Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy With or Without Lapatinib in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Cancer of the Larynx or Hypopharynx

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, cisplatin, fluorouracil, and carboplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Lapatinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving combination chemotherapy together with radiation therapy, with or without lapatinib, before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed or eliminate the need for surgery. PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of combination chemotherapy given together with radiation therapy with or without lapatinib and to see how well it works in treating patients with locally advanced cancer of the larynx or hypopharynx.

Timeline

Start

2007-05

Primary completion

2008-11

Completion

2009-03

Publications

• Results Lalami Y, Specenier PM, Awada A, Lacombe D, Liberatoscioli C, Fortpied C, El-Hariry I, Bogaerts J, Andry G, Langendijk JA, Vermorken JB. EORTC 24051: unexpected side effects in a phase I study of TPF induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiation with lapatinib, a dual EGFR/ErbB2 inhibitor, in patients with locally advanced resectable larynx and hypopharynx squamous cell carcinoma. Radiother Oncol. 2012 Nov;105(2):238-40. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.08.006. Epub 2012 Sep 16.

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