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Head and Neck CancerPhase 2NCT00003908

S9902 Docetaxel Plus Carboplatin in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing carboplatin and docetaxel in people with Head and Neck Cancer, run by SWOG Cancer Research Network at 85 sites in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of docetaxel plus carboplatin in treating patients who have metastatic or recurrent head and neck cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Head and Neck Cancer
What is being tested?
carboplatin and docetaxel
How many people
68 participants
Where
85 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Nov 1999to Jan 2007
Phase
Phase 2
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 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck Metastatic disease at diagnosis OR Persistent, metastatic or recurrent disease following surgery and/or radiotherapy No newly diagnosed nonmetastatic disease Bidimensionally measurable disease Demonstrated progressive disease if only measurable site is within a previous radiotherapy port

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: SWOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,000/mm3 OR Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) SGOT or SGPT no greater than 1.5 times ULN Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2.5 times ULN Renal: Calcium no greater than upper limit of normal (ULN) Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN OR Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception No other prior malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or any adequately treated stage I or II cancer that is currently in complete remission No neuropathy sensory greater than grade 1 No history of hypersensitivity reaction to Polysorbate 80

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No concurrent biologic therapy Chemotherapy: No prior carboplatin or cisplatin No prior chemotherapy for recurrent disease No other concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: No concurrent hormonal therapy (except oral contraceptives or treatment for osteoporosis) Radiotherapy: See Disease Characteristics At least 28 days since prior radiotherapy and recovered No concurrent radiotherapy Surgery: See Disease Characteristics At least 28 days since prior surgery and recovered

Trial locations and contacts

85 sites in 1 country.

85 sites in 1 country

United States85 sites
  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87108-5138

  • MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105

  • University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-0752

  • CCOP - Atlanta Regional

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30342-1701

  • CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium

    Billings, Montana, 59101

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi

    Biloxi, Mississippi, 39531-2410

  • Boston Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02118

  • Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45220-2288

  • Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195

  • CCOP - Columbus

    Columbus, Ohio, 43206

  • Cancer Services

    Columbus, Ohio, 43214

  • Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas

    Dallas, Texas, 75235-9154

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton

    Dayton, Ohio, 45428

  • CCOP - Central Illinois

    Decatur, Illinois, 62526

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver

    Denver, Colorado, 80220

  • University of Colorado Cancer Center

    Denver, Colorado, 80262

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit

    Detroit, Michigan, 48201-1932

  • Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

    Detroit, Michigan, 48201

  • Henry Ford Hospital

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202

  • Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center

    Fort Gordon, Georgia, 30905-5650

  • Brooke Army Medical Center

    Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 78234

  • University of Texas Medical Branch

    Galveston, Texas, 77555-1329

  • CCOP - Grand Rapids Clinical Oncology Program

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503

  • CCOP - Greenville

    Greenville, South Carolina, 29615

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)

    Hines, Illinois, 60141

  • Cancer Research Center of Hawaii

    Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813

  • University of Mississippi Medical Center

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216-4505

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)

    Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 02130

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    Kansas City, Kansas, 66160-7357

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64128

  • CCOP - Kansas City

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64131

  • Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB

    Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, 39534-2576

  • CCOP - Dayton

    Kettering, Ohio, 45429

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40511-1093

  • Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40536-0084

  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

    Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)

    Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach

    Long Beach, California, 90822

  • USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90033-0800

  • Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

    Los Angeles, California, 90095-1781

  • Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

    Los Angeles, California, 91010

  • Texas Tech University Health Science Center

    Lubbock, Texas, 79423

  • Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez

    Martinez, California, 94553

  • Loyola University Medical Center

    Maywood, Illinois, 60153

  • MBCCOP - University of South Alabama

    Mobile, Alabama, 36688

  • MBCCOP - LSU Medical Center

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112

  • Tulane University School of Medicine

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New Orleans

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112

  • Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10032

  • CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute

    Oakland, California, 94609-3305

  • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104

  • Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Orange, California, 92868

  • CCOP - Greater Phoenix

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85006-2726

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Hayden)

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85012

  • Oregon Cancer Center at Oregon Health Sciences University

    Portland, Oregon, 97201-3098

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland

    Portland, Oregon, 97207

  • CCOP - Columbia River Program

    Portland, Oregon, 97213

  • University of California Davis Medical Center

    Sacramento, California, 95817

  • Huntsman Cancer Institute

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84148

  • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

    San Antonio, Texas, 78284-7811

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)

    San Antonio, Texas, 78284

  • CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital

    Santa Rosa, California, 95403

  • CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98101

  • Swedish Cancer Institute

    Seattle, Washington, 98104

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle

    Seattle, Washington, 98108

  • Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport

    Shreveport, Louisiana, 71130-3932

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport

    Shreveport, Louisiana, 71130

  • Providence Hospital - Southfield

    Southfield, Michigan, 48075-9975

  • CCOP - Upstate Carolina

    Spartanburg, South Carolina, 29303

  • CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks

    Springfield, Missouri, 65807

  • St. Louis University Health Sciences Center

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110-0250

  • CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau

    St Louis, Missouri, 63141

  • CCOP - Northwest

    Tacoma, Washington, 98405-0986

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple

    Temple, Texas, 76504

  • CCOP - Scott and White Hospital

    Temple, Texas, 76508

  • David Grant Medical Center

    Travis Air Force Base, California, 94535

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson

    Tucson, Arizona, 85723

  • Arizona Cancer Center

    Tucson, Arizona, 85724

  • CCOP - Wichita

    Wichita, Kansas, 67214-3882

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita

    Wichita, Kansas, 67218

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About this study

Official title: Evaluation of the Combination of Docetaxel (Taxotere)/ Carboplatin in Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (SCCHN)

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of docetaxel plus carboplatin in treating patients who have metastatic or recurrent head and neck cancer.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES: I. Assess the survival of patients with metastatic or recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck receiving docetaxel and carboplatin. II. Assess time to treatment failure and response rate (unconfirmed and confirmed complete and partial response) in this patient population. III. Evaluate the toxicities of this regimen in this patient population.

OUTLINE: Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour immediately followed by carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Courses repeat every 3 weeks in the absence of unacceptable toxicity or disease progression. Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 2 years, then annually thereafter until death.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 62 patients will be accrued for this study over 18 months.

Being tested
carboplatin, docetaxel
Keywords
recurrent metastatic squamous neck cancer with occult primary, metastatic squamous neck cancer with occult primary squamous cell carcinoma, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity, recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx, recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx, recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the paranasal sinus and nasal cavity, recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the paranasal sinus and nasal cavity
Medical subject headings
Head and Neck Neoplasms, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Overall Survival

    Overall survival was defined as the duration from the date of registration to the date of death due to any cause. Patients last known to be alive were censored at the date of last contact.

    Measured: Weekly while on protocol treatment, then every 3 months for 1 year, then every 6 months for 2 years.

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Progression-Free Survival

    Progression-Free Survival was defined as the duration between the date of registration and the date of first documentation of progression of disease or death due to any cause. Progression of disease was defined as a 50% increase in the sum of products of perpendicular diameters of measurable lesions or an increase of at least 10 square centimeters, whichever was smaller, or clear worsening of non-measurable lesions in the opinion of the treating investigator, appearance of new lesions, reappearance of lesions that had previously disappeared, or symptomatic deterioration.

    Measured: Every 6 weeks until progression of disease.

  2. Response

    Response was defined as a confirmed or unconfirmed complete or partial response. A complete response (CR) was defined as disappearance of all disease. A partial response (PR) was defined as a 50% decrease or greater in the sum of perpendicular diameters of all measurable lesions. A CR or PR was defined as confirmed if there were two consecutive determinations at least 3 weeks apart.

    Measured: Every 6 weeks while on protocol treatment.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted21 May 2004 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 1999
  3. Primary completionJun 2004
  4. Study completionJan 2007

Resources

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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
68 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00003908
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000067086
Other IDs
S9902, U10CA032102
Status last verified
Apr 2013
First submitted
1 Nov 1999
Last updated
18 Apr 2013
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Samlowski WE, Moon J, Kuebler JP, Nichols CR, Gandara DR, Ozer H, Williamson SK, Atkins JN, Schuller DE, Ensley JF. Evaluation of the combination of docetaxel/carboplatin in patients with metastatic or recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN): a Southwest Oncology Group Phase II study. Cancer Invest. 2007 Apr-May;25(3):182-8. doi: 10.1080/07357900701209061.

    PubMed 17530488

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing carboplatin and docetaxel in people with Head and Neck Cancer, run by SWOG Cancer Research Network at 85 sites in United States.

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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Apr 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 85 sites in United States. 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 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Overall Survival (time frame: Weekly while on protocol treatment, then every 3 months for 1 year, then every 6 months for 2 years.). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00003908, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 18 Apr 2013.

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