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S0007 - Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Head and Neck Cancer
Registration Number
NCT00006248
Lead Sponsor
SWOG Cancer Research Network
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy in treating patients who have metastatic or recurrent head and neck cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the overall survival of patients with metastatic or recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck treated with paclitaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil.

* Determine response (unconfirmed, confirmed, complete, and partial) and time to treatment failure in patients with measurable disease treated with this regimen.

* Determine the toxic effects of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients receive paclitaxel IV over 3 hours followed by cisplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1 and fluorouracil IV over 24 hours on days 1-4. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving complete response (CR) receive 3 additional courses beyond CR.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year and then every 6 months for 2 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 65 patients will be accrued for this study within 12 months.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
78
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall SurvivalEvery 3 weeks while on protocol treatment, then every 3 months for the first year, and then every 6 years thereafter for up to 3 years.

Overall survival was defined as the duration from the date of registration until the date of death due to any cause. Patients last known to be alive were censored at the date of last contact.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (95)

MBCCOP - Gulf Coast

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Mobile, Alabama, United States

CCOP - Greater Phoenix

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Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Carl T. Hayden)

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Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson

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Tucson, Arizona, United States

Arizona Cancer Center

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Tucson, Arizona, United States

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)

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Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Duarte, California, United States

USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

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Los Angeles, California, United States

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MBCCOP - Gulf Coast
🇺🇸Mobile, Alabama, United States

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