S0216, Combination Chemotherapy and RT in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Head and Neck Cancer
Head and Neck Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Head and Neck Cancer focused on measuring stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx, stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (excluding lip, nasopharynx, paranasal sinus, and salivary gland) by biopsy or fine needle aspirate of the primary lesion or neck mass Stage III or IV disease No evidence of distant metastases Negative chest x-ray Primary site in the head and neck region must be identified No unknown primary site Considered to be appropriate for definitive radiotherapy with curative intent PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age 18 and over Performance status Zubrod 0-1 Life expectancy Not specified Hematopoietic Granulocyte count greater than 1,500/mm^3 Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm^3 Hepatic Bilirubin no greater than upper limit of normal (ULN) Alkaline phosphatase less than 2 times ULN ALT or AST less than 1.5 times ULN Renal Creatinine less than 1.5 mg/dL Cardiovascular No myocardial infarction within the past 3 months No unstable or uncontrolled angina Other Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception No other prior malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or adequately treated stage I or II cancer currently in complete remission No evidence of pre-existing peripheral neuropathy No active systemic infection No history of hypersensitivity reaction to products containing polysorbate 80 PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy Not specified Chemotherapy No prior chemotherapy Endocrine therapy Not specified Radiotherapy See Disease Characteristics No prior radiotherapy Surgery No prior surgery for head or neck cancer
Sites / Locations
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center
- MBCCOP - Gulf Coast
- CCOP - Western Regional, Arizona
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Carl T. Hayden)
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson
- Arizona Cancer Center at University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
- Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
- California Cancer Center
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
- Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez
- CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute
- Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of California Irvine Cancer Center
- University of California Davis Cancer Center
- CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
- David Grant Medical Center
- University of Colorado Cancer Center at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver
- MBCCOP - Howard University Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tampa (Haley)
- CCOP - Atlanta Regional
- MBCCOP - Hawaii
- MBCCOP - University of Illinois at Chicago
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)
- CCOP - Central Illinois
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)
- Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center at Loyola University Medical Center
- Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute at the University of Kansas Medical Center
- CCOP - Wichita
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington
- Markey Cancer Center at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center
- MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center
- Tulane Cancer Center at Tulane University Hospital and Clinic
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New Orleans
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
- Cancer Research Center at Boston Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor
- CCOP - Michigan Cancer Research Consortium
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit
- Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Hospital
- CCOP - Grand Rapids
- CCOP - Beaumont
- Providence Cancer Institute at Providence Hospital
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson
- CCOP - Kansas City
- St. Louis University Hospital Cancer Center
- CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau
- CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks
- CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque
- MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC
- NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University
- James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salisbury
- CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati
- Charles M. Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- CCOP - Columbus
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton
- CCOP - Dayton
- Cancer Institute at Oregon Health and Science University
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland
- CCOP - Columbia River Oncology Program
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Charleston
- Hollings Cancer Center at Medical University of South Carolina
- CCOP - Greenville
- CCOP - Upstate Carolina
- University of Tennessee Cancer Institute
- Harrington Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Amarillo
- Brooke Army Medical Center
- University of Texas Medical Branch
- University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Houston
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple
- CCOP - Scott and White Hospital
- Huntsman Cancer Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City
- CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle
- Puget Sound Oncology Consortium
- CCOP - Northwest
- Madigan Army Medical Center
- Hospital for Sick Children