S9715, Study of Patients With Advanced Nasopharyngeal Cancers Treated With Chemo-Radiotherapy, Phase II
cisplatin
+ fluorouracil
+ radiation therapy
Enfermedades Estomatognáticas+7
+ Enfermedades Nasofaríngeas
+ Neoplasias
Estudio de Tratamiento
Resumen
OBJECTIVES: I. Gather additional information and experience regarding the preferred treatment from clinical trial SWOG-8892, chemoradiation for patients with advanced nasopharyngeal cancers (NPC). II. Evaluate survival and progression-free survival and patterns of tumor failure in this new group of patients. III. Assess severe or lethal toxicities that may be encountered after this regimen is employed more widely. IV. Collect NPC tumor specimens for ongoing and future clinical correlative research. OUTLINE: Patients receive cisplatin by intravenous infusion on day 1 over a 15-20 minute period. This is repeated every 21 days for the first three initial treatments. Patients also receive radiation therapy once daily five times a week during this cycle of treatment. Approximately three weeks after completion of the above treatment, patients are given cisplatin by intravenous infusion over 15-20 minutes as above but at a lower dose. On the same day as cisplatin infusion, patients receive fluorouracil by continuous intravenous infusion over 24 hours for 4 days in a row. This is repeated every 28 days for a total of 3 treatments. Patients are followed until death. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: 100 patients will be accrued.
Protocolo
Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan del estudio, incluyendo cómo está diseñado y qué se está evaluando.Estudio de Tratamiento
Elegibilidad
Los investigadores buscan pacientes que cumplan ciertos criterios, conocidos como criterios de elegibilidad: estado general de salud o tratamientos previos.Cualquier sexo
Sexo biológico de los participantes elegibles para inscribirse.Voluntarios sanos no permitidos
Indica si personas sanas, sin la condición que se estudia, pueden participar.Condiciones
Patología
Criterios
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven nasopharyngeal carcinoma (excluding adenocarcinoma), stage III or IV with no evidence of distant metastatic disease (M0) No lung, bone, or liver metastases as proven within 42 days of registration by: -CT scan or nucleotide study of the chest or chest x-ray -liver and bone scan if alkaline phosphatase is greater than the institutional upper limit of normal (ULN), or if clinically indicated -liver scan if SGOT is greater than the institutional ULN PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Any age Performance status: SWOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Absolute granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 75,000/mm3 Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.6 mg/dL AND/OR Creatinine clearance at least 50 mL/minute Other: Not pregnant or nursing Women/men of reproductive potential must use effective contraception PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No previous chemotherapy to the primary site or nodes Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No previous radiotherapy (except for nonmelanomatous skin cancer outside of the radiation therapy treatment volume) Surgery: No previous surgery to the primary site or nodes