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Chemobrain in Head and Neck Cancers

Phase 2
Conditions
Health Condition 1: C148- Malignant neoplasm of overlappingsites of lip, oral cavity and pharynx
Registration Number
CTRI/2022/09/045579
Lead Sponsor
il
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1.Histopathologically proven cases of HNSCC patients undergoing definitive chemoradiation with or without induction chemotherapy.

2.Age 18-70 years

3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance status 0-2

4.Adequate organ function:

a)Adequate bone marrow function (e.g. platelets > 100 x 109/L, ANC > 1.5 x 109/L, etc)

b)Adequate liver function (e.g. ALT/AST < 1.5 x ULN, etc)

c)Adequate renal function (e.g. creatinine clearance > 50 ml/min)

d)Adequate cardiac function (e.g. LVEF >40%)

Exclusion Criteria

1.Known neuropsychological illness/ coexistent ?major depression/anxiety

2.Metastatic disease

3.Intake of antidepressant/ antipsychotic medications or receiving psychological therapy

4.Previously taking NSAIDS/ aspirin for any medical condition

5.Previous history of coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction.

6.Patients with recurrence/ second primary lesion.

7.Patients with oral primary, being treated with surgery for the primary disease.

8.Refusal to provide informed consent

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1.To determine the activity of celecoxib versus placebo in reducing cognitive decline in patients undergoing definitive CTRT in HNSCCTimepoint: 1. At Baseline (before start of therapy <br/ ><br>2. after completion of CTRT <br/ ><br>3. at 3 months <br/ ><br>4. 6 months after completion of CTRT <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
2.To assess safety of celecoxib versus placebo with definitive chemoradiotherapy <br/ ><br>3.To determine factors predicting the cognitive decline <br/ ><br>4.To evaluate trend of activity and safety of celecoxib at follow up of 3 and 6 months <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 0 and 3 and 6 months
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