Radiation: 35 fractions, 5/wk, 7 wks 70Gy/56Gy, or
35 fractions, 6/wk, 6 wks, 70Gy/56Gy, or
35 fractions, 5/wk, 7 wks OR 6/wk, 6 wks 70Gy/56Gy
Cisplatin: 100 mg/m2 on day 1, 22, and 43 or 40 mg/m2 /wk for 7 wks
Study summary
The purpose of this study is to find out whether radiotherapy to some of the lymph node areas can be safely omitted to decrease side effects without increasing the risk of the tumour coming back.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients with pathologically proven diagnosis of HPV-related OPSCC
* Clinical stage T1-3 N0-1 M0 (UICC/AJCC 8th Ed.)
* Patients must be eligible for definitive RT or CRT
* Must be ≥ 18 years of age
* Must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2
* Patient is able (i.e. sufficiently fluent) and willing to complete the quality of life and health economics questionnaires in either English or French
* Patient consent must be appropriately obtained in accordance with applicable local and regulatory requirements. Each patient must sign a consent form prior to enrolment in the trial to document their willingness to participate
* Patients must be accessible for treatment and follow-up. Investigators must assure themselves the patients enrolled on this trial will be available for complete documentation of the treatment, adverse events, and follow-up.
* In accordance with CCTG policy, protocol treatment is to begin within 3 weeks of patient registration
* Women/men of childbearing potential must have agreed to use a highly effective contraceptive method
* The following radiological investigations must be done within 8 weeks of randomization: CT or MR of head and neck (MRI is recommended for base-of-tongue primary tumors); PET-CT scan.
* Patient must consent to provision of, and investigator(s) must confirm location and commit to obtain a representation of formalin-fixed paraffin block of non-cytology tumour tissue in order that the specific correlative marker assays described in Section 12 (Correlative Studies) may be conducted. Please see the Correlative Manual for details
* Patient must consent to provision of samples of blood and plasma (for circulating cell free DNA) in order that the specific correlative marker assays described may be conducted.
* Patients with prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen are eligible for this trial.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Previous chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancer
* Patients with an unknown primary.
Primary outcome measure(s)
Event-free Survival — 2 years Event free survival (EFS) is defined as the time from the date of registration to the date of first record of any of the following events:
* Progression.
* Surgery.
* Non-protocol RT, chemotherapy, or biologic therapy (for the current cancer diagnosis) without documentation of the site of failure.
* Death due to any cause. The outcome is reported as the proportion of patients who remain event-free at 2 years.
Trial sites (14)
Facility
City
Region
Status
BCCA - Centre for the North
Prince George
British Columbia
BCCA - Vancouver Cancer Centre
Vancouver
British Columbia
CancerCare Manitoba
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre
St. John's
Newfoundland and Labrador
Juravinski Cancer Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences
Hamilton
Ontario
Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Kingston
Ontario
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Ottawa
Ontario
Odette Cancer Centre
Toronto
Ontario
University Health Network
Toronto
Ontario
The Jewish General Hospital
Montreal
Quebec
The Research Institute of the McGill University
Montreal
Quebec
Hotel-Dieu de Quebec
Québec
Quebec
CIUSSS de l'Estrie - Centre hospitalier
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Allan Blair Cancer Centre
Regina
Saskatchewan
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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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