Personalized, Adaptive Treatment for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer (NCT06005324) | Clinical Trial Compass
RecruitingPhase 1
Personalized, Adaptive Treatment for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
United States36 participantsStarted 2023-12-18
Plain-language summary
This clinical trial will assess whether or not blood based biomarker testing can be used to personalize cancer treatment for patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients must have pathologically confirmed locally advanced, non-metastatic, human papillomavirus (HPV) negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, nasopharynx, larynx, or sinuses.
* Stage III or IV disease based on American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging 8th edition.
* If a primary oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma is diagnosed, HPV must be ruled out by immunohistochemistry.
* Availability of ≥10 unstained 5 micron slides. Patients who cannot fulfill this requirement will need to undergo a new biopsy prior to enrollment on study.
* Patients must be at least 18 years of age.
* Measurable disease (either primary site and/or nodal disease) by RECIST 1.1 criteria.
* No previous radiation or chemotherapy for a head and neck cancer.
* No complete surgical resection for a head and neck cancer within 8 weeks of enrollment (although lymph node biopsy including excision of an individual node with presence of residual nodal disease, or surgical biopsy/excision of the tumor with residual measurable disease is acceptable.) No surgical procedures or core-needle or excisional biopsies will occur after baseline scans are performed and measurable lesions are identified. Fine-needle aspiration can be performed (i.e., to confirm extent of baseline lymph node involvement) following discussion with PI if not performed on a target lesion.
* Performance status 0-1
* Normal Organ Function
* Leukocytes ≥ 3000/mm…
What they're measuring
1
Percentage of participants that complete study treatment and provide all required research blood draws.
Timeframe: To be measured at end of treatment period (9 weeks)
2
Determine if ctDNA levels is predicative of disease response
Timeframe: To be measured at end of treatment period (9 weeks)