Head and Neck CancerPhase 3NCT00002702
Surgery and Radiation Therapy With or Without Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Cancer of the Mouth or Oropharynx
A Phase 3 study testing aldesleukin, adjuvant therapy and conventional surgery in people with Head and Neck Cancer, run by European Institute of Oncology at 7 sites in Italy.
Trial summary
RATIONALE: Interleukin-2 may stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill cancer cells of the mouth or oropharynx. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages Up to 75 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Head and Neck Cancer
- What is being tested?
- aldesleukin, adjuvant therapy and conventional surgery
- Type of treatment
- Surgery or procedure
- How many people
- 260 participants
- Where
- 7 sitesItaly
- Study dates
- Sep 1992to not given
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Up to 75 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult, Older adult
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity or oropharynx
- Operable, primary, unilateral, stage T2-4, N0-3, M0 disease
- No high probability of bilateral lymphatic spread (requirement for bilateral neck dissection)
- No tumor involvement of the following sites:
- Pterygopalatine fossa
- Carotid artery
- Maxillary sinus
- Facial skin
- Anterior floor of the mouth
- Base of the tongue infiltrating more than 1 cm
- Measurable or evaluable disease by physical exam and/or noninvasive imaging
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age:
- 75 and under
Performance status:
- ECOG 0-2 OR
- Karnofsky 70-100%
Life expectancy:
- More than 3 months
Hematopoietic:
- WBC at least 4,000/mm3
- Platelet count at least 60,000/mm3
- Hematocrit at least 30%
Hepatic:
- Bilirubin normal
- Hepatitis B surface antigen negative
Renal:
- Creatinine normal
Cardiovascular:
- No congestive heart failure
- No uncontrolled hypertension
- No coronary artery disease
- No serious arrhythmia
- No evidence of prior myocardial infarction on ECG (stress test required if in doubt)
Other:
- HIV negative
- No autoimmune disease
- No contraindications to pressor agents
- No serious infection requiring antibiotics
- No other concurrent primary malignancy
- Not pregnant or nursing
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy:
- No prior or other concurrent immunotherapy
Chemotherapy:
- No prior or concurrent chemotherapy
Endocrine therapy:
- No prior or concurrent hormonal therapy
- No concurrent corticosteroids
Radiotherapy:
- No prior radiotherapy
Surgery:
- See Disease Characteristics
- No prior major organ allografts
Other:
- No other prior therapy
- No other concurrent investigational drugs, agents, or devices
- No concurrent nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, ranitidine, cimetidine, or coumarin
Trial locations and contacts
7 sites in 1 country.
7 sites in 1 country
Italy7 sites, 7 recruiting
- Recruiting
Universita Degli Studi di Bari
Bari, 70124
G. Cervellera, MD, 39-080-5478-660
- Recruiting
Cattedra di Oncologia Medica - Universita degli Studi di Cagliari
Cagliari, 09042
P. Puxeddu, MD, 39-070-5109-6253
- Recruiting
Universita di Ferrara
Ferrara, 44100
C. Calearo, MD, 39-0532-209-296, ccv@dns.unife.it
- Recruiting
Universita Degli Studi di Florence - Policlinico di Careggi
Florence, 50134
O. Fini-Storchi, MD, 39-55-411739
- Recruiting
Universita di Torino
Turin, 10126
G. Valente, MD, 39-011-670-5955
- Recruiting
Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera Ordine Mauriziano
Turin, 10128
G. Forni, MD, 39-11-508-1111
- Recruiting
Ospedale San Bortolo
Vicenza, 36100
C. Curioni, MD, 39-444-993-906
About this study
Official title: Multicentre Randomised Trial of Inductive and Adjuvant Perilymphatically Injected Proleukin (rlL-2) in The Treatment of Operable Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of The Oral Cavity and Oropharynx
RATIONALE: Interleukin-2 may stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill cancer cells of the mouth or oropharynx. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. It is not known whether giving interleukin-2 with surgery and radiation therapy is more effective than surgery and radiation therapy alone.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying surgery and radiation therapy alone to see how well they work compared to surgery, radiation therapy, and interleukin-2 in treating patients with cancer of the mouth or oropharynx.
Read the detailed description
OBJECTIVES:
- Compare the disease-free and overall survival in patients with previously untreated squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity or oropharynx treated with resection with or without and neoadjuvant and adjuvant perilymphatic interleukin-2 (IL-2) and radiotherapy.
- Compare the response rate in patients treated with these regimens.
- Determine the local and systemic effects of locoregional IL-2 on host-tumor interaction and immune properties in these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to center and tumor stage (T2, N0-2 vs T2, N3 or T3-4, N0-3). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I: Patients undergo induction comprising interleukin-2 (IL-2) via perilymphatic injections to the ipsilateral myelohyoid muscle and insertion of the sternocleidomastoid muscle on days 1-5 and 8-12. Within 10 days after the last IL-2 injection, patients undergo en bloc resection of the primary tumor and corresponding lymphatic drainage area and pre-study margins. Beginning within 4 weeks after surgery, patients with T2, N0-3 disease but with pathohistological evidence of node invasion or capsular rupture of node metastasis or T3-4, N0-3 disease undergo adjuvant radiotherapy 5 days a week for 4.5-6.5 weeks. Beginning within 4 weeks after surgery or radiotherapy (if applicable), patients receive adjuvant IL-2 via perilymphatic injections to the contralateral myelohyoid muscle and insertion of the sternocleidomastoid muscle on days 1-5. Adjuvant IL-2 continues monthly for at least 1 year in the absence of disease progression.
- Arm II: Patients undergo resection and radiotherapy (if eligible) as in arm I. Patients are followed monthly for 1 year and then every 2 months for 2 years.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 260 patients (130 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study.
- Conditions
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Being tested
- aldesleukin, adjuvant therapy, conventional surgery, neoadjuvant therapy, radiation therapy
- Keywords
- stage II squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity, stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity, stage II squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, tongue cancer
- Medical subject headings
- Head and Neck Neoplasms, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck, Tongue Neoplasms
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
aldesleukinBiological
adjuvant therapyProcedure or surgery
conventional surgeryProcedure or surgery
neoadjuvant therapyProcedure or surgery
radiation therapyRadiation
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Disease-free survival at 3 and 5 years
Recurrence/metastasis rate at 3 and 5 years
Response rate
Local and systemic effects of treatment
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
- Study startSep 1992
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Head and Neck CancerStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by European Institute of OncologyThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Enrolment
- 260 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- European Institute of Oncology
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Investigators
- Giorgio Cortesina, MD, Study chair, Universita Degli Studi di Turin
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00002702
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- CDR0000064500
- Other IDs
- CNR-9506, EU-95024
- Status last verified
- Feb 2011
- First submitted
- 1 Nov 1999
- Last updated
- 26 Aug 2013
- Results posted
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 26 Aug 2013. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Multicentre Randomised Trial of Inductive and Adjuvant Perilymphatically Injected Proleukin (rlL-2) in The Treatment of Operable Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of The Oral Cavity and Oropharynx
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00002702
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CDR0000064500
- Conditions
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Keywords
- stage II squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity, stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity, stage II squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, tongue cancer
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 260 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- European Institute of OncologyUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Sep 1992
- First posted
- 27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
RATIONALE: Interleukin-2 may stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill cancer cells of the mouth or oropharynx. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. It is not known whether giving interleukin-2 with surgery and radiation therapy is more effective than surgery and radiation therapy alone.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying surgery and radiation therapy alone to see how well they work compared to surgery, radiation therapy, and interleukin-2 in treating patients with cancer of the mouth or oropharynx.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES:
- Compare the disease-free and overall survival in patients with previously untreated squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity or oropharynx treated with resection with or without and neoadjuvant and adjuvant perilymphatic interleukin-2 (IL-2) and radiotherapy.
- Compare the response rate in patients treated with these regimens.
- Determine the local and systemic effects of locoregional IL-2 on host-tumor interaction and immune properties in these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to center and tumor stage (T2, N0-2 vs T2, N3 or T3-4, N0-3). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I: Patients undergo induction comprising interleukin-2 (IL-2) via perilymphatic injections to the ipsilateral myelohyoid muscle and insertion of the sternocleidomastoid muscle on days 1-5 and 8-12. Within 10 days after the last IL-2 injection, patients undergo en bloc resection of the primary tumor and corresponding lymphatic drainage area and pre-study margins. Beginning within 4 weeks after surgery, patients with T2, N0-3 disease but with pathohistological evidence of node invasion or capsular rupture of node metastasis or T3-4, N0-3 disease undergo adjuvant radiotherapy 5 days a week for 4.5-6.5 weeks. Beginning within 4 weeks after surgery or radiotherapy (if applicable), patients receive adjuvant IL-2 via perilymphatic injections to the contralateral myelohyoid muscle and insertion of the sternocleidomastoid muscle on days 1-5. Adjuvant IL-2 continues monthly for at least 1 year in the absence of disease progression.
- Arm II: Patients undergo resection and radiotherapy (if eligible) as in arm I. Patients are followed monthly for 1 year and then every 2 months for 2 years.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 260 patients (130 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
Who may qualify
- Ages
- Up to 75 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| aldesleukin | Biological | – |
| adjuvant therapy | Procedure or surgery | – |
| conventional surgery | Procedure or surgery | – |
| neoadjuvant therapy | Procedure or surgery | – |
| radiation therapy | Radiation | – |
Primary outcome
Disease-free survival at 3 and 5 years
Recurrence/metastasis rate at 3 and 5 years
Response rate
Local and systemic effects of treatment
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 26 Aug 2013.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Giorgio Cortesina, MD study chair
Universita Degli Studi di Turin
7 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 3 study testing aldesleukin, adjuvant therapy and conventional surgery in people with Head and Neck Cancer, run by European Institute of Oncology at 7 sites in Italy.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Aug 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 7 sites in Italy. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Each site lists its own contact: choose the nearest one under Trial locations. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Disease-free survival at 3 and 5 years. The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 Aug 2013.