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Clinical trialNCT00002774CompletedPhase 2Interventional

Radiation Therapy and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Head and Neck Cancer

SponsorStanford UniversityEnrollment63Squamous Neck Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Cancer (SCCHN)
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Summary

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PURPOSE: Randomized phase 2 trial to compare the effectiveness of chemo-radiation therapy (RT + cisplatin + 5-FU) with or without tirapazamine for the treatment of patients with stage III or IV squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck cancer (SCCHN). RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Tirapazamine may increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation therapy by making tumor cells more sensitive to therapy.
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Investigators

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Sites

2 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Palo Alto

    Palo Alto, California, United States

  • Stanford University Medical Center

    Stanford, California, United States

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Drugs studied

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Fluorouracil →Cisplatin →Tirapazamine
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
30 Jun 1996
Primary completion
30 Jun 2000
Completion
30 Jun 2005
Last update posted
20 Jun 2014
Registered enrollment
63
Registry id
NCT00002774
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