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Cisplatin or Carboplatin Combined With Gemcitabine in Locally Advanced, Recurrent, or Metastatic Malignant Salivary Gland Tumor

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Head and Neck Cancer
Registration Number
NCT00079079
Lead Sponsor
NCIC Clinical Trials Group
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, carboplatin, and gemcitabine, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving gemcitabine together with either cisplatin or carboplatin works in treating patients with locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic malignant salivary gland tumor (cancer).

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Determine the activity of cisplatin or carboplatin in combination with gemcitabine, in terms of response rate, in patients with locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic malignant salivary gland tumor.

Secondary

* Determine the complete response in patients treated with these regimens.

* Determine the duration of response in patients treated with these regimens.

* Determine the toxicity profile of these regimens in these patients.

* Determine the overall survival of patients treated with these regimens.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8. Patients also receive either cisplatin IV over 1 hour on day 2 OR carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed at 4 weeks, every 3 months for 1 year, and then every 6 months thereafter until relapse.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 11- 34 patients will be accrued for this study within 1.5-3 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
34
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Objective response measured by RECIST criteria after accrual of 11 evaluable patients
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall survival
Toxicity assessed by NCI CTC v2.0

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

Princess Margaret Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

CancerCare Manitoba

🇨🇦

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

London Regional Cancer Program at London Health Sciences Centre

🇨🇦

London, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre - General Campus

🇨🇦

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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