Head and Neck Cancer, Salivary Gland Tumors
Conditions
Keywords
Salivary Gland Tumors, Head-an-Neck cancer, Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy, High-Risk, Cisplatin, Docetaxel
Brief summary
This is a non-randomized, phase II, open label study of postoperative current chemoradiotherapy for high-risk malignant salivary gland tumors of head and neck.The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of concurrent chemoradiotherapy in these patients.
Interventions
nedaplatin 35mg/m\^2,D1-2,2 cycles
Docetaxel 70mg/m\^2,D1,2 cycles
a total dose of 60-66Gy in 30-33 fractions over 6-7 weeks
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
1. Pathologically proven diagnosis of a malignant salivary gland tumor of intermediate or high-grade 2. Pathologic stage T3-4 or N1-3 or T1-2, N0 with a close (≤ 5mm) or microscopically positive surgical margin 3. Surgical resection with curative intent within 8 weeks prior to registration, with no evidence of gross tumor residual 4. No evidence of distant metastases 5. No synchronous or concurrent head and neck primary tumors 6. Karnofsky score over 60 7. Adequate organ function including the following: 1. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1.5 \* 10\^9/l 2. Platelets count \>= 100 \* 10\^9/l 3. Hemoglobin \>= 10 g/dl 4. AST and ALT \<= 2.5 times institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) 5. Total bilirubin \<= 1.5 times institutional ULN 6. Creatinine clearance \>= 50 ml/min 7. Serum creatine \<= 1 times ULN 8. Signed written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
1. Evidence of distant metastasis 2. Prior chemotherapy or anti-cancer biologic therapy for any type of cancer, or prior radiotherapy to the head and neck region 3. Other previous cancer, except for in situ cervical cancer and cutaneous basal cell carcinoma 4. Pregnant or breast-feeding females, or females and males of childbearing potential not taking adequate contraceptive measures 5. Presence of an uncontrolled concomitant illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, or cardiac arrhythmia
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Disease-free survival | 2 years | from date of enrollment until date of first documented disease progression or death from any cause, assessed up to 2 years |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Overall survival rate | 2 years | from date of enrollment until date of first death from any cause, assessed up to 2 years |
| Acute toxicity profiles, graded according to the NCI CTCAE version 3.0 | up to 6 weeks | Number of participants with treatment-related acute toxicity as assessed weekly by CTCAE v3.0 during the course of treatment |
| Late toxicity profiles, graded according to the NCI CTCAE version 3.0 | up to 2 years | Number of participants with treatment-related late toxicity as assessed every 3 months by CTCAE v3.0 up to 2 years |
| Score of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Head and Neck Core 35 (EORTC QLQ-HN35) during the concurrent treatment | participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 weeks | QoL score will be documented on each weekend during the course of radiotherapy |
Countries
China