Radiation Therapy With or Without Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Head and Neck Cancer That Has Been Removed During Surgery

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Head and Neck Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known whether radiation therapy plus cisplatin is more effective than radiation therapy alone in treating patients with head and neck cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of radiation therapy plus cisplatin with radiation therapy alone in treating patients with head and neck cancer that has been removed during surgery.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00002670
Run by
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
People needed
459
Starts
1995-09-01
Expected to finish
2013-11-01
Last updated by the study team
2014-01-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

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