Status:

SUSPENDED

Health and Economic Outcomes of Two Different Follow up Strategies in Effectively Cured Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano

Collaborating Sponsors:

Bocconi University

University of Pavia

Conditions:

Head and Neck Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Randomized, multicenter trial to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of 2 different follows up programs in head and neck cancer survivors. Patients in complete remission at month 6 (+/- 1 month) after cur...

Detailed Description

The choice about timing of follow visits for each patient will be performed before randomization and will be tailored to the single patient in accordance to NCCN and AIOCC guidelines following this sc...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Clinical or pathological stage III-IV squamous cell head and neck cancer of oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx or hypopharynx after curative treatment
  • Oropharyngeal cancer will be enrolled only if HPV negative or HPV positive with a smoking history (i.e. greater than 10 packs/year)
  • Having already received Radiation Therapy (RT) as curative treatment or in postoperative setting
  • Patients without evidence of disease within six months after treatment end (first assessment of disease must be performed with radiological imaging for all patients)
  • Patient randomization must be performed at the sixth month after RT end (+/- 1 month)
  • Patients having or not received systemic treatment for a curable disease are allowed
  • Patients not considered suitable for salvage surgery (based on primary tumor characteristics and previous treatments) after hypothetical recurrence are allowed; the choice about feasibility or non feasibility of salvage surgery in case of hypothetical recurrence at T or N level will be made by the multidisciplinary team before randomization (salvage surgery score)
  • 18 years or older
  • Informed consent signed

Exclusion

  • Patient with primary tumor site: nasopharynx, paranasal sinus, salivary gland or with cancer of unknown primary in head and neck district
  • Patients unable to comply with the protocol, in the opinion of the investigator
  • Any other malignancy (except for appropriately treated superficial basal cell skin cancer and surgically cured cervical cancer in situ) unless free of disease for at least five years

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

330 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02262221

Start Date

June 1 2014

End Date

December 1 2023

Last Update

March 13 2023

Active Locations (15)

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Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano

Milan, MI, Italy, 20133

2

Policlino S. Orsola-Maplighi

Bologna, Italy, 40138

3

Spedali Civili di Brescia

Brescia, Italy, 25123

4

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi

Florence, Italy, 50134