Status:
COMPLETED
Dose Ranging Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of SCV-07 for the Delay to Onset of Severe Oral Mucositis in Patients Receiving Chemoradiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
SciClone Pharmaceuticals
Conditions:
Oral Mucositis
Head and Neck Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
Oral Mucositis (OM) is a painful and debilitating side effect of many of the drug or radiation regiments used to treat cancer. This study examines the investigational drug SCV-07 and it's possible app...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Subject must have a body weight less than 150 kg at screening
- Have recently-diagnosed, pathologically-confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx or larynx that will be treated with chemoradiation therapy as first line treatment(postoperative patients are eligible, if surgery is \< 6 weeks prior to initiation of radiotherapy.
- Plan to receive a continuous course of conventional external beam irradiation
- Plan to receive a standard cisplatin chemotherapy regimen
Exclusion
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Have head and neck tumors of the lips, sinuses, salivary glands or unknown primary tumor
- Prior radiation to the head and neck
- Have a plan to receive cetuximab (Erbitux) in conjunction with chemotherapy
- Had curative surgery more than 6 weeks prior to the initiation of radiotherapy
- Have current oral mucositis
- Presence of active infectious disease excluding oral candidiasis
- Chronic immunosuppression
- Seropositive for HIV or hepatitis B surface antigen or C antibody
- Used an investigational agent within 30 days of randomization
- Have a known sensitivity to any investigational agent
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
59 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00756951
Start Date
September 1 2008
Last Update
November 23 2009
Active Locations (19)
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1
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
2
Arizona Oncology Services Foundation
Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85013
3
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205
4
Whittingham Cancer Center
Norwalk, Connecticut, United States, 06856