Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

NCT00002888 | Completed Phase 3

• 3 other identifiers: CDR0000065210E-1395SWOG-E1395
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 87

Brief Summary

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. It is not yet known whether cisplatin plus fluorouracil are more effective than paclitaxel plus cisplatin in treating patients with advanced head and neck cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of two combination chemotherapy regimens in treating patients with advanced head and neck cancer.

Conditions

Head and Neck Cancer

Keywords

stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity; stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity; recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity; stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx; stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx; recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx; stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx; stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx; recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx; stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx; stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx; recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx; stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the paranasal sinus and nasal cavity; stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the paranasal sinus and nasal cavity; recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the paranasal sinus and nasal cavity

Interventions

cisplatin DRUG

fluorouracil DRUG

paclitaxel DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck considered incurable by surgery or radiotherapy Newly diagnosed extensive locoregional disease or distant metastases Locoregionally recurrent or persistent disease, or distant metastases occurring after initial surgery or radiotherapy No nasopharyngeal carcinoma No history of brain metastases Measurable or evaluable disease Documented progressive disease or biopsy-proven residual carcinoma required if sole measurable site previously irradiated PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0 or 1 Hematopoietic: ANC at least 1,500/mm3 Hemoglobin at least 10 g/dL (transfusion allowed) Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 1.5 mg/dL AST/ALT no greater than twice normal Alkaline phosphatase no greater than twice normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.2 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance at least 50 mL/min Calcium normal No history of hypercalcemia Cardiovascular: No congestive heart failure No serious arrhythmia requiring medication No myocardial infarction within 6 months No medications known to alter cardiac conduction (i.e., lanoxin, beta or calcium channel blockers) Other: No significant detectable or occult infection Complete evaluation required if elevated WBC (12,000 or greater) or fever (101.6 F or higher) No hypersensitivity to E. coli-derived proteins No allergy to drugs utilizing Cremophor No other malignancy within 3 years except curatively treated nonmelanomatous skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix Not pregnant Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception Must complete quality of life and pain assessments at required intervals PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy for recurrent disease At least 12 months since induction or neoadjuvant chemotherapy with paclitaxel or fluorouracil (6 months since cisplatin) Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Surgery: Recovered from major surgery

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Sponsors & Collaborators

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

Study Sites (87)

MBCCOP - University of South Alabama

Mobile, Alabama, 36688, United States

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CCOP - Greater Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona, 85006-2726, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Hayden)

Phoenix, Arizona, 85012, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson

Tucson, Arizona, 85723, United States

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Arizona Cancer Center

Tucson, Arizona, 85724, United States

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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)

Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205, United States

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Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

Duarte, California, 91010, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach

Long Beach, California, 90822, United States

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USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Los Angeles, California, 90033-0800, United States

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Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

Los Angeles, California, 90095-1781, United States

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Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez

Martinez, California, 94553, United States

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CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute

Oakland, California, 94609-3305, United States

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Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Orange, California, 92868, United States

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University of California Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

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UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

San Francisco, California, 94115-0128, United States

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CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital

Santa Rosa, California, 95403, United States

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David Grant Medical Center

Travis Air Force Base, California, 94535, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver

Denver, Colorado, 80220, United States

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University of Colorado Cancer Center

Denver, Colorado, 80262, United States

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CCOP - Atlanta Regional

Atlanta, Georgia, 30342-1701, United States

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Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center

Fort Gordon, Georgia, 30905-5650, United States

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Cancer Research Center of Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)

Hines, Illinois, 60141, United States

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Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood, Illinois, 60153, United States

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CCOP - Central Illinois

Springfield, Illinois, 62526, United States

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University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, Kansas, 66160-7357, United States

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CCOP - Wichita

Wichita, Kansas, 67214-3882, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita

Wichita, Kansas, 67218, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington

Lexington, Kentucky, 40511-1093, United States

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Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky, 40536-0084, United States

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MBCCOP - LSU Medical Center

New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States

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Tulane University School of Medicine

New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States

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Louisiana State University Hospital - Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana, 71130-3932, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana, 71130, United States

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Boston Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 02130, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105, United States

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University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-0752, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit

Detroit, Michigan, 48201-1932, United States

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Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States

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Henry Ford Hospital

Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States

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CCOP - Grand Rapids Clinical Oncology Program

Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States

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Providence Hospital - Southfield

Southfield, Michigan, 48075-9975, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi

Biloxi, Mississippi, 39531-2410, United States

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University of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, Mississippi, 39216-4505, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson

Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States

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Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB

Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, 39534-2576, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri, 64128, United States

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CCOP - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri, 64131, United States

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CCOP - Ozarks Regional

Springfield, Missouri, 65807, United States

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St. Louis University Health Sciences Center

St Louis, Missouri, 63110-0250, United States

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CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau

St Louis, Missouri, 63141, United States

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CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium

Billings, Montana, 59101, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque

Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87108-5138, United States

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University of New Mexico Cancer Research & Treatment Center

Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Brooklyn

Brooklyn, New York, 11209, United States

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Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

New York, New York, 10032, United States

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Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45220-2288, United States

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Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

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CCOP - Columbus

Columbus, Ohio, 43206, United States

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Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton

Dayton, Ohio, 45428, United States

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CCOP - Dayton

Kettering, Ohio, 45429, United States

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Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States

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Oregon Cancer Center at Oregon Health Sciences University

Portland, Oregon, 97201-3098, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland

Portland, Oregon, 97207, United States

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CCOP - Columbia River Program

Portland, Oregon, 97213, United States

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CCOP - Greenville

Greenville, South Carolina, 29615, United States

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CCOP - Upstate Carolina

Spartanburg, South Carolina, 29303, United States

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Brooke Army Medical Center

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 78234, United States

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University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, Texas, 77555-1329, United States

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Texas Tech University Health Science Center

Lubbock, Texas, 79423, United States

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University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas, 78284, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)

San Antonio, Texas, 78284, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple

Temple, Texas, 76504, United States

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CCOP - Scott and White Hospital

Temple, Texas, 76508, United States

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Huntsman Cancer Institute

Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, Utah, 84148, United States

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CCOP - Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center

Bennington, Vermont, 05201, United States

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CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center

Seattle, Washington, 98101, United States

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Swedish Hospital Tumor Institute

Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle

Seattle, Washington, 98108, United States

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CCOP - Northwest

Tacoma, Washington, 98405-0986, United States

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Related Publications (5)

• Gibson MK, Li Y, Murphy B, Hussain MH, DeConti RC, Ensley J, Forastiere AA; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Randomized phase III evaluation of cisplatin plus fluorouracil versus cisplatin plus paclitaxel in advanced head and neck cancer (E1395): an intergroup trial of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol. 2005 May 20;23(15):3562-7. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.01.057.

  PMID: 15908667 RESULT

• Argiris A, Li Y, Forastiere A, et al.: Prognostic factors and long-term survivorship in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer (HNC): an analysis of two Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) randomized trials. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 22 (Suppl 14): A-5514, 491s, 2004.

  RESULT

• Argiris A, Li Y, Forastiere A. Prognostic factors and long-term survivorship in patients with recurrent or metastatic carcinoma of the head and neck. Cancer. 2004 Nov 15;101(10):2222-9. doi: 10.1002/cncr.20640.

  PMID: 15452834 RESULT

• Wells N, Murphy B, Dietrich M, et al.: Quality of life and pain assessment for head and neck cancer patients treated on E1395: a comparison of two different cisplatin-based chemotherapy regimens. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 21: A-907, 2002.

  RESULT

• Murphy B, Li Y, Cella D, et al.: Phase III study comparing cisplatin (C) & 5-flourouracil (F) versus cisplatin & paclitaxel (T) in metastatic/recurrent head & neck cancer (MHNC). [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20; A-894, 2001.

  RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Head and Neck Neoplasms; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck

Interventions

Cisplatin; Fluorouracil; Paclitaxel

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Carcinoma; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Neoplasms by Histologic Type

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Chlorine Compounds; Inorganic Chemicals; Nitrogen Compounds; Platinum Compounds; Uracil; Pyrimidinones; Pyrimidines; Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; Heterocyclic Compounds; Taxoids; Cyclodecanes; Cycloparaffins; Hydrocarbons, Alicyclic; Hydrocarbons, Cyclic; Hydrocarbons; Organic Chemicals; Diterpenes; Terpenes

Study Officials

• Arlene A. Forastiere, MD

  Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

  STUDY CHAIR

• Maha Hadi A. Hussain, MD

  Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 3
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Sponsor Type: NETWORK

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 1, 1999
• First Posted: August 24, 2004
• Study Start: March 1, 1997
• Study Completion: August 1, 2004
• Last Updated: June 21, 2013

Record last verified: 2007-05

Locations

US (87)