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Head and Neck CancerPhase 2NCT00503997

Pemetrexed and Oxaliplatin in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing oxaliplatin and pemetrexed disodium in people with Head and Neck Cancer, run by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at 7 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: Pemetrexed may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. 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?
oxaliplatin and pemetrexed disodium
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
42 participants
Where
7 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Dec 2006to Jun 2010
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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

Who may be able to join

  • Patients must meet all of the following criteria in order to be eligible for entry into the trial:
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed stage III - IVB HNSCC (includes unknown primary and ParaNasal Sinus cancers)but excludes nasopharyngeal, salivary gland or skin primaries (No TNM staging required)
  • Patients must have a measurable disease defined by RECIST criteria
  • Age > 18 years
  • ECOG Performance Score of 0, 1 or 2
  • Adequate bone marrow as evidenced by:
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  • Absolute neutrophil count > 1,500/μL
  • Platelet count > 100,000/μL
  • Adequate renal function as evidenced by serum creatinine < 1.5 mg/dL and CrCl > 45 mL/min as determined by calculated creatinine clearance using the Cockroft-Gault formula:
  • CrCl = (140-age) x (weight in kg)/72 x serum creatinine
  • Multiply by 0.85 (85%) for females
  • Adequate hepatic function as evidenced by:
  • Serum total bilirubin < 1.5 mg/dL
  • Alkaline phosphatase < 3X the ULN for the reference lab
  • SGOT/SGPT < 3X the ULN for the reference lab
  • Patients or their legal representatives must be able to read, understand and provide informed consent to participate in the trial.
  • Patients of childbearing potential and their partners must agree to use an effective form of contraception during the study and for 90 days following the last dose of study medication (an effective form of contraception is an oral contraceptive, double barrier method or surgical intervention resulting in sterility).
  • Patients must be able to interupt NSAIDs at 2 days before (5 days for long-acting NSAIDs),the day of, and 2 days following administration of Pemetrexed.
  • Patients must be willing and able to take Folic Acid (350-1000 μg) daily beginning 1 week (7 days) prior to the first dose of Pemetrexed and continued daily until 3 weeks after the last dose of study therapy. In addition, patients must be willing to maintain a Pill Diary as part of study compliance.
  • Patients must be willing and able to take Vitamin B12 (1000 μg) administered intramuscularly beginning 1 week (7 days) prior to the first dose of Pemetrexed and repeated at the planned End of Treatment visit (no later than 9 weeks from the first injection).
  • Patients must be willing and able to take Dexamethasone (4 mg of oral or equivalent) that should be given twice daily on the day before, the day of, and the day after each dose of Pemetrexed for rash prophylaxis unless medically contraindicated.

Who cannot join

  • A patient may not be enrolled in the trial if any of the following criteria are met:
  • Patients with an active infection or with a fever > 101.30 F within 3 days of the first scheduled day of protocol treatment
  • History of prior malignancy within the past 3 years except for curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin, cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia, or localized prostate cancer with a current PSA of < 1.0 mg/dL on 2 successive evaluations, at least 3 months apart, with the most recent evaluation no more than 4 weeks prior to entry
  • Patients with known hypersensitivity to any of the components of Oxaliplatin and Pemetrexed
  • Patients who received any chemotherapy, radiation therapy or surgical resection other than diagnostic biopsies for HNSCC prior to the first scheduled day of protocol treatment
  • Patients who are receiving concurrent investigational therapy or who have received investigational therapy within 30 days of the first scheduled day of protocol treatment(investigational therapy is defined as treatment for which there is currently no regulatory authority approved indication)
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  • Peripheral neuropathy ≥ Grade 2
  • Patients who are pregnant or lactating
  • Any other medical condition, including mental illness or substance abuse, deemed by the Investigator to be likely to interfere with a patient's ability to sign informed consent,cooperate and participate in the study, or interferes with the interpretation of the results.
  • History of allogeneic transplant
  • Known HIV (active, previously treated or both)
  • Presence of clinically detectable (by physical exam) third-space fluid collections, for example, ascites or pleural effusions that cannot be controlled by drainage or other procedures prior to study entry.

Trial locations and contacts

7 sites in 1 country.

7 sites in 1 country

United States7 sites
  • West Tennessee Cancer Center at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital

    Jackson, Tennessee, 38301

  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center - Cool Springs

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37064

  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at Franklin

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37064

  • MBCCOP - Meharry Medical College - Nashville

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37208

  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-6838

  • Mitchell Memorial Cancer Center at Owensboro Medical Health System

    Owensboro, Kentucky, 42303

  • Purchase Cancer Group - Paducah

    Paducah, Kentucky, 42002

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About this study

Official title: Phase II Trial: Efficacy and Toxicity of Induction Pemetrexed (ALIMTA) and Oxaliplatin (ELOXATIN) in Patients With Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

RATIONALE: Pemetrexed may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving pemetrexed together with oxaliplatin may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving pemetrexed together with oxaliplatin works in treating patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • To evaluate the clinical response rate in patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck treated with neoadjuvant pemetrexed disodium and oxaliplatin.

Secondary

  • To evaluate the pathological complete response in patients who undergo surgical resection or post-induction biopsy.
  • To assess toxicity of therapy, including the assessment of quality of life, fatigue, and head and neck cancer-related symptoms.
  • To predict response and toxicities based on pharmacogenomics, genomics, and proteomics.

OUTLINE: This is a nonrandomized, open-label study. Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 groups based on resectability of disease (resectable vs nonresectable).

  • Group I (resectable disease): Patients receive pemetrexed disodium IV and oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on day 1. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 4 courses. If patient progresses before receiving 4 courses of treatment, treatment will be discontinued and patient will proceed to surgery.

After completion of pemetrexed disodium and oxaliplatin, patients undergo surgical resection of disease.

  • Group II (nonresectable disease): Patients receive treatment as in group I. If patient progresses before receiving 4 courses of treatment, treatment will be discontinued and patient will proceed to concurrent chemoradiotherapy.

After completion of pemetrexed disodium and oxaliplatin, patients undergo concurrent chemoradiotherapy.

Blood samples are collected at baseline and periodically during study for biomarker and pharmacokinetic studies.

Quality of life is assessed prior to each course of therapy and at 4-6 weeks after the last course.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for up to 3 years.

Being tested
oxaliplatin, pemetrexed disodium
Keywords
stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx, stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity, stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the paranasal sinus and nasal cavity, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the paranasal sinus and nasal cavity, untreated metastatic squamous neck cancer with occult primary
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.

  • oxaliplatinDrug

    Also called Eloxatin

    Group I: Patients receive pemetrexed disodium IV and oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on day 1. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 4 courses. If patient progresses before receiving 4 courses of treatment, treatment will be discontinued and patient will proceed to surgery.

    Group II: Patients receive treatment as in group I. If patient progresses before receiving 4 courses of treatment, treatment will be discontinued and patient will proceed to concurrent chemoradiotherapy.

  • pemetrexed disodiumDrug

    Also called Alimta

    Group I: Patients receive pemetrexed disodium IV and oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on day 1. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 4 courses. If patient progresses before receiving 4 courses of treatment, treatment will be discontinued and patient will proceed to surgery.

    Group II: Patients receive treatment as in group I. If patient progresses before receiving 4 courses of treatment, treatment will be discontinued and patient will proceed to concurrent chemoradiotherapy.

Study groups in NCT00503997
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
drug therapyExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: oxaliplatin; Drug: pemetrexed disodium

What is being measured

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

  1. Patient Response to Treatment Measured by RECIST Criteria

    RECIST response categories: Progressive disease (PD): >=20% increase in sum of longest diameter (LD) of target lesion(s), taking as reference smallest sum LD recorded since treatment started. Complete response (CR): disappearance of all target lesions. Partial response (PR): >=30% decrease in sum of LD of target lesion(s), taking as reference baseline sum LD. Stable disease (SD): neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify as PR nor sufficient increase to qualify as PD.

    Measured: at 8 weeks

Timeline

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

  1. First posted19 Jul 2007 (estimated)
  2. Study startDec 2006
  3. Primary completionJun 2009
  4. Study completionJun 2010

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
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
42 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00503997
Sponsor's protocol ID
VICC HN 0582
Other IDs
VU-VICC-HN-0582, VU-VICC-IRB-060100
Status last verified
May 2012
First submitted
17 Jul 2007
Last updated
10 May 2012
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Chung CH, Lee JW, Slebos RJ, Howard JD, Perez J, Kang H, Fertig EJ, Considine M, Gilbert J, Murphy BA, Nallur S, Paranjape T, Jordan RC, Garcia J, Burtness B, Forastiere AA, Weidhaas JB. A 3'-UTR KRAS-variant is associated with cisplatin resistance in patients with recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Ann Oncol. 2014 Nov;25(11):2230-2236. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdu367. Epub 2014 Jul 31.

    PubMed 25081901
  • Psyrri A, Rampias T, Vermorken JB. The current and future impact of human papillomavirus on treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Ann Oncol. 2014 Nov;25(11):2101-2115. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdu265. Epub 2014 Jul 23.

    PubMed 25057165

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing oxaliplatin and pemetrexed disodium in people with Head and Neck Cancer, run by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at 7 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?

The sponsor lists 21 inclusion and 12 exclusion criteria. 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 10 May 2012. 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 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?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 12 Mar 2012). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

Patient Response to Treatment Measured by RECIST Criteria (time frame: at 8 weeks). 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 NCT00503997, which also lists 2 linked publications.

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 10 May 2012.

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