Salvage Brachytherapy and Hyperthermia for Recurrent H&N-tumours — HyBT-H&N  

Locally Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title: SALVAGE BRACHYTHERAPY WITH INTERSTITIAL HYPERTHERMIA FOR LOCALLY RECURRENT HEAD & NECK CARCINOMA FOLLOWING PREVIOUSLY EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY: A PROSPECTIVE PHASE II STUDY

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the present trial is to assess the prospective results of protocol-based interstitial pulsed-dose-rate (PDR) brachytherapy with interstitial hyperthermia (iHT) in a group of selected patients where salvage surgery with clear resection margins was not possible.

Clinical Trial Description

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Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fever
• Head and Neck Neoplasms
• Locally Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer

• NCT number: NCT03238378
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School
• Contact: Vratislav Strnad, MD
• Phone: ++49 9131 85
• Email: vratislav.strnad@uk-erlangen.de
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 29, 2017
• Completion date: December 31, 2027