Erlotinib Prevention of Oral Cancer (EPOC)

Summary

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if erlotinib hydrochloride (Tarcevaâ (OSI-774 ) can prevent cancer in the mouth of people with a high risk of developing cancer in the mouth. The safety of this drug will also be studied, as well as the drug's effect on different cells in the body.

Timeline

Start

2006-11-03

Primary completion

2018-06-04

Completion

2018-06-04

Publications

• William WN Jr, Papadimitrakopoulou V, Lee JJ, Mao L, Cohen EE, Lin HY, Gillenwater AM, Martin JW, Lingen MW, Boyle JO, Shin DM, Vigneswaran N, Shinn N, Heymach JV, Wistuba II, Tang X, Kim ES, Saintigny P, Blair EA, Meiller T, Gutkind JS, Myers J, El-Naggar A, Lippman SM. Erlotinib and the Risk of Oral Cancer: The Erlotinib Prevention of Oral Cancer (EPOC) Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2016 Feb;2(2):209-16. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.4364.
• Scully C. Challenges in predicting which oral mucosal potentially malignant disease will progress to neoplasia. Oral Dis. 2014 Jan;20(1):1-5. doi: 10.1111/odi.12208.

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