Cetuximab in Treating Patients With Precancerous Lesions of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Head and Neck Cancer, Precancerous Condition

In brief

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as cetuximab, can block abnormal cell growth in different ways. Some block the ability of abnormal cells to grow and spread. Others find abnormal cells and help kill them or carry cell-killing substances to them. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well cetuximab works in treating patients with precancerous lesions of the upper aerodigestive tract.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00524017
Run by
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
People needed
35
Starts
2007-05-01
Expected to finish
2011-12-01
Last updated by the study team
2020-03-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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