Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, Erbitux, and Particle Therapy

Summary

The ACCEPT (A(denoid) c(ystic) c(arcinoma), E(rbitux, and) p(article) t(herapy))-trial is a prospective, monocentric phase I/II feasibility trial evaluating toxicity and efficacy in the combined treatment of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and carbon ion (C12) boost with the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antibody cetuximab. The primary objective of the study is to explore the toxicity of the combined modality regimen consisting of heavy ion therapy / IMRT and EGFR antibody immunotherapy, by assessing the rate of patients with mucositis or any other toxicity of severity grade 3 or 4 according to NCI CTCAE V. 4. Secondary endpoints include local control, distant control, overall disease-free survival, overall survival

Timeline

Start

2012-06

Primary completion

2015-07

Completion

2017-07

Publications

• Background Chen AM, Bucci MK, Weinberg V, Garcia J, Quivey JM, Schechter NR, Phillips TL, Fu KK, Eisele DW. Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck treated by surgery with or without postoperative radiation therapy: prognostic features of recurrence. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2006 Sep 1;66(1):152-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.04.014.
• Background Munter MW, Schulz-Ertner D, Hof H, Nikoghosyan A, Jensen A, Nill S, Huber P, Debus J. Inverse planned stereotactic intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in the treatment of incompletely and completely resected adenoid cystic carcinomas of the head and neck: initial clinical results and toxicity of treatment. Radiat Oncol. 2006 Jun 6;1:17. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-1-17.
• Background Schulz-Ertner D, Nikoghosyan A, Didinger B, Munter M, Jakel O, Karger CP, Debus J. Therapy strategies for locally advanced adenoid cystic carcinomas using modern radiation therapy techniques. Cancer. 2005 Jul 15;104(2):338-44. doi: 10.1002/cncr.21158.
• Background Schulz-Ertner D, Nikoghosyan A, Thilmann C, Haberer T, Jakel O, Karger C, Kraft G, Wannenmacher M, Debus J. Results of carbon ion radiotherapy in 152 patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004 Feb 1;58(2):631-40. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.09.041.
• Background Schulz-Ertner D, Nikoghosyan A, Jakel O, Haberer T, Kraft G, Scholz M, Wannenmacher M, Debus J. Feasibility and toxicity of combined photon and carbon ion radiotherapy for locally advanced adenoid cystic carcinomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2003 Jun 1;56(2):391-8. doi: 10.1016/s0360-3016(02)04511-x.
• Background Jakel O, Kramer M, Schulz-Ertner D, Heeg P, Karger CP, Didinger B, Nikoghosyan A, Debus J. Treatment planning for carbon ion radiotherapy in Germany: review of clinical trials and treatment planning studies. Radiother Oncol. 2004 Dec;73 Suppl 2:S86-91. doi: 10.1016/s0167-8140(04)80022-7.
• Background Huber PE, Debus J, Latz D, Zierhut D, Bischof M, Wannenmacher M, Engenhart-Cabillic R. Radiotherapy for advanced adenoid cystic carcinoma: neutrons, photons or mixed beam? Radiother Oncol. 2001 May;59(2):161-7. doi: 10.1016/s0167-8140(00)00273-5.
• Background Douglas JG, Koh WJ, Austin-Seymour M, Laramore GE. Treatment of salivary gland neoplasms with fast neutron radiotherapy. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2003 Sep;129(9):944-8. doi: 10.1001/archotol.129.9.944.
• Background Pommier P, Liebsch NJ, Deschler DG, Lin DT, McIntyre JF, Barker FG 2nd, Adams JA, Lopes VV, Varvares M, Loeffler JS, Chan AW. Proton beam radiation therapy for skull base adenoid cystic carcinoma. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006 Nov;132(11):1242-9. doi: 10.1001/archotol.132.11.1242.
• Background Mizoe JE, Tsujii H, Kamada T, Matsuoka Y, Tsuji H, Osaka Y, Hasegawa A, Yamamoto N, Ebihara S, Konno A; Organizing Committee for the Working Group for Head-And-Neck Cancer. Dose escalation study of carbon ion radiotherapy for locally advanced head-and-neck cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004 Oct 1;60(2):358-64. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.02.067.
• Background de Haan LD, De Mulder PH, Vermorken JB, Schornagel JH, Vermey A, Verweij J. Cisplatin-based chemotherapy in advanced adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck. Head Neck. 1992 Jul-Aug;14(4):273-7. doi: 10.1002/hed.2880140403.
• Background Kaplan MJ, Johns ME, Cantrell RW. Chemotherapy for salivary gland cancer. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1986 Sep;95(2):165-70. doi: 10.1177/019459988609500206.
• Background Suen JY, Johns ME. Chemotherapy for salivary gland cancer. Laryngoscope. 1982 Mar;92(3):235-9. doi: 10.1288/00005537-198203000-00003.
• Background Creagan ET, Woods JE, Rubin J, Schaid DJ. Cisplatin-based chemotherapy for neoplasms arising from salivary glands and contiguous structures in the head and neck. Cancer. 1988 Dec 1;62(11):2313-9. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19881201)62:113.0.co;2-4.
• Background Dreyfuss AI, Clark JR, Fallon BG, Posner MR, Norris CM Jr, Miller D. Cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and cisplatin combination chemotherapy for advanced carcinomas of salivary gland origin. Cancer. 1987 Dec 15;60(12):2869-72. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19871215)60:123.0.co;2-y.
• Background Venook AP, Tseng A Jr, Meyers FJ, Silverberg I, Boles R, Fu KK, Jacobs CD. Cisplatin, doxorubicin, and 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy for salivary gland malignancies: a pilot study of the Northern California Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol. 1987 Jun;5(6):951-5. doi: 10.1200/JCO.1987.5.6.951.
• Background Laurie SA, Licitra L. Systemic therapy in the palliative management of advanced salivary gland cancers. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Jun 10;24(17):2673-8. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.05.3025.
• Background Dodd RL, Slevin NJ. Salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma: a review of chemotherapy and molecular therapies. Oral Oncol. 2006 Sep;42(8):759-69. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2006.01.001. Epub 2006 Jun 6.
• Background Airoldi M, Gabriele AM, Gabriele P, Pedani F, Marchionatti S, Succo G, Beatrice F, Bumma C. Concomitant chemoradiotherapy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy in parotid gland undifferentiated carcinoma. Tumori. 2001 Jan-Feb;87(1):14-7. doi: 10.1177/030089160108700103.
• Background Haddad RI, Posner MR, Busse PM, Norris CM Jr, Goguen LA, Wirth LJ, Blinder R, Krane JF, Tishler RB. Chemoradiotherapy for adenoid cystic carcinoma: preliminary results of an organ sparing approach. Am J Clin Oncol. 2006 Apr;29(2):153-7. doi: 10.1097/01.coc.0000203756.36866.17.
• Background Younes MN, Park YW, Yazici YD, Gu M, Santillan AA, Nong X, Kim S, Jasser SA, El-Naggar AK, Myers JN. Concomitant inhibition of epidermal growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinases reduces growth and metastasis of human salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma in an orthotopic nude mouse model. Mol Cancer Ther. 2006 Nov;5(11):2696-705. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-05-0228.
• Background Vered M, Braunstein E, Buchner A. Immunohistochemical study of epidermal growth factor receptor in adenoid cystic carcinoma of salivary gland origin. Head Neck. 2002 Jul;24(7):632-6. doi: 10.1002/hed.10104.
• Background Hotte SJ, Winquist EW, Lamont E, MacKenzie M, Vokes E, Chen EX, Brown S, Pond GR, Murgo A, Siu LL. Imatinib mesylate in patients with adenoid cystic cancers of the salivary glands expressing c-kit: a Princess Margaret Hospital phase II consortium study. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Jan 20;23(3):585-90. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.06.125.
• Background Bonner JA, Harari PM, Giralt J, Azarnia N, Shin DM, Cohen RB, Jones CU, Sur R, Raben D, Jassem J, Ove R, Kies MS, Baselga J, Youssoufian H, Amellal N, Rowinsky EK, Ang KK. Radiotherapy plus cetuximab for squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck. N Engl J Med. 2006 Feb 9;354(6):567-78. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa053422.
• Background Alcedo JC, Fabrega JM, Arosemena JR, Urrutia A. Imatinib mesylate as treatment for adenoid cystic carcinoma of the salivary glands: report of two successfully treated cases. Head Neck. 2004 Sep;26(9):829-31. doi: 10.1002/hed.20094.
• Background Therasse P, Arbuck SG, Eisenhauer EA, Wanders J, Kaplan RS, Rubinstein L, Verweij J, Van Glabbeke M, van Oosterom AT, Christian MC, Gwyther SG. New guidelines to evaluate the response to treatment in solid tumors. European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, National Cancer Institute of the United States, National Cancer Institute of Canada. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2000 Feb 2;92(3):205-16. doi: 10.1093/jnci/92.3.205.
• Adeberg S, Akbaba S, Lang K, Held T, Verma V, Nikoghosyan A, Bernhardt D, Munter M, Freier K, Plinkert P, Hauswald H, Herfarth K, Rieken S, Debus J, Jensen AD. The Phase 1/2 ACCEPT Trial: Concurrent Cetuximab and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy with Carbon Ion Boost for Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Head and Neck. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 Jan 1;106(1):167-173. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.09.036. Epub 2019 Oct 3.
• Jensen AD, Nikoghosyan A, Hinke A, Debus J, Munter MW. Combined treatment of adenoid cystic carcinoma with cetuximab and IMRT plus C12 heavy ion boost: ACCEPT [ACC, Erbitux(R) and particle therapy]. BMC Cancer. 2011 Feb 15;11:70. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-70.

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