Combination Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Advanced and/or Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer

Status unconfirmed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Head and Neck Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy plus radiation therapy in treating patients who have advanced and/or recurrent head and neck cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00004097

Run by

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Starts

1999-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-09-20

Who can join

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

Where it is running

• Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• University of Chicago Cancer Research Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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