Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy With or Without Surgery in Treating Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Head and Neck Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy (RT) uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Giving radiation therapy in different ways and combining it with chemotherapy before surgery may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known which radiation therapy regimen combined with chemotherapy with or without surgery is more effective for head and neck cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare two different radiation therapy regimens combined with cisplatin with or without surgery in treating patients who have stage III or stage IV head and neck cancer.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00047008
Run by
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
People needed
743
Starts
2002-07-01
Expected to finish
2022-05-20
Last updated by the study team
2023-07-07

Who can join

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

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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