Isotretinoin, Interferon Alfa, and Vitamin E 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 lip and oral cavity, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the lip and oral cavity, stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck Primary site must be within the oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx, or hypopharynx Stage III or IV primary lesion at diagnosis No distant metastatic disease at diagnosis No multiple primary lesions Currently disease-free after treatment with 1 of the following: Complete tumor resection Radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy alone* Resection followed by radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy* No more than 4-16 weeks since prior surgery and/or radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy NOTE: *Radiotherapy must have been 70-72 Gy in 1.8-2.0 Gy fractions to the primary tumor and clinically positive neck nodes and 44-50 Gy in 1.8-2.0 Gy fractions to clinically negative nodes, including the lower neck PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age 18 and over Performance status ECOG 0-1 Life expectancy Not specified Hematopoietic Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm^3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3 Hepatic Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL AST and ALT no greater than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2 times ULN Renal Creatinine no greater than 1.2 mg/dL Other Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception for 1 month prior to, during, and for 1 month after study therapy Electrolytes normal Fasting serum triglyceride level no greater than 2 times ULN (anti-triglyceride medication allowed) No other malignancy within the past 2 years except localized basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer No other concurrent medical condition that would preclude study compliance PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy Not specified Chemotherapy See Disease Characteristics At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy and recovered Prior neoadjuvant chemotherapy allowed Prior chemotherapy administered concurrently with radiotherapy allowed No other concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy Not specified Radiotherapy See Disease Characteristics Recovered from prior radiotherapy Surgery See Disease Characteristics Recovered from prior surgery Other No history of megadose vitamin A (more than 25,000 I.U.) No other clinical trial enrollment that would preclude adjuvant systemic therapy No concurrent vitamin supplements containing vitamin A
Sites / Locations
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Mayo Clinic Scottsdale Oncology Program
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Palo Alto
- Stanford Cancer Center at Stanford University Medical Center
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
- MBCCOP - Howard University Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Gainesville
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Miami
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tampa (Haley)
- Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Atlanta (Decatur)
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lakeside Chicago
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University
- CCOP - Central Illinois
- Decatur Memorial Hospital Cancer Care Institute
- CCOP - Evanston
- CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association
- CCOP - Carle Cancer Center
- Indiana University Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Indianapolis (Roudebush)
- CCOP - Northern Indiana CR Consortium
- CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project
- CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association
- John Stoddard Cancer Center at Iowa Methodist Medical Center
- Mercy Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines
- John Stoddard Cancer Center at Iowa Lutheran Hospital
- Burgess Health Center
- CCOP - Wichita
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita
- MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center
- CCOP - Ochsner
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
- Tufts - New England Medical Center
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- CCOP - Michigan Cancer Research Consortium
- CCOP - Kalamazoo
- West Michigan Cancer Center
- CCOP - Duluth
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis
- University of Minnesota Cancer Center
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- CCOP - Metro-Minnesota
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Omaha
- CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium
- Midlands Cancer Center at Midlands Community Hospital
- CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange
- CCOP - Northern New Jersey
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
- MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC
- Albert Einstein Clinical Cancer Center
- MBCCOP-Our Lady of Mercy Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Brooklyn
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New York
- NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Merit Care Hospital
- MetroHealth's Cancer Care Center at MetroHealth Medical Center
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- CCOP - Columbus
- CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital
- CCOP - Oklahoma
- CCOP - Geisinger Clinic and Medical Center
- Penn State Cancer Institute at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- Hahnemann University Hospital
- Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Hillman Cancer Center at University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Pittsburgh
- CCOP - MainLine Health
- CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tennessee Valley Healthcare System - Nashville Campus
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at Vanderbilt Medical Center
- CCOP - Scott and White Hospital
- CCOP - St. Vincent Hospital Cancer Center, Green Bay
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Madison
- University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
- Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Milwaukee (Zablocki)
- Westmead Breast Centre at NSW Breast Cancer Institute
- Westmead Hospital
- Instituto de Enfermedades Neoplasicas
- MBCCOP - San Juan
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Juan
- San Juan City Hospital
- Pretoria Academic Hospital