Efficacy and Safety Study of Clonidine Lauriad® to Treat Oral Mucositis

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Oral Mucositis

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Clonidine Lauriad® to treat chemoradiation therapy induced severe oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01385748

Run by

Valerio Therapeutics

People needed

183

Starts

2010-04-01

Expected to finish

2014-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-11-28

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Male or female
• Aged > 18 years
• Suffering from a newly diagnosed squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx or larynx histologically-confirmed and having undergone resective surgery
• Prior neoadjuvant chemotherapy allowed provided that, the patient did not experience a World Health Organization (WHO) grade > 2 oral mucositis during the neoadjuvant therapy.
• Patient eligible to receive concurrent chemo-radiation defined as:
• A continuous course of conventional external beam irradiation (IMRT eligible) with a minimum cumulative radiation dose of 50 Gy or a maximum of 70 Gy, based on a daily dosing between 1.8 and 2.2 Gy combined with platinum based chemotherapy on a weekly or tri-weekly cycles.
• Planned radiation treatment fields must include at least two oral tissue sites (among right or left buccal mucosa, floor of mouth, tongue, right or left soft palate) with each site receiving a total of 50 Gy or a maximum of 70 Gy. The radiation treatment plan will be reviewed by a designated radiation oncologist.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤2
• Screening laboratory tests:
• Haemoglobin ≥ 10g/dL
• Absolute neutrophil counts ≥ 1500 cells/mm3
• Platelets ≥ 100.000/mm3
• Conjugated bilirubin ≤ 2 times Upper Limit of Normal (ULN)
• Serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3 ULN
• Negative serum pregnancy test
• Women of child bearing potential must have effective contraception method (oral or device)
• Signed written informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Tumours of the lips, sinuses, salivary glands
• Prior radiation of the head and neck area
• Curative surgery less than 2 weeks or more than 15 weeks prior to the initiation of radiation therapy-chemotherapy (RT-CT)
• Presence of active infectious disease
• Presence of active oral infectious disease, including oropharyngeal candidiasis and/or orofacial herpes
• Presence of oral mucositis
• Known or suspected chronic viral diseases including HIV
• Systolic blood pressure < 100 mmHg and/or Diastolic blood pressure < 50 mmHg
• Recent stroke within the last 6 months
• Bradyarrhythmia (<60 b/min), including sinus node dysfunction or atrioventricular (AV) nodal conduction block 2nd or 3rd degree
• Subjects with orthostatic hypotension, defined by a decrease of systolic BP and/or diastolic BP above 20 mmHg when the patient stands up
• Renal insufficiency (creatinine blood level > 1.5ULN)
• Ongoing heavy alcohol consumption (>100g alcohol/day)
• Administration of any concomitant treatment likely to interfere with clonidine
• Known hypersensitivity to clonidine, history of allergy or intolerance to milk proteins or any other component of the product
• Presence of severe or uncontrolled depression
• Pregnant or breast-feeding women
• Inability to give informed consent or comply with study requirements
• Unable or unwilling to comply with follow-up visits
• Participation to a clinical trial within 30 days prior to randomization and during the entire duration of the study

Where it is running

• Compassionate Cancer Care Medical Group — Corona, California, United States
• City of Hope — Duarte, California, United States
• California Cancer Associates for Researche and Excellence — Fresno, California, United States
• Compassionate Cancer Care Medical Group — Riverside, California, United States
• Central Coast Medical Oncology Corp. — Santa Maria, California, United States
• Centura Health Research Center — Denver, Colorado, United States
• University of Connectcut Health Center — Farmington, Connecticut, United States
• AMPM Research Clinic — Miami, Florida, United States
• Barbara Ann Karmonos Cancer Hospital — Detroit, Michigan, United States
• Washington University School of medecine — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Billings Clinic Montana — Billings, Montana, United States
• Winthrop University Hospital — Mineola, New York, United States
• Montefiore Medical Center — The Bronx, New York, United States
• Carolinas Medical Center- Carolinas Health Care System — Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
• University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
• Penn State Hershey Cancer Institut — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
• Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
• Medical College of Wisconsin — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
• Hospital Jean Minjoz — Besançon, France
• CHU Morvan — Brest, France
• Centre François Baclesse — Caen, France
• Clinique Pasteur — Évreux, France
• Centre Oscar Lambret — Lille, France
• Clinique Chénieux — Limoges, France
• 21st Century Oncology of Arizona — Sun City, Arizona, United States

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