Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrotomy tube placement: placement of the PEG tube depends on arm
Cisplatin injection: Two therapeutic regimen allowed:
* Days 1 and 22 : cisplatin 100mg/m2 IV
* Days 1,8,15,22,29,36: weekly cisplatin 40 mg/m2 IV
Radiotherapy: Simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). The median dose prescription will be 32 x 2.16 Gy to the high risk PTV and 32 x 1.75 Gy to the elective PTV.
Study summary
Open-label, interventional, multicentric, randomized, phase III study. Cancer studied is the oropharyngeal cancer.
Study is composed by 2 arms of subjects: prophylactic or reactive percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement.
All subjects will be treated with a cisplatin standard chemotherapy regimen and by simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT).
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Age ≥ 18 years old
2. ECOG performance status ≤ 2
3. Female and Male
4. Newly diagnosed, histologically confirmed primary squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx
5. Candidate for curative intent radiotherapy and systemic treatment
6. No prior or current anticancer treatment for the HNSCC (e.g. neo-adjuvant chemotherapy, surgery)
7. Diagnosis biopsy results
8. HPV/p 16 testing results
9. Serum test (for subjects of childbearing potential) negative within 7 days prior to the 1st CRT administration.
10. Women of childbearing potential must agree to use of one highly effective method of contraception prior study entry, during the course of the study and at least 6 months after the last administration of cisplatin.
11. Men with childbearing potential partner must agree to use condom during the course of this study and for at least 6 months after the last administration of the cisplatin.
12. Adequate bone marrow function as defined below:
* Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1500/µL or 1.5x109/L
* Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL
* Platelets ≥100000/µL or 100x109/L
13. Adequate liver function as defined below:
* Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN. In case of known Gilbert's syndrome \< 3 x UNL is allowed
* AST (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN
* Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 x ULN
14. Adequate renal function as defined below:
* Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x UNL and creatinine clearance \> 60 mL/min
15. Peripheral neuropathy ≤ grade 1
16. Hear impaired ≤ grade 1
17. Completion of all necessary screening procedures within 15 days prior to randomisation.
18. Signed Informed Consent form (ICF) obtained prior to any study related procedure.
19. Ability to understand and complete the questionnaires (language proficiency, cognitive functioning) as judged by principal investigator upon screening
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Severe malnutrition
2. Dysphagia requiring a liquid or puree texture modified diet (grade ≥ 2 (CTCAE\_v.5)
3. Distant metastasis
4. Serious coagulation disorders (INR\>1.5, PTT\>50s, platelets \<50000/mm3)
5. Subject with a significant medical, neuro-psychiatric, or surgical condition, currently uncontrolled by treatment, which, in the principal investigator's opinion, may interfere with completion of the study.
6. Other malignancies in the 3 years prior to study entry except of surgically cured carcinoma in situ of the cervix, in situ breast cancer, incidental finding of stage T1a or T1b prostate cancer, and basal/squamous cell carcinoma of the skin;
7. Pregnant and/or lactating women.
8. Known hypersensitivity to the study drug (cisplatin) or excipients.
Primary outcome measure(s)
global M.D. Anderson Dysphagia Inventory score at 6 months after end of treatment. — at 6 months after end of treatment The M.D.Anderson Dysphagia inventory is a dysphagia-specific quality-of-life questionnaire for patients with H\&N cancer including 20 items divided into 4 subscales emotional (6 questions), functional (5 questions), physical (8 questions) and one global question. Each subscale has a score ranging from 1 to 5 (higher scores represent a better outcome). The mean score of the 20 items will be multiplied by a factor of 20 to obtain a MDADI total score which ranges from 20 (extremely low functioning) to 100 (high functioning). A difference of 8 points in MDADI score is considered as the Minimal Clinically Important Difference for the trial.
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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