Status:

COMPLETED

Platinum-Cetuximab Combined With Docetaxel or With 5FU in Patients With Recurrent/Metastatic HNSCC

Lead Sponsor:

Groupe Oncologie Radiotherapie Tete et Cou

Collaborating Sponsors:

Grupo Español de Tratamiento de Tumores de Cabeza y Cuello

AIO-Studien-gGmbH

Conditions:

Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-71 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the efficacy of the new docetaxel-cisplatin-cetuximab regimen (TPEx) versus the standard platinum-5FU-cetuximab EXTREME regimen as a first-line treatment in recurrent and/or metas...

Detailed Description

The EXTREME regimen, i.e. cetuximab added to platinum (100 mg/m² every 3 weeks ) and 5FU (96h continuous infusion at 1000 mg/m²/day every 3 weeks) during 6 cycles of treatment and continued as mainten...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Histologically confirmed diagnosis squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck: oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx (histological confirmation is mandatory at least for initial diagnosis)
  • Recurrence and/or metastatic disease not suitable for local therapy
  • At least one measurable lesion (RECIST) by CT or MRI
  • PS \< 2
  • Age ≥ 18 years and \< 71 years
  • Clearance of creatinine \> 60ml/mn (MDRD)
  • Haematological function as follows: absolute neutrophil count \> 1.5 x 109/l, platelet \> 100 x 109/l, hemoglobin ≥ 9.5 g/dl
  • Hepatic function as followed: bilirubin ≤ Upper limit of normal (ULN); SGOT/SGPT \< 1.5 ULN; AP \< 2.5 ULN
  • Estimated life expectancy \> 12 weeks
  • Informed Consent Form signed
  • Affiliation to an health insurance
  • Negative pregnancy test in women of childbearing potential within 14 days prior to treatment initiation (premenopausal or less than 12 months of amenorrhea post-menopause, and who have not undergone surgical sterilization). Both men and women (of childbearing potential) who are sexually active must use adequate contraception, during and for at least 6 months post-treatment.

Exclusion

  • Patients with nasopharyngeal cancer, paranasal sinus cancer or unknown primary
  • Prior systemic chemotherapy for the head and neck carcinoma, except if given as part of a multimodal treatment for locally advanced disease which was completed more than 6 months prior to study entry
  • Surgery (excluding diagnostic biopsy) or radiotherapy within 6 weeks before study entry
  • Contra-indication to receive cisplatin
  • Known dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency
  • Administration of prophylactic phenytoin
  • Recent or planed yellow fever vaccination
  • Prior dose of cisplatin \> 300 mg/m² (a patient who received prior RT + 3 cycles of cisplatin or 3 cycles induction TPF, i.e. total dose of cisplatin ≤ 300 mg/m², for locally advanced primary HN cancer can be included)
  • Prior anti-EGFR treatment received less than 12 months before enrolment in the trial
  • Known hypersensitivity reaction to 5FU, cisplatin, carboplatin, docetaxel or cetuximab
  • Documented or symptomatic brain or leptomeningeal metastasis
  • Clinically significant cardiovascular disease, e.g. cardiac failure of New York Heart Association classes III-IV, uncontrolled coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, uncontrolled arrhythmia, uncontrolled hypertension, or history of myocardial infarction in the last 12 months
  • Malignancies within 5 years prior to randomization, with the exception of adequately treated basal or squamous cell skin cancer and carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • Active infection (infection requiring IV antibiotics), including active tuberculosis and known and declared human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
  • Significant disease which, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into the trial.
  • Any social, personal, medical and/or psychologic factor(s) that could interfere with the observance of the patient to the protocol and/or the follow-up and/or the signature of the informed consent.
  • Pregnant or breast feeding women

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 10 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 31 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

541 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02268695

Start Date

October 10 2014

End Date

December 31 2021

Last Update

August 23 2022

Active Locations (17)

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Institut Sainte Catherine

Avignon, France, 84082

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Centre Hospitalier de la Dracénie

Draguignan, France

3

Centre Médical de Forcilles

Férolles-Attilly, France, 77150

4

Clinique des Ormeaux

Le Havre, France, 76600