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Filter by:RATIONALE: Imaging procedures, such as PET/CT scan, produce pictures of areas inside the body and may help doctors detect residual disease and plan the best treatment. Neck dissection is surgery to remove lymph nodes and other tissues in the neck. It is not yet known whether a neck dissection should always be performed in treating patients with head and neck cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying PET/CT scan-guided watchful waiting compared with neck dissection of locally advanced lymph node metastases in treating patients who are undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy for primary head and neck cancer.
An Open Label Randomized, Multi-Centre Phase III Trial of TPF Chemotherapy Plus Concomitant Treatment With Cisplatin and Conventional Radiotherapy Versus TPF Chemotherapy Plus Concomitant Cetuximab and Conventional Radiotherapy in Locally Advanced, Unresectable Head and Neck Cancer.
Primary diagnose HNSCC carcinoma patients eligible for curative surgery will be proposed the addition of 2 or 3 neoadjuvant cetuximab infusions. The main objective is to reduce to a minimal delay the time elapsing between last infusion and surgery. Iterative biomarkers will be taken at 6 time points permitting to investigate expression gen profile and protein mutation.
This is a study for patients who have head and neck cancer that has recurred in the body area where they previously received radiation, and for whom surgery is not planned. A widely accepted treatment option in this situation is chemotherapy alone. Another approach that has been used in clinical trials is to treat patients with a repeat course of radiation. In these studies, some patients received chemotherapy at the same time as the radiation. In this clinical study, we wish to treat with radiation plus two drugs during the course of reirradiation, Taxotere® (docetaxel) and Erbitux® (cetuximab). Docetaxel and cetuximab both are chemotherapy drugs which are administered by vein. Both drugs help radiation kill cancer cells. The radiation will be administered using a strategy called intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), which focuses the radiation beam on the tumor. Docetaxel and cetuximab are both approved for the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer. However, the combination of radiation + docetaxel + cetuximab for patients with recurrent head and neck cancer is considered to be a topic for clinical research. The purpose of this study is to determine the good and bad effects of treatment with radiation + docetaxel + cetuximab.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the safety of zalutumumab in combination with radiotherapy as the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer who are not eligible for platinum based chemotherapy.
This is a Phase II study of cetuximab, carboplatin and radiotherapy (RT) in patients with Locally Advanced Head and Neck Carcinomas (LAHNC) who are unfit for cisplatin. The aim of this study is to show the feasibility and safety profile of the combination of cetuximab, carboplatin and RT in treatment of patients with LAHNC.
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (SCCHN) effects 43,000 individuals in the United States annually with an estimated overall survival of 50%. For some patients who develop local or distant metastases following primary therapy, surgery is not an option. This study is being done to test the safety of experimental cancer vaccines made of MAGE-A3 and HPV-16 antigens. We also hope to learn what doses of the vaccine will best stimulate the immune system. There will be 2 cohorts in this study, based on the results of tumor testing: Cohort 1: Patients with tumor that is HPV 16 positive Cohort 2: Patients with tumor that is MAGE-A3 positive The doses of vaccine in both cohorts will be 500, 1000, or 1500 micrograms depending on when the patient is enrolled in the trial. Each vaccine treatment is every 2 weeks for 8 weeks, for a total of 4 vaccines doses.
RATIONALE: Sorafenib and pemetrexed may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Sorafenib may also stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving sorafenib together with pemetrexed and cisplatin may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of sorafenib when given together with pemetrexed and cisplatin in treating patients with advanced solid tumors.
The purpose of this study is to define the response and toxicities with the addition of Nimotuzumab to chemoradiation for head and neck cancer.
To study the effect of daily intake of hyperimmune colostrum on prevention and treatment of oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing high-dose radiation.