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Ph II Long Term/Low Dose Xeloda in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Surgery, Radiation & or Chemo

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Head and Neck Cancer
Interventions
Procedure: Surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy
Registration Number
NCT00258310
Lead Sponsor
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as capecitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving capecitabine after surgery, radiation therapy, and/or chemotherapy may kill any remaining tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well capecitabine works in treating patients who have undergone previous surgery, radiation therapy, and/or chemotherapy for head and neck cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Determine the feasibility of adjuvant low-dose capecitabine in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck who have undergone prior curative surgery, radiotherapy, and/or chemotherapy.

Secondary

* Determine the time to recurrence, local-regional control, and survival rate in patients treated with this drug.

* Determine the incidence of second primary tumors in patients treated with this drug.

OUTLINE: This is an open-label study.

Patients receive oral capecitabine once daily for 1 year in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year and then every 6 months for 1 year.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 41 patients will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
35
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
CapecitabinecapecitabineSurgery, chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, prior to administration of Capecitabine 1000mg/day for one year.
CapecitabineSurgery, chemotherapy and/or radiotherapySurgery, chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, prior to administration of Capecitabine 1000mg/day for one year.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Compliance With Treatment .within 365 days

Compliance is defined as taking at least 80% of the prescribed dose for one year.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Recurrence-free SurvivalWithin 3 years of end of study.

Time to recurrence or death

Overall SurvivalWithin 3 years of end of study

Estimated time from study entry to death from any cause

Incidence of Second Primary TumorsWithin 3 years of end of study

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

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Detroit, Michigan, United States

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