Botanical Therapy in Treating Mucositis in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Who Have Undergone Chemoradiation Therapy
A Phase 2 Placebo Controlled Randomized Study of the Effect of SAMITAL on Severity and Duration of Mucositis Induced by Chemoradiation for Head and Neck Cancer (HNC)
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Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to find out what effects (good and bad) SAMITAL (Vaccinium myrtillus extract/Macleaya cordata alkaloids/Echinacea angustifolia extract granules) has on the management of mucositis (inflammation and ulceration that occurs in the mouth) brought on by chemotherapy and radiation therapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
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Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 2, 2012
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 28, 2012
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
May 1, 2013
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 1, 2015
CompletedMay 15, 2013
May 1, 2013
2.2 years
August 2, 2012
May 14, 2013
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Proportion of patients with severe mucositis (WHO score 3 or 4)
The 2 treatment groups will be compared using the Mantel-Haenszel test, stratified by disease site and type of therapy, using a two-sided test at the alpha= 0.10 level of significance. Since emphasis is placed on the accurate estimation of treatment effect for use in the planning of a future confirmatory trial, corresponding estimates of effect size will also be computed along with 90% confidence intervals.
Up to 3 months after completion of study treatment
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Severity and duration of mucositis as assessed by dichotomized WHO Mucositis Global Severity Score (0-2 vs 3-4) and/or OMDQ scores
Up to 3 months after completion of study treatment
Quality of life as assessed by EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire (with 1 being not at all and 4 being very much)
Up to 3 months after completion of study treatment
Quality of Life as assessed by EORTC QLQ Head and Neck Cancer-Specific Module function and symptom sub-scores between groups (with 1 being not at all and 4 being very much)
Up to 3 months after completion of study treatment
Study Arms (2)
Arm I (SAMITAL)
EXPERIMENTALBeginning as soon as symptoms arise during chemoradiotherapy, patients receive Vaccinium myrtillus extract/Macleaya cordata alkaloids/Echinacea angustifolia extract granules PO QID. Patients may continue to receive Vaccinium myrtillus extract/Macleaya cordata alkaloids/Echinacea angustifolia extract granules for up to 4 weeks after completion of radiation therapy for a maximum of 11 weeks.
Arm II (placebo)
PLACEBO COMPARATORBeginning as soon as symptoms arise during chemoradiotherapy, patients receive placebo PO QID. Patients may continue to receive placebo for up to 4 weeks after completion of radiation therapy for a maximum of 11 weeks.
Interventions
Ancillary studies
Given PO
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of =\< 2
- Patients with no distant metastatic disease
- Have histologically proven diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma (stage III - IV) of the paranasal sinuses, nasopharynx, larynx, hypopharynx, oral cavity and/or oropharynx; treated with definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy; OR histologically proven diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses, nasopharynx, larynx, hypopharynx, or oropharynx with finding of need for concurrent chemoradiotherapy (extracapsular extension, positive surgical margin, more than one lymph node positive, stage III - IV disease, perineural invasion, vascular tumor embolus); other rare histologies which are treated as per the guidelines of this protocol may be allowed with approval of the medical monitor
- Concurrent monochemotherapy with cisplatin
- Radiation therapy to 70 Gray (Gy) to gross tumor in 2 Gy per fraction over 7 weeks using intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) techniques for patients with intact tumors, and 60 Gy - 66 Gy in 2 Gy per fraction using IMRT for post-operative patients
- Induction chemotherapy (with up to 3 cycles of docetaxel and cisplatin based regimens) is allowed
- Ability to swallow and retain oral medication
- Leukocytes \>= 3,000/uL
- Absolute neutrophil count \>= 1,500/uL
- Platelets \>= 100,000/uL
- Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase \[SGOT\])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamic pyruvate transaminase \[SGPT\]) =\< 2.5 x institutional upper limit normal (ULN)
- Calculated creatinine clearance \>= 60 mL/min (Cockcroft-Gault equation)
- Patients of child-bearing potential must agree to use adequate contraceptive methods (e.g., hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
- Patient or legal representative must understand the investigational nature of this study and sign an Independent Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board approved written informed consent form prior to receiving any study related procedure
You may not qualify if:
- Contraindication to full course chemoradiotherapy
- ECOG performance status \>= 3
- Presence of distant metastatic disease
- Surgery with significant defect or flap in the oral cavity
- Poor dentition, ill-fitting dental appliances, obturators or any kind of resection prosthesis (can be enrolled if this can be corrected by a dentist prior to start of radiation therapy)
- Presence of other medical conditions causing mucositis (e.g., rheumatologic, severe gastroesophageal reflux, etc. at the discretion of the physician)
- Previous radiotherapy on head and neck district involving mucosa of oral cavity and/or oropharynx
- Use of chronic immunosuppressive drugs
- Brachytherapy or interstitial implantation treatment
- Other medical conditions that could make the patient not able to comply with the treatment
- Requirement of chronic steroid therapy (except when given for laryngeal edema)
- Pregnant or nursing female patients
- Unwilling or unable to follow protocol requirements
- Any condition which in the Investigator's opinion deems the patient an unsuitable candidate to receive study drug
- Received an investigational agent within 30 days prior to enrollment
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Roswell Park Cancer Institutelead
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)collaborator
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Anurag Singh
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 2
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 2, 2012
First Posted
August 28, 2012
Study Start
May 1, 2013
Primary Completion
July 1, 2015
Last Updated
May 15, 2013
Record last verified: 2013-05