study because cetuximab has the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Women of child-bearing potential and men are also exluded. 10)Inappropriate patients for this study judged by the attending physician

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
the objective response rate according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall Survival Progression-Free Survival Safety Patients' Quality of life
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