Clinical trials: Lip Cancer
Head and Neck Cancer
Oral Cancer Screening Among Nursing Home Dentists in Ohio
RATIONALE: Learning about oral cancer screening practices, knowledge, and opinions of Ohio nursing home dentists may help the study of oral cancer in the future.
- Trial name
- NCT00526851
- Testing
- survey administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer, Oropharyngeal Cancer
Gene Therapy in Preventing Cancer in Patients With Premalignant Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity or Pharynx
This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of gene therapy and to see how well it works in preventing cancer in patients with premalignant carcinoma of the oral cavity or pharynx.
- Conditions
- Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer, Oropharyngeal Cancer, Stage 0 Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer, Stage 0 Oropharyngeal Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00064103
- Testing
- Ad5CMV-p53 gene, laboratory biomarker analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Carcinoma of Unknown Primary, Head and Neck Cancer
Radiation Therapy, Combination Chemotherapy, and Amifostine in Treating Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.
- Trial name
- NCT00003582
- Testing
- amifostine trihydrate, cisplatin, fluorouracil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Head and Neck Cancer
FDG-PET/CT in Assessing the Tumor and Planning Neck Surgery in Patients With Newly Diagnosed H&N Cancer
RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures, such as fludeoxyglucose F 18-PET/CT scan, may help doctors find head and neck cancer and find out how far the disease has spread. It may also help doctors plan the best treatment.
- Trial name
- ACRIN6685 (NCT00983697)
- Testing
- therapeutic conventional surgery, fludeoxyglucose F 18
- Where
- 12 sites in United States, China
- Volunteers
- 292 people
- Sponsor
- American College of Radiology Imaging Network
Head and Neck Cancer
S0329, Gemcitabine and Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Persistent, Recurrent, or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine and paclitaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Trial name
- NCT00100789
- Testing
- gemcitabine, paclitaxel
- Where
- 123 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- SWOG Cancer Research Network
Head and Neck Cancer
Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy With or Without Surgery in Treating Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy (RT) uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Giving radiation therapy in different ways and combining it with chemotherapy before surgery may kill more tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00047008
- Testing
- cisplatin, Standard fractionation RT, Accelerated fractionation radiation therapy
- Where
- 195 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 743 people
- Sponsor
- Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
Head and Neck Cancer
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00002888
- Testing
- cisplatin, fluorouracil, paclitaxel
- Where
- 87 sites in United States
- Sponsor
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group