Cisplatin and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IV Cancer of the Head and Neck

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of cisplatin and radiation therapy in treating patients with stage IV cancer of the head and neck.

Timeline

Start

1997-05

Primary completion

2001-03

Completion

2005-03

Publications

• Background Kumar P, Harris J, Garden AS, et al.: Outcome comparisons of four Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) trials in patients with stage IV-T4 head and neck (H/N) cancer: encouraging results using intra-arterial (IA) cisplatin (P) and concurrent radiation therapy (RT). [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 22 (Suppl 14): A-5527, 494s, 2004.
• Results Robbins KT, Kumar P, Harris J, McCulloch T, Cmelak A, Sofferman R, Levine P, Weisman R, Wilson W, Weymuller E, Fu K. Supradose intra-arterial cisplatin and concurrent radiation therapy for the treatment of stage IV head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is feasible and efficacious in a multi-institutional setting: results of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Trial 9615. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Mar 1;23(7):1447-54. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.03.168.
• Results Targeted chemoradiation (RTOG 96-15) (RADPLAT) for T4 carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract: interim analysis of a multi-institutional trial. [Abstract] Proceedings of the International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer A046, 78, 2000.
• Results Kumar P, Harris J, Robbins KT, et al.: The feasibility of using intra-arterial cisplatin & radiation therapy for stage IV-T4 head/neck squamous cell carcinoma in a multi-institutional setting: preliminary results of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) trial 9615. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 48(3 suppl): A-81, 152, 2000.

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