Status:

TERMINATED

Docetaxel and Capecitabine for First Line Treatment of Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head & Neck

Lead Sponsor:

Hoosier Cancer Research Network

Collaborating Sponsors:

Sanofi

Hoffmann-La Roche

Conditions:

Head and Neck Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Recent progress in treatment of recurrent/metastatic SCCHN has been made with the introduction of the taxanes. Docetaxel as a single agent has a response rate of 22-42% and 17% in patients with recurr...

Detailed Description

OUTLINE: This is a multi-center study. * Dexamethasone and antiemetic premedication1. * Docetaxel: 60 mg/m2 for a 60 minute infusion day 1 of each cycle * Capecitabine: 825 mg/m2 po BID Days 1-14 Re...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Histologically confirmed recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
  • Recurrent/metastatic disease not amenable to surgery or salvage chemoradiation.
  • Unidimensional measurable disease according to the RECIST
  • In-field recurrence, within a prior radiation field only, distant metastatic disease
  • Both in-field and metastatic sites of disease will require evaluation by a Radiation Oncologist to consider local radiation therapy first and will be eligible for possible enrollment one month after completion of the radiation therapy.
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Patients may have received prior chemotherapy as part of chemoradiation or induction chemotherapy for initial treatment of disease confined to the head and neck region - Patients must have fully recovered from any prior radiation therapy

Exclusion

  • Patients who have relapsed \< 6 months after completing a combined modality curative treatment that included a fluoropyrimidine or taxanes
  • No brain metastases
  • No major neurological disease, including stroke
  • No prior chemotherapy regimen for recurrent/metastatic disease
  • No prior history of capecitabine usage
  • No prior history of docetaxel usage except in the induction setting for head and neck cancer which has been completed for greater than 6 months prior to beginning protocol therapy
  • No past hypersensitivity to taxanes or 5 FU
  • No hypersensitivity to docetaxel or other drugs formulated with polysorbate 80
  • No current use of warfarin
  • Patients must not be receiving ketoconazole, midazolam, erythromycin, orphenadrine, troleandomycin, cyclosporine or antiepileptics
  • Patients must not be treated with any of the following on protocol therapy or within 28 days prior to beginning protocol therapy: sorivudine, brivudine, cimetidine, allopurinol
  • Patients must have fully recovered from any prior surgery
  • No known HIV seropositivity.
  • No serious uncontrolled medical condition, uncontrolled peptic ulcer disease or malabsorption syndrome
  • No peripheral neuropathy \> grade 1
  • Patients with a percutaneous gastrostomy (PEG) must be able take medications by tube.
  • No daily consumption of alcohol
  • No active infection
  • No prior history of malignancy in the last 5 years, excluding in situ carcinoma of the cervix or adequately treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or Gleason Grade \< VII organ confined prostate cancer.
  • No current breastfeeding

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

19 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00216138

Start Date

March 1 2004

End Date

September 1 2007

Last Update

May 2 2011

Active Locations (18)

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1

Helen F. Graham Cancer Center

Newark, Delaware, United States, 19713

2

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637

3

Elkhart Clinic

Elkhart, Indiana, United States, 46515

4

Oncology Hematology Associates of SW Indiana

Evansville, Indiana, United States, 47714