Radiation Therapy With or Without Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known if radiation therapy plus chemotherapy is more effective than radiation therapy alone in treating patients with advanced head and neck cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of radiation therapy plus cisplatin with radiation therapy alone in treating patients with advanced head and neck cancer.

Timeline

Start

1994-04

Primary completion

1999-03

Completion

2000-07

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper Median time to any treatment failure was not significantly different between treatment arms (hazard ratio [HR], 1.2 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 0.9-1.7; p = 0.17]). PMID 21300466 ↗

Publications

• Results Ghadjar P, Simcock M, Studer G, Allal AS, Ozsahin M, Bernier J, Topfer M, Zimmermann F, Betz M, Glanzmann C, Aebersold DM; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK). Concomitant cisplatin and hyperfractionated radiotherapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: 10-year follow-up of a randomized phase III trial (SAKK 10/94). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Feb 1;82(2):524-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.11.067. Epub 2011 Feb 16.
• Results Taussky D, Rufibach K, Huguenin P, Allal AS. Risk factors for developing a second upper aerodigestive cancer after radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy in patients with head-and-neck cancers: an exploratory outcomes analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2005 Jul 1;62(3):684-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.11.027.
• Results Huguenin P, Beer KT, Allal A, Rufibach K, Friedli C, Davis JB, Pestalozzi B, Schmid S, Thoni A, Ozsahin M, Bernier J, Topfer M, Kann R, Meier UR, Thum P, Bieri S, Notter M, Lombriser N, Glanzmann C. Concomitant cisplatin significantly improves locoregional control in advanced head and neck cancers treated with hyperfractionated radiotherapy. J Clin Oncol. 2004 Dec 1;22(23):4665-73. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2004.12.193. Epub 2004 Nov 8.
• Results Ghadjar P, Simcock M, Zimmermann F, Betz M, Bodis S, Bernier J, Studer G, Aebersold DM; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK). Predictors of severe late radiotherapy-related toxicity after hyperfractionated radiotherapy with or without concomitant cisplatin in locally advanced head and neck cancer. Secondary retrospective analysis of a randomized phase III trial (SAKK 10/94). Radiother Oncol. 2012 Aug;104(2):213-8. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.05.004. Epub 2012 Jun 21.
• Results Ghadjar P, Pottgen C, Joos D, Hayoz S, Baumann M, Bodis S, Budach W, Studer G, Stromberger C, Zimmermann F, Kaul D, Plasswilm L, Olze H, Bernier J, Wust P, Aebersold DM, Budach V. Haemoglobin and creatinine values as prognostic factors for outcome of concurrent radiochemotherapy in locally advanced head and neck cancers : Secondary results of two European randomized phase III trials (ARO 95-06, SAKK 10/94). Strahlenther Onkol. 2016 Aug;192(8):552-60. doi: 10.1007/s00066-016-0999-3. Epub 2016 Jun 20.
• Results Ghadjar P, Hayoz S, Zimmermann F, Bodis S, Kaul D, Badakhshi H, Bernier J, Studer G, Plasswilm L, Budach V, Aebersold DM; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK). Impact of weight loss on survival after chemoradiation for locally advanced head and neck cancer: secondary results of a randomized phase III trial (SAKK 10/94). Radiat Oncol. 2015 Jan 17;10:21. doi: 10.1186/s13014-014-0319-y.
• Results Ghadjar P, Sun H, Zimmermann F, Bodis S, Bernier J, Studer G, Aebersold DM; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK). Physical examination during chemoradiation predicts outcome of locally advanced head and neck cancer. Secondary results of a randomized phase III trial (SAKK 10/94). Oral Oncol. 2013 Oct;49(10):1006-9. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2013.07.002. Epub 2013 Aug 3.

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