NCT02258659

Brief Summary

This phase II trial studies nab-paclitaxel (paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation) and carboplatin followed by response-based local therapy in treating patients with stage III or IV human papillomavirus (HPV)-related oropharyngeal cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation, carboplatin, hydroxyurea, fluorouracil, paclitaxel, and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them spreading. Radiation therapy uses high energy x rays to kill tumor cells. Giving nab-paclitaxel and carboplatin before chemoradiation may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of chemotherapy and radiation therapy needed. Assigning chemotherapy and radiation therapy based on response (response-based therapy) and giving patients who are responding well lower doses of treatment may help reduce the occurrence of side effects.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
62

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for phase_2

Timeline
Completed

Started Sep 2014

Longer than P75 for phase_2

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

September 19, 2014

Completed
3 days until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

September 22, 2014

Completed
15 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

October 7, 2014

Completed
6.3 years until next milestone

Results Posted

Study results publicly available

January 8, 2021

Completed
3.7 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

September 6, 2024

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

September 6, 2024

Completed
Last Updated

September 24, 2024

Status Verified

September 1, 2024

Enrollment Period

10 years

First QC Date

September 19, 2014

Results QC Date

December 14, 2020

Last Update Submit

September 9, 2024

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Progression-Free Survival (PFS), Evaluated Using RECIST Version (v) 1.1

    If all patients are followed for two years, the PFS rate and confidence interval will be determined based on the exact binomial distribution. Otherwise, PFS will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method and a (large-sample) one-sided 90% confidence interval will be derived for the PFS rate at two years to test the non-inferiority hypothesis. Median PFS will be estimated as described in Brookmeyer and Crowley.

    Time from enrollment until disease progression or death from any cause, assessed at 2 years

Secondary Outcomes (6)

  • Rate of Pathologic Complete Response (PCR) on Post Treatment Biopsy/Surgery, Evaluated Using RECIST v1.1

    Up to 8 weeks after completion of CRT

  • Clinical Complete Response by Computerized Tomography (CT) & Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Only

    Up to 5 years

  • Overall Survival

    From the date of registration to the date of death or date of last patient contact if censored, assessed up to 5 years

  • Cancer-specific Survival

    Up to 5 years

  • Rates of Acute Toxicity, Determined by Incidence of Mucositis, Xerostomia, Anorexia, Weight Loss, Dermatitis and G-tube Placement

    Up to 5 years

  • +1 more secondary outcomes

Other Outcomes (3)

  • Histologic Appearance of Post-induction Tumor Tissue

    Up to 3 months post-treatment

  • Histologic Appearance of Post-CRT Tumor Tissue

    Up to 3 months post-treatment

  • Changes in Reactive T Cells

    Baseline to up to 2 months after radiation therapy

Study Arms (3)

Group A (radiation therapy alone)

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients undergo radiation therapy once daily for weeks.

Drug: paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulationDrug: carboplatinRadiation: radiation therapyOther: laboratory biomarker analysisProcedure: quality-of-life assessment

Group B (combination chemotherapy, low-dose radiation therapy)

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients receive hydroxyurea PO BID on days 0-5, fluorouracil IV continuously on days 1-5, and paclitaxel IV over 60 minutes on day 1. Patients also receive low-dose radiation therapy BID on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 14 days for 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Drug: paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulationDrug: carboplatinRadiation: radiation therapyDrug: paclitaxelDrug: fluorouracilDrug: hydroxyureaOther: laboratory biomarker analysisProcedure: quality-of-life assessment

Group C (combination chemotherapy, high-dose radiation)

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients receive hydroxyurea PO BID on days 0-5, fluorouracil IV continuously on days 1-5, and paclitaxel IV over 60 minutes on day 1. Patients also receive standard-dose radiation therapy BID on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 5 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.\* \*NOTE: At the discretion of the PI, patients may receive cisplatin IV over 1-3 hours every 3 weeks during radiation therapy instead of paclitaxel and undergo daily radiation therapy.

Drug: paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulationDrug: carboplatinRadiation: radiation therapyDrug: paclitaxelDrug: fluorouracilDrug: hydroxyureaDrug: cisplatinOther: laboratory biomarker analysisProcedure: quality-of-life assessment

Interventions

Given IV

Also known as: ABI-007, nab paclitaxel, nab-paclitaxel, nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel
Group A (radiation therapy alone)Group B (combination chemotherapy, low-dose radiation therapy)Group C (combination chemotherapy, high-dose radiation)

Given IV

Also known as: Carboplat, CBDCA, JM-8, Paraplat, Paraplatin
Group A (radiation therapy alone)Group B (combination chemotherapy, low-dose radiation therapy)Group C (combination chemotherapy, high-dose radiation)

Undergo radiation therapy

Also known as: irradiation, radiotherapy, therapy, radiation
Group A (radiation therapy alone)Group B (combination chemotherapy, low-dose radiation therapy)Group C (combination chemotherapy, high-dose radiation)

Given IV

Also known as: Anzatax, Asotax, TAX, Taxol
Group B (combination chemotherapy, low-dose radiation therapy)Group C (combination chemotherapy, high-dose radiation)

Given IV

Also known as: 5-fluorouracil, 5-Fluracil, 5-FU
Group B (combination chemotherapy, low-dose radiation therapy)Group C (combination chemotherapy, high-dose radiation)

Given PO

Also known as: HU, HYD, Hydrea, Hydroxycarbamide, Hydurea
Group B (combination chemotherapy, low-dose radiation therapy)Group C (combination chemotherapy, high-dose radiation)

Given IV

Also known as: CACP, CDDP, CPDD, DDP
Group C (combination chemotherapy, high-dose radiation)

Correlative studies

Group A (radiation therapy alone)Group B (combination chemotherapy, low-dose radiation therapy)Group C (combination chemotherapy, high-dose radiation)

Ancillary studies

Also known as: quality of life assessment
Group A (radiation therapy alone)Group B (combination chemotherapy, low-dose radiation therapy)Group C (combination chemotherapy, high-dose radiation)

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Patients must have pathologically confirmed HPV-positive squamous cell carcinoma
  • HPV testing must follow the following criteria
  • HPV testing using an E6/E7 based assay is preferred, and does not require any validation (e.g. HPV in situ hybridization \[ISH\] or HPV E6/E7 polymerase chain reaction \[PCR\])
  • For oropharyngeal tumors p16 immunohistochemistry (IHC) positivity is sufficient to enroll and initiate treatment (p16 IHC interpretation to follow guidelines by Jordan/Lingen et al 2012); it is recommended that p16 IHC positivity is validated at a later point (during or after treatment) using an E6/E7 based test at the University of Chicago and provided slides will be used
  • For non-operative (OP) tumors accurate HPV testing (i.e. ISH, or E6/E7 based testing) is required for enrollment and treatment initiation
  • Availability of \>= 10 unstained 5 micron slides
  • Patients with American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) (7th edition, 2010) nodal stage N2 or N3 or a T4 primary tumor
  • The primary and nodal involvement must be assessable on clinical exam (mucosal and lymph node exam)
  • The primary and nodal involvement must have been defined bi- or uni-dimensional measurements measurable by RECIST
  • No previous radiation or chemotherapy for a head and neck cancer
  • No surgical resection for a head and neck cancer within 8 weeks of enrollment (although lymph node biopsy including excision of an individual node with presence of residual nodal disease, or surgical biopsy of the tumor is acceptable)
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1 (Karnofsky \>= 70%)
  • Leukocytes \>= 3000/mm\^3
  • Platelets \>= 100,000/mm\^3
  • Absolute neutrophil count \>= 1,500
  • +8 more criteria

You may not qualify if:

  • Unequivocal demonstration of distant metastases (M1 disease)
  • Intercurrent medical illnesses which would impair patient tolerance to therapy or limit survival; including but not limited to ongoing or active infection, immunodeficiency, symptomatic congestive heart failure, pulmonary dysfunction, cardiomyopathy, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance
  • Pregnant and nursing women are excluded; men and women of child-bearing potential are eligible but must consent to using effective contraception during therapy and for at least 3 months after completing therapy; women with child-bearing potential must have a negative serum or urine beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (B-hCG) pregnancy test at screening
  • Other coexisting malignancies or malignancies diagnosed within the previous 3 years no evidence of disease for at least 3 years; exceptions to this include non-melanoma skin cancer, cervical cancer in situ, well differentiated thyroid cancer or prostate cancer; other cancers that per assessment of the PI are not prognosis limiting can be allowed after review by the PI
  • Prior surgical therapy other than incisional or excisional biopsy and organ-sparing procedures such as debulking of airway-compromising tumors or neck dissection in a patient with an unknown primary tumor; residual tumor is required for enrollment on study
  • Patients receiving other investigational agents
  • Peripheral neuropathy \>= grade 1

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

  • Seiwert TY, Foster CC, Blair EA, Karrison TG, Agrawal N, Melotek JM, Portugal L, Brisson RJ, Dekker A, Kochanny S, Gooi Z, Lingen MW, Villaflor VM, Ginat DT, Haraf DJ, Vokes EE. OPTIMA: a phase II dose and volume de-escalation trial for human papillomavirus-positive oropharyngeal cancer. Ann Oncol. 2019 Feb 1;30(2):297-302. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdy522.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Papillomavirus InfectionsSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck

Interventions

TaxesAlbumin-Bound Paclitaxel130-nm albumin-bound paclitaxelCarboplatinRadiotherapyRadiationPaclitaxelFluorouracilHydroxyureaCisplatin

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases, ViralSexually Transmitted DiseasesCommunicable DiseasesInfectionsDNA Virus InfectionsVirus DiseasesTumor Virus InfectionsGenital DiseasesUrogenital DiseasesDisease AttributesPathologic ProcessesPathological Conditions, Signs and SymptomsCarcinoma, Squamous CellCarcinomaNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialNeoplasms by Histologic TypeNeoplasmsHead and Neck NeoplasmsNeoplasms by Site

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

EconomicsHealth Care Economics and OrganizationsTaxoidsCyclodecanesCycloparaffinsHydrocarbons, AlicyclicHydrocarbons, CyclicHydrocarbonsOrganic ChemicalsDiterpenesTerpenesAlbuminsProteinsAmino Acids, Peptides, and ProteinsCoordination ComplexesTherapeuticsPhysical PhenomenaUracilPyrimidinonesPyrimidinesHeterocyclic Compounds, 1-RingHeterocyclic CompoundsUreaAmidesChlorine CompoundsInorganic ChemicalsNitrogen CompoundsPlatinum Compounds

Results Point of Contact

Title
Dr. Everett Vokes
Organization
University of Chicago

Study Officials

  • Everett Vokes, MD

    University of Chicago

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

PI is Sponsor Employee
Yes

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 2
Allocation
NON RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

September 19, 2014

First Posted

October 7, 2014

Study Start

September 22, 2014

Primary Completion

September 6, 2024

Study Completion

September 6, 2024

Last Updated

September 24, 2024

Results First Posted

January 8, 2021

Record last verified: 2024-09

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