Selenomethionine in Reducing Mucositis in Patients With Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Who Are Receiving Cisplatin and Radiation Therapy

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2012-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This randomized phase II trial is studying how well selenomethionine (SLM) works in reducing mucositis in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer who are receiving cisplatin and radiation therapy. SLM may help prevent or reduce mucositis, or mouth sores, in patients receiving chemotherapy and radiation therapy. It is not yet known whether SLM is more effective than a placebo in reducing mucositis

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Roswell Park Cancer Institute
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Cisplatin; Selenium

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Biopsy-proven locally-advanced HNSCC, including those with cancers of the oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, nasopharynx or paranasal sinuses

• Stage III, IVa or IVb disease

• No prior definitive surgery for present diagnosis

• Appropriate candidate for concurrent cisplatin and radiation as definitive treatment; patients who receive induction chemotherapy as part of a definitive treatment program that will include concurrent CRT are eligible for this study

• Hemoglobin >= 10 g/dL (100 g/l)

• Absolute neutrophil count >= 2,000 cells/mm^3 (2 x 10^9/l)

• Platelets >= 100,000 cells/mm^3 (100 x 10^9/l)

• Serum creatinine =< 1.5 mg/dL (133 umol/l) or calculated creatinine clearance >= 50 ml/min using the Cockcroft-Gault formula

• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2

• Able to give written informed consent

• Be willing and able to comply with study procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-regional metastatic disease (stage IVc)

• Previous malignancy within the last 5 years except for adequately treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia

• Prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy for HNSCC, or any prior radiotherapy that would compromise delivery of a radical dose to the HNSCC

• Known to be positive for hepatitis C or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

• Unable to tolerate oral medication (unless a feeding tube is in place)

• History of hypersensitivity to platinum drugs

• Symptomatic peripheral neuropathy >= National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) grade II

• Pregnant, lactating or unwilling to use adequate contraception

• Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation

• Planned use of amifostine for prophylaxis against radiation-induced xerostomia

• Patients taking selenium supplements in excess of 100 ug/day

• Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, clinically significant cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements

• Evidence of any other significant medical disorder or laboratory finding that in the opinion of the Investigator compromises the subject's safety during the study