Status:

RECRUITING

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Transoral Robotic Surgery for Oropharyngeal Cancer.

Lead Sponsor:

Nader Sadeghi

Collaborating Sponsors:

McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Conditions:

Oropharynx Cancer

Tonsil Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The objective of this trial is to study the efficacy of treatment of human papilloma virus (HPV) related oropharyngeal cancer with chemotherapy followed by Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) as definiti...

Detailed Description

The current standard of care for advanced (AJCC-7 edition stage III and IV) oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma are concomitant chemoradiation, or surgery followed by adjuvant radiation therapy with...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Squamous cell cancer of oropharynx, p 16 positive
  • American Joint Commission on Cancer version-7 (AJCC-7) Stage III (T1N1, T2N1, T3N0, T3N1) and stage IVa (T1N2, T2N2, T3N2)
  • Treatment Naive
  • No evidence of distant metastatic disease
  • Fit for surgery, and primary tumor assessed surgically resectable with negative margins via transoral approach
  • Age \> 18 years
  • Karnofsky performance status \> 60% or Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) \< 2
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \> 2,000, platelets \> 100,000 and calculated creatinine clearance \> 50 cc/min
  • Signed study specific consent form
  • No other malignancies except cutaneous basal cell carcinoma (BCC) or squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) within the last 5 years
  • Agree to use effective contraception while on the study. Women of child bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test, and not be lactating.

Exclusion

  • Patients with advanced T4 cancer unresectable without organ preservation
  • P16 negative tumor
  • N3 disease (Stage IVB AJCC-7)
  • 5 or more positive cervical lymph nodes at presentation
  • Distant metastatic disease (Stage IVC)
  • Radiological evidence of gross extracapsular nodal tumor invasion
  • Anatomy not allowing transoral access and exposure
  • Prior head and neck cancer at any time (Other than BCC or SCC of skin)
  • Coexistent second malignancy or history within 5 years of prior malignancy (other than BCC or early SCC skin or curatively treated Stage I carcinoma of cervix)
  • Peripheral neuropathy \>/= grade 1
  • Have had prior Taxanes or Cisplatin
  • Concurrent infection
  • Coexisting medical illness of a severity that might interfere with treatment or follow-up, or who do not have the ability to give informed consent.
  • Receiving any other investigational agent while on the study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 14 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

August 30 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04277858

Start Date

August 14 2018

End Date

August 30 2026

Last Update

October 23 2023

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McGill University Health Centre

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H4A 3J1