Clinical trials: Lip and Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Esophageal Cancer, Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
Epirubicin, Carboplatin, and Capecitabine in Treating Patients With Unresectable Locally Advanced, Metastatic, or Recurrent Solid Tumor
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.
- Conditions
- Esophageal Cancer, Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer, Gastric Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00021047
- Testing
- capecitabine, carboplatin, epirubicin hydrochloride
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Neurocognitive Impairment, Delirium
Neurocognitive Functioning in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Upper Aerodigestive Tract Cancer Receiving Treatment at Henry-Joyce Cancer Clinic
RATIONALE: Gathering information about how often problems with neurocognitive functioning occur in patients with newly diagnosed upper aerodigestive tract cancers may help doctors learn more about the disease.
- Conditions
- Neurocognitive Impairment, Delirium, Esophageal Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00533884
- Testing
- Assessment of therapy complications, Neurocognitive assessment, Quality-of-life assessment
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 86 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Head and Neck Cancer
Gemcitabine and Doxorubicin in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Progressive Head and Neck Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as gemcitabine and doxorubicin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Trial name
- NCT00509665
- Testing
- doxorubicin hydrochloride, gemcitabine hydrochloride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Head and Neck Cancer
Contact Allergies to Dental Metal as a Possible Risk Factor for Oral Cancer
RATIONALE: Gathering information about allergies to metals may help doctors learn whether having an allergy to metal used in dental work increases the risk of developing oral cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00693550
- Testing
- metal patch tests
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Recurrent Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Cediranib Maleate in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer
This phase II trial is studying how well cediranib maleate works in treating patients with recurrent or newly diagnosed metastatic head and neck cancer.
- Conditions
- Recurrent Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Recurrent Laryngeal Verrucous Carcinoma, Recurrent Lip and Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Trial name
- NCT00458978
- Testing
- Cediranib Maleate, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Head and Neck Cancer
Lymphoscintigraphy to Detect Early Metastases in Patients With Cancer of the Mouth or Throat
RATIONALE: New imaging procedures such as lymphoscintigraphy may improve the ability to detect the spread of mouth and throat cancer to lymph nodes in the neck.
- Trial name
- NCT00012168
- Testing
- isosulfan blue, polymerase chain reaction, immunohistochemistry staining method
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health