Study of Pralatrexate With Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid Supplementation for Previously Treated Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer (HNSCC)
Head and Neck Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Head and Neck Cancer focused on measuring Pralatrexate, Vitamin B12, Folic Acid, 10-112
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must have histopathologically confirmed recurrent and/or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, including unknown primary squamous cell carcinomas of the neck. Confirmation of biopsy/diagnosis will be performed at MSKCC or at participating sites (NYU Cancer Institute/NYU Medical Center/ Bellevue Hospital Center).
- Patients must be at least 18 years of age.
- ECOG performance status must be ≥ 0 or 1.
- Disease must be measurable by RECIST version 1.1 criteria.
- Patients must have been previously treated with systemic chemotherapy (i.e., chemotherapy and/or targeted therapies such as cetuximab for recurrent/metastatic HNSCC,.
- At least four weeks must have elapsed from previous radiation therapy. Patients must have recovered from the acute toxic effects of treatment prior to study enrollment.
- Patients must have adequate organ function, as follows:
Adequate bone marrow reserve: absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 1,000 cells/mm3, platelets > 100,000 cells/mm3, and hemoglobin > 9 g/dL Hepatic: AST and ALT ≤ 3 X upper limit of normal (ULN); AST and ALT ≤ 5 X ULN if liver metastasis present; Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN unless Gilbert's disease is present Renal: Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL or creatinine clearance (by either 24 hour urine collection or Cockcroft-Gault equation) > or = to 55 ml/min
- Both women and men and members of all races and ethnic groups are eligible for this trial.
- Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 14 days of treatment. Both men and women must agree to use a reliable method of birth control until 30 days following the last dose of study drug.
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of any brain metastases unless resected with no evidence for > 12 weeks and not on steroids
- Women who are lactating
- Other active malignancy, other than indolent malignancies which the investigator determines are unlikely to interfere with treatment and safety analysis
- Patients who have undergone an allogeneic stem cell transplant
Sites / Locations
- Memoral Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center @ Suffolk
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering at Mercy Medical Center
- Memoral Sloan Kettering Cancer Center@Phelps Memorial Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
pralatrexate and vitamin supplementation
This will be an open-label, single arm, Simon optimal two-stage design phase II study.