Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Salivary Gland Cancer

NCT00002632 | Completed Phase 2

• 2 other identifiers: CDR0000064057E-1394
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 32
• Locations: 2 countries
• Sites: 29

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of paclitaxel in treating patients with metastatic or recurrent salivary gland cancer.

Conditions

Head and Neck Cancer

Keywords

stage IV salivary gland cancer; recurrent salivary gland cancer; high-grade salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma; salivary gland adenocarcinoma

Interventions

paclitaxel DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 120 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed salivary gland carcinoma that is metastatic or recurrent, including the following types: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma Adenocarcinoma Pathology review required Measurable disease required Lesion in a previously irradiated field must be progressing and biopsy- proven PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,000/mm3 ANC at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hb at least 10 g/dL Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Cardiovascular: No MI within the past 6 months No CHF No unstable arrhythmia No current antiarrhythmic, inotropic, or antianginal medication Other: No history of allergy to Cremophor No prior malignancy within 5 years except: Curatively treated nonmelanomatous skin cancer Curatively treated in-situ cancer of the cervix No concurrent malignancy Not pregnant or nursing Effective contraception strongly advised for fertile patients Blood/body fluid analyses to determine eligibility and imaging studies and scans/x-rays for tumor measurement completed within 14 days prior to registration PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Prior biological response modifier therapy allowed Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Prior radiotherapy allowed with recovery Surgery: Prior surgery allowed with recovery

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Sponsors & Collaborators

• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group: lead
• National Cancer Institute (NCI): collaborator

Study Sites (29)

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Palo Alto

Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

Location

Stanford University Medical Center

Stanford, California, 94305-5408, United States

Location

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

Location

Emory University Hospital - Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

Location

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Atlanta (Decatur)

Decatur, Georgia, 30033, United States

Location

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

Location

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Lakeside)

Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

Location

CCOP - Carle Cancer Center

Urbana, Illinois, 61801, United States

Location

CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52403-1206, United States

Location

CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association

Des Moines, Iowa, 50309-1016, United States

Location

Johns Hopkins Oncology Center

Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

Location

CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48106, United States

Location

CCOP - Duluth

Duluth, Minnesota, 55805, United States

Location

University of Minnesota Cancer Center

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States

Location

CCOP - Metro-Minnesota

Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, 55416, United States

Location

CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium

Omaha, Nebraska, 68131, United States

Location

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange

East Orange, New Jersey, 07018-1095, United States

Location

CCOP - Northern New Jersey

Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States

Location

University of Rochester Cancer Center

Rochester, New York, 14642, United States

Location

Albert Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center

The Bronx, New York, 10461, United States

Location

Ireland Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-5065, United States

Location

Hahnemann University Hospital

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19102-1192, United States

Location

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111, United States

Location

University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

Location

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee, 37212, United States

Location

Vanderbilt Cancer Center

Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-6838, United States

Location

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin, 53705, United States

Location

University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center

Madison, Wisconsin, 53792, United States

Location

Pretoria Academic Hospital

Pretoria, 0001, South Africa

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Gilbert J, Li Y, Pinto HA, Jennings T, Kies MS, Silverman P, Forastiere AA. Phase II trial of taxol in salivary gland malignancies (E1394): a trial of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Head Neck. 2006 Mar;28(3):197-204. doi: 10.1002/hed.20327.

  PMID: 16470745 RESULT

• Jennings T, Li Y, Pinto H, et al.: Phase II trial of paclitaxel in advanced or metastatic salivary gland malignancies: an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group study. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20: A-942, 2001.

  RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Head and Neck Neoplasms; Salivary Gland Neoplasms

Interventions

Paclitaxel

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Mouth Neoplasms; Mouth Diseases; Stomatognathic Diseases; Salivary Gland Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Taxoids; Cyclodecanes; Cycloparaffins; Hydrocarbons, Alicyclic; Hydrocarbons, Cyclic; Hydrocarbons; Organic Chemicals; Diterpenes; Terpenes

Study Officials

• Harlan A. Pinto, MD

  Stanford University

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Sponsor Type: NETWORK

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 1, 1999
• First Posted: June 10, 2004
• Study Start: May 30, 1995
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2002
• Last Updated: June 15, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-06

Locations

US (28); ZA (1)