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Study of different type of chemotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Docetaxel vs Carboplatin as radiosensitizer in Head And Neck cancer patients, unsuitable for cisplatin based chemoradiation - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/06/068752
Enrollment
410
Registered
2024-06-12
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-01

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: C148- Malignant neoplasm of overlappingsites of lip, oral cavity and pharynx

Interventions

Intervention1: Arm A : Carboplatin: Radical radiation ( conventional or altered fractionation) + weekly Carboplatin (AUC 2 every week for 7 cycles or till radiotherapy gets over) Patients would will

Sponsors

Tata Memorial Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Participants for radical or adjuvant CTRT for a histologically confirmed squamous cell of locally advanced head and neck region. 2. Age : Any age above 18 years. No maximum age. 3. ECOG performance status �2 4. Participants must be unfit for Cisplatin

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Participants who are receiving any other investigational agents. 2. Primary sites of malignancy major salivary gland or nasopharynx or skin 3. Patients with uncontrolled comorbidities precluding the use of docetaxel or Carboplatin 4. Uncontrolled comorbidities including active autoimmune disease that might deteriorate when receiving a chemotherapeutic agent. Clinically significant (i.e., active)cardiovascular disease: cerebrovascular accident/stroke (less than 6 months prior to enrollment), myocardial infarction (less than 6 months prior to enrollment), unstable angina, congestive heart failure (greater than equal to New York Heart Association Classification Class II), or serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication. Patients with severe renal and liver dysfunction Child pugh B or C 5. Prior organ transplantation including allogeneic stem-cell transplantation. 6. Known prior severe hypersensitivity to investigational product or any component in its formulations, including known severe hypersensitivity reactions to monoclonal antibodies (NCI-CTCAE v5.0 Grade � 3). 7.Pregnant and lactating women are excluded from this study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1.To compare 2 year OS between docetaxel based CTRT (D-CTRT) and Carboplatin with RT (C-CTRT)Timepoint: at 2 years post treatment

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
a. To compare 2 year DFS between docetaxel based CTRT (D-CTRT) and Carboplatin RT (C-CTRT) b. To compare acute and late toxicity between docetaxel based CTRT (D-CTRT) and Carboplatin RT (C-CTRT) c. To compare improvement in TOI between 2 arms at 6 months, 12 months and at 24 months Timepoint: at 6 months, 12 months and at 24 months post treatment

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Kumar Prabhash

Tata Memorial Hospital

kprabhash1@gmail.com02224177214

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026