Neoadjuvant Cetuximab in HNSCC Combined With Curative Surgery

NCT ID: NCT00714649

Last Updated: 2012-11-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2
• Total Enrollment: 34 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2008-07-31
• Study Completion Date: 2011-05-31

Brief Summary

Primary diagnose HNSCC carcinoma patients eligible for curative surgery will be proposed the addition of 2 or 3 neoadjuvant cetuximab infusions. The main objective is to reduce to a minimal delay the time elapsing between last infusion and surgery.

Iterative biomarkers will be taken at 6 time points permitting to investigate expression gen profile and protein mutation.

Detailed Description

This is a Phase I/II trial of neoadjuvant cetuximab monotherapy in the preoperative treatment of patients with operable HNSCC. It is a monocenter study (St-Luc university Hospital, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels).

This part of the trial will determine the safe minimum delay between the neoadjuvant cetuximab infusion and surgery. The aim is to investigate if cetuximab given 24 hours before surgery is safe.

Patients will receive cetuximab with a loading dose of 400 mg/m2 for the first administration followed by 250 mg/m2/week at the second and third administrations, if applicable. The delay between the last administration of cetuximab and surgery will be progressively reduced (Figure 1).

Five levels are pre-defined before final administration of 3 preoperative doses of cetuximab with a 24-hour delay between the last dose of cetuximab and surgery.

Level I: 10-12 days delay between the second cetuximab infusion and surgery (total of 2 doses pre-op) Level II: 6-8 days delay between the second cetuximab infusion and surgery (total of 2 doses pre-op) Level III: 3-4 days delay between the second cetuximab infusion and surgery (total of 2 doses pre-op) Level IV: 3-4 days delay between the third cetuximab infusion and surgery (total of 3 doses pre-op) Level V: 24-hour delay between the third cetuximab dose and surgery (total of 3 doses pre-op) The cohort size is 3 patients per level, extended to 6 patients if one "limiting toxicity" is observed. Decision rules are the same than as in any classic 3+3 phase 1design (Figure 2).

"Limiting toxicity" is defined as (i) any life-threatening (grade 4) surgical complication or (ii) an unexpected surgical grade 3 toxicity. Unexpected toxicity will be determined by the safety committee after careful review of the patient file.

The safety committee will consist of the surgical team of UCL Saint-Luc, one external surgeon, one representative from Merck and the study coordinators.

Patients treated at level V will be evaluated like patients in the phase II part.

Conditions

Head and Neck Cancer

Keywords

Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma treated with surgery; and/or radiotherapy

Study Design

• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

I-1

This is a phase I/II trial. PhaseI: The delay between the last administration of cetuximab and surgery will be progressively reduced. Five delay schedules are pre-defined before final administration of 3 preoperative doses of cetuximab with a 24-hour delay between the last dose of cetuximab and surgery. The cohort size is 3 patients per delay schedule, extended to 6 patients if one "limiting toxicity" is observed.

Phase II: will proceed if delay schedule V is safe. The patients included in delay schedule V of the Phase I part of the study will be involved in the phase II analysis. Recruitment of a total of 12 patients (3-6 of delay schedule V in phase I plus an additional 3-9 patients).

Group Type: OTHER

cetuximab

Intervention Type: DRUG

Cetuximab 250mg/m²/week IV before surgery till surgery

Interventions

cetuximab

Cetuximab 250mg/m²/week IV before surgery till surgery

Intervention Type: DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• More than 18 years
• Histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx or larynx
• patients selected for a primary surgical treatment
• No distant metastases
• No active second malignancy during the last 5 years
• No prior or concurrent evidence of uncontrolled severe pathology precluding administration of surgery
• life expectancy more than 3 months
• Not pregnant or nursing; fertile patients both male or female, must use effective contraception
• Signed informed consent
• Performance Status ECOG 0-1

Exclusion Criteria

• Nasopharynx cancer
• Past or current malignancy other than HNSCC
• performance Status ECOG above 2
• Concurrent chronic systemic immune therapy, chemotherapy, or hormone therapy not indicated in the study protocol
• Use of any investigationals agents within 4 weeks prior ti entry
• Previous exposure to EGFR targeting therapy
• Known grade hypersensitivity to cetuximab

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Merck Serono International SA

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Jean-Pascal H Machiels, MD PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Cliniques Universitaires St Luc-UCL

Locations

Cliniques Universitaires St Luc-UCL

Brussels, , Belgium

Countries

Belgium

Other Identifiers

CHIRON 2008-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id