Study of Proxinium Plus Best Supportive Care Versus Best Supportive Care for Patients With Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00412776

Last Updated: 2015-12-23

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Total Enrollment

165 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-12-31

Study Completion Date

2008-04-30

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and efficacy of Proxinium plus best supportive care with best supportive care only for patients with squamous cell head and neck cancer.

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

Head and neck cancer is a general description of a disease that includes several types of soft tissue carcinomas that develop in the head and neck regions.

Proxinium is a recombinant fusion protein that binds to the epithelial cell adhesion molecule (Ep-CAM) that is highly expressed on squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck (SCCHN). Proxinium is administered via intratumoural injection.

The primary objective of the study is to compare the overall survival time for patients treated with intratumourally injected Proxinium plus BSC versus BSC alone. Secondary objectives of the study include comparison of locoregional tumour control, local progression-free survival, symptomatic benefit and safety profile in patients who receive Proxinium plus BSC versus patients who receive BSC

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell of Head and Neck Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Neoplasms, Squamous Cell Head and Neck Neoplasms Mouth Neoplasms Head and Neck Cancer

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.

1

Proxinium plus Best Supportive Care

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Proxinium

Intervention Type DRUG

700 µg Proxinium, once weekly until complete resolution of all target tumours or radiographic tumour progression

2

Best Supportive Care

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.

Proxinium

700 µg Proxinium, once weekly until complete resolution of all target tumours or radiographic tumour progression

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

Disease Characteristics

* The patient must be 18 years of age or older.
* The patient must have squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
* The squamous cell carcinoma must be Ep-CAM positive.
* ECOG performance status of 0, 1, 2 or 3.
* 12 week life expectancy

Prior/Concurrent Therapy

* The patient must have received therapy for their primary disease (eg, surgery and/or radiotherapy, chemo-radiotherapy or chemotherapy).
* The patient must have been diagnosed with persistent or recurrent disease or a second primary tumour.
* The patient's disease must be refractory.
* There must be at least 2 weeks between the last dose of chemotherapy or radiotherapy and receiving study drug or 4 weeks between the last dose of an experimental drug and receiving study drug.

Patient Characteristics

* The patient must have adequate hepatic function \[alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤2.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) and bilirubin level ≤1.5 × ULN\].
* The patient must have adequate renal function (serum creatinine \< 1.5 × ULN).
* The patient must have the following hematological values: granulocytes ≥1500/μL, platelets ≥75 000/μL and hemoglobin \>8 g/dL.
* The patient must have prothrombin time and partial thromboplastin time within normal limits.

Other

• Women of childbearing potential and male patients must agree to use a highly effective contraceptive method.

Exclusion Criteria

* The patient has clinically significant distant metastases.
* The patient is eligible to have surgical resection or radiotherapy, chemo-radiotherapy or chemotherapy.
* The patient has a nasopharyngeal tumour.
* The patient has AIDS, hepatitis C or hepatitis B.
* The patient has clinically significant renal or hepatic disease.
* Tumors are prone to bleeding.
* The patient is pregnant or lactating.
* The patient requires 'blood thinning' medications and can not safely discontinue the medication.
* The patient is currently enrolled in another clinical trial.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.

Sesen Bio, Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.

Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Learn about the lead researchers overseeing the trial and their institutional affiliations.

Wendy Cuthbert

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Viventia Biotech Inc.

Locations

Explore where the study is taking place and check the recruitment status at each participating site.

Hospital Italiano Regional del Sur

Bahía Blanca, , Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Municipal de Agudos Leonidas Lucero

Bahía Blanca, , Argentina

Site Status

Centro de Estudio y Tratamiento de las Enfermedades Neoplasicas (CETEN)

Buenos Aires, , Argentina

Site Status

Hospital de Clinicas "Jose de San Martin"

Buenos Aires, , Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Nacional Alejandro Posadas

Buenos Aires, , Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Universitario Austral

Buenos Aires, , Argentina

Site Status

Instituto Medico Platense

La Plata, , Argentina

Site Status

Hospital Italiano Garibaldi

Rosario, , Argentina

Site Status

Hospital de Câncer de Barretos - Fundação Pio XII

Barretos, , Brazil

Site Status

Cettro - Centro de Tratamento Oncológico Ltda.

Brasília, , Brazil

Site Status

Centro Regional Integrado de Oncologia - CRIO

Fortaleza, , Brazil

Site Status

Hospital Araújo Jorge

Goiania - GO, , Brazil

Site Status

Hospital Amaral Carvalho

Jaú, , Brazil

Site Status

Pro-Onco Centro De Tratamento Oncológico S/C Ltda

Londrina, , Brazil

Site Status

Biocor - Hospital de Doenças Cardiovasculares Ltda

Nova Lima, , Brazil

Site Status

CECAN - Centro do Câncer Francisco Cunha Filho

Piracicaba, , Brazil

Site Status

Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS

Porto Alegre - RS, , Brazil

Site Status

Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre - RS, , Brazil

Site Status

Instituto Ribeirãopretano de Combate ao Câncer

Riberao Preto-SP, , Brazil

Site Status

INCA - Instituto Nacional do Câncer

Rio de Janeiro, , Brazil

Site Status

SOS Vida - Soluções em Saúde

Salvador - BA, , Brazil

Site Status

Santo André Diagnósticos e Tratamentos Ltda

Santo Andre-SP, , Brazil

Site Status

Hospital Do Câncer A. C. Camargo

São Paulo, , Brazil

Site Status

Grupo de Pesquisas Médicas

São Paulo - SP, , Brazil

Site Status

Hospital das Clínicas - Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo

São Paulo - SP, , Brazil

Site Status

Clinical Hospital "Sestre milosrdnice"

Zagreb, , Croatia

Site Status

Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Clinic for ENT, Department for Head and Neck Surgery

Zagreb, , Croatia

Site Status

Universtity Hospital for Tumors, Department for Head and Neck Surgery

Zagreb, , Croatia

Site Status

Centre Georges-Francois Leclerc

Dijon, , France

Site Status

Clinique Guillaume Le Conquerant

Le Havre, , France

Site Status

Centre Régional de Lutte contre le Cancer Val d'Aurelle

Montpellier, , France

Site Status

Charité -Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Berlin, , Germany

Site Status

Universitätsklinikum Köln

Cologne, , Germany

Site Status

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Hanover, , Germany

Site Status

Universität Heidelberg

Heidelberg, , Germany

Site Status

Universitätsklinikum Leipzig

Leipzig, , Germany

Site Status

Universitätsklinikum Schleswig Holstein

Lübeck, , Germany

Site Status

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität

Mainz, , Germany

Site Status

Klinikum der Philipps-Universität Marburg

Marburg, , Germany

Site Status

Universitätsklinikum Tübingen

Tübingen, , Germany

Site Status

Fovarosi Onkormanyzat Uzsoki utcai Korhaza, Fej-nyaksebeszet

Budapest, , Hungary

Site Status

Orszagos Onkologiai Intezet

Budapest, , Hungary

Site Status

Debreceni Egyetem OEC, Onkologiai Tanszek

Debrecen, , Hungary

Site Status

Petz Aladar Megyei Korhaz, Ful-orr-gege, Fej, Nyak Sebeszet

Győr, , Hungary

Site Status

Department of Medical Oncology, Bangalore Institute of Oncology

Bangalore, , India

Site Status

Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology

Bangalore, , India

Site Status

Global Hospitals

Hyderabaad, , India

Site Status

MNJ Institute of Oncology

Hyderabaad, , India

Site Status

Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences

Hyderabaad, , India

Site Status

Birla Cancer Institute SMS Medical College Hospital

Jaipur, , India

Site Status

SK Soni Hospital

Jaipur, , India

Site Status

Soumya Hospita

Karkhāna, , India

Site Status

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre

Kochi, , India

Site Status

Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Cancer Research Institute

Kolkata, , India

Site Status

Orchid Nursing Home

Kolkata, , India

Site Status

Department of Medical Oncology Dayanand Medical College & Hospital

Ludhiana, , India

Site Status

Asian Institute of Oncology, S L Raheja Hospital

Mumbai, , India

Site Status

Tata Memorial Hospital

Mumbai, , India

Site Status

Department of Medical Oncology AIIMS, Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital

New Delhi, , India

Site Status

Department of Medical Oncology Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre

New Delhi, , India

Site Status

Regional Cancer Centre

Trivandrum, , India

Site Status

Soroka University Medical Center

Beersheba, , Israel

Site Status

The Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center

Haifa, , Israel

Site Status

Haddasa Ein Carem Hospital

Jerusalem, , Israel

Site Status

Rabin Medical Center

Petah Tikva, , Israel

Site Status

Kaplan Medical Center

Rehovot, , Israel

Site Status

Tel Aviv University Medical School

Tel Aviv, , Israel

Site Status

Sheba - Medical Center

Tel Litwinsky, , Israel

Site Status

Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo

Monza, , Italy

Site Status

IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo

Pavia, , Italy

Site Status

Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana

Pisa, , Italy

Site Status

Hospital Clínica del Parque

Chihuahua, Chih., , Mexico

Site Status

Centro Anticanceroso de la Cruz Roja Mexicana de Mérida

Mérida, , Mexico

Site Status

OCA Hospital

Monterrey N.L., , Mexico

Site Status

Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto"

San Luis Potosi, SLP, , Mexico

Site Status

Hospital "Dr. Angel Leaño"

Zapopan, Jalisco, , Mexico

Site Status

Swietokrzyskie Centrum Onkologii

Kielce, , Poland

Site Status

Wojewodzki Szpital Specjalistyczny im. L.Rydygiera

Krakow, , Poland

Site Status

Wojewodzki Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Mikolaja Kopernika, Regionalny Osrodek Onkologiczny

Lodz, , Poland

Site Status

Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej MSWiA z Warminsko-Mazurskim Centrum Onkologii

Olsztyn, , Poland

Site Status

Samodzielny Publiczny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej, Opolskie Centrum Onkologii

Opole, , Poland

Site Status

Wielkopolskie Centrum Onkologii

Poznan, , Poland

Site Status

Centrum Onkologii Instytut im. M. Sklodowskiej-Curie

Warsaw, , Poland

Site Status

"Prof. Dr. I. Chiricuta" Institute of Oncology Medical Oncology and Radiotherapy II Department

Cluj-Napoca, , Romania

Site Status

Oradea Clinical County Hospital Department of Medical Oncology

Oradea, , Romania

Site Status

Regional Oncology Dispensary

Astrakhan, , Russia

Site Status

State Medical Institution Kursk Regional Oncology Dispensary Out-patient department

Kursk, , Russia

Site Status

Central Clinical Hospital #2 after MA Semashko OAO "RRW"

Moscow, , Russia

Site Status

Moscow Scientific-Research Oncology Institute after P.A. Gertsen

Moscow, , Russia

Site Status

SI Russian Oncology Scientific Center after NN Blokhin RAMS

Moscow, , Russia

Site Status

PHI OAO RRW Railway Clinical Hospital at station Gorkiy

Nizhny Novgorod, , Russia

Site Status

Stavropol Regional Oncology Center, Pyatigorsk branch Out-patient department

Pyatigorsk, , Russia

Site Status

SIH Leningrad Regional Oncology Dispansery

Saint Petersburg, , Russia

Site Status

SPBSIH City Clinical Oncology Dispensary

Saint Petersburg, , Russia

Site Status

PHI Dorozhnaya Clinical Hospital at Saratov II Station of Pryvolzhskaya railway OAO Russian Railways

Saratov, , Russia

Site Status

Tambov Regional Oncological Dispensary Surgery Department

Tambov, , Russia

Site Status

Republican Clinical Oncological Dispenser Radiological Therapy

Ufa, , Russia

Site Status

State Medical Institution Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary

Ulyanovsk, , Russia

Site Status

Sverdlovsk Regional Oncology Dispensary

Yekaterinburg, , Russia

Site Status

Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia

Belgrade, , Serbia

Site Status

Military Medical Academy (MMA) Clinic for Maxillofacial Surgery

Belgrade, , Serbia

Site Status

Teaching Hospital with Policlinic of F. D. Roosevelt Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Surgery

Banská Bystrica, , Slovakia

Site Status

Oncology Institute of St. Elisabeth Clinic of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery

Bratislava, , Slovakia

Site Status

Teaching Hospital with Policlinic Bratislava 1st Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology

Bratislava, , Slovakia

Site Status

Vychodoslovensky oncologicky ustav a.s.

Košice, , Slovakia

Site Status

Teaching Hospital with Policlinic Nové Zámky Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology

Nové Zámky, , Slovakia

Site Status

Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status

Hospital Vall d'Hebron

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status

Hospital 12 de Octubre

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status

Hospital Ramón y Cajal

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status

Hospital Provincial de Pontevedra

Pontevedra, , Spain

Site Status

Hospital Universitario de Salamanca

Salamanca, Castilla Y León, , Spain

Site Status

Chernovtsy Regional Oncology Center

Chernivtsy, , Ukraine

Site Status

Kharkov Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary

Kharkiv, , Ukraine

Site Status

Institute of Oncology of AMS of Ukraine

Kiev, , Ukraine

Site Status

Institute of Otolaryngology

Kiev, , Ukraine

Site Status

Volyn Regional Oncology Dispensary

Lutsk, , Ukraine

Site Status

Uzhgorod National University

Uzhhorod, , Ukraine

Site Status

Zaporozhye Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary

Zaporizhzhya, , Ukraine

Site Status

University Hospital Aintree

Liverpool, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Royal Marsden Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Christie Hospital

Manchester, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

Review the countries where the study has at least one active or historical site.

Serbia and Montenegro Argentina Brazil Croatia France Germany Hungary India Israel Italy Mexico Poland Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Spain Ukraine United Kingdom

Other Identifiers

Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.

VB4-845-01-IIIA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id