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A study to see the efficacy of Radiotherapy when given in larger fractions (52.5Gy in 15 fractions) in patients of Oral cavity cancers

A pilot study to investigate the feasibility, efficacy and tolerability of hypofractionated radiation schedule in patient of locally advanced inoperable carcinoma of oral cavity with radical intent - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/04/085918
Enrollment
30
Registered
2025-04-29
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-05-26

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: C069- Malignant neoplasm of mouth, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention1: Radiation therapy: To apply hypofractionated (52.5 Gy/15#,5days/week over 3 weeks) by Cobalt60 machine without giving prior or concurrent chemotherapy. Spine shielding will be done at 9

Sponsors

Dr Kazi Nazmul Huda
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Voluntarily giving written consent for the study 2. Diagnosed with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (any histologic type) by histopathlogical confirmation 3.AJCC 8th TNM staging: T4a/T4b any N M0 any T N3 M0 4.Adult patients (age limit upto 70 years) 5.Good general condition 6.Performance status :ECOG upto 2 7. Normal haematological parameter Hb: more than 10 gm/dl Absolute Neutrophil count : more than 1500/cmm Platelet count :more than 1 Lakh/cmm 8. Normal biochemical parameter Liver enzymes(ALT/AST): less than 3x Upper normal limit Estimated creatinine clearance : more than 50 ml/min 9. Willing to follow up.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Any head & neck carcinoma other than oral cavity 2. Histological variety othr than squamous cell carcinoma 3. Any uncontrolled comorbid condition 4. Early stage / feasible for radical surgery 5. Metastatic carcinoma 6. No caregiver 7. Prior treatment with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery with radical intent 8. Any second primary or other malignancy within the last 5 years

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To assess the response using Response Assessment Criteria In Solid Tumour1.1 (RECIST 1.1)Timepoint: at 6 weeks

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. To assess the highest grade of toxicity during & 6 weeks after treatment using CTCAE V.5 2. To assess QOL(Quality of life) using EORTC QLQ C-30 questionnaire Timepoint: During Radiotherapy, at 6 weeks of completion of Radiotherapy

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Kazi Nazmul Huda
suparna.k.pal@gmail.com8584952141

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026