Biafine Cream to Reduce Side Effects of Radiation Therapy in Patients Receiving Treatment for Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
Head and Neck Cancer, Skin Reactions Secondary to Radiation Therapy
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care 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 hypopharynx, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx, stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, skin reactions secondary to radiation therapy
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed stage III or IV squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, including: Oral cavity Oropharyngeal Hypopharyngeal Laryngeal Radiotherapy indicated as primary treatment or treatment after primary surgical resection Primary field to receive at least 50 Gy No skin rash, ulceration, or open wound in treatment field No tumor involvement of the skin PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Not specified Performance status: Zubrod 0-1 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Other: No known skin allergy or sensitivity to Biafine No inflammatory or connective tissue disorders of the skin No history of mental incompetence, including psychological disorders or drug dependency disorders, that would preclude study compliance PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: Concurrent chemotherapy allowed Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: See Disease Characteristics No prior radiotherapy to treatment field Surgery: See Disease Characteristics Prior surgery allowed Other: No other concurrent investigational therapy No concurrent participation on other RTOG clinical trials No concurrent amifostine (concurrent pilocarpine allowed)
Sites / Locations
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Huntsville Hospital System
- Comprehensive Cancer Institute of Huntsville
- MBCCOP - Gulf Coast
- Alabama Oncology, LLC
- Radiation Oncology Associates of West Alabama
- Providence Alaska Medical Center
- Foundation for Cancer Research and Education
- Arizona Cancer Center
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Mount Diablo Medical Center
- Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
- California Cancer Center
- Saint Agnes Cancer Center
- Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center
- Sutter Health West Cancer Research Group
- University of California San Diego Cancer Center
- Loma Linda University Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
- CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute
- Huntington Cancer Center
- Cancer Care Center
- Radiation Oncology Center - Sacramento
- Radiation Medical Group, Inc.
- UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
- O'Connor Hospital
- CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
- David Grant Medical Center
- Memorial Hospital Cancer Center
- University of Colorado Cancer Center
- Saint Mary's Hospital and Medical Center
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Lykes Center for Radiation Therapy
- Halifax Medical Center
- Radiation Therapy Associates - Fort Myers
- University of Florida Health Science Center
- Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center
- CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Miami
- Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami
- Baptist Hospital of Miami
- Florida Radiation Oncology Group
- MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando
- Bay Medical Center
- Gulf Coast Cancer Treatment Center
- Sarasota Radiation and Medical Oncology Center
- Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
- Emory University Hospital - Atlanta
- CCOP - Atlanta Regional
- Medical Center/John B. Amos Community Cancer Center
- Regional Radiation Oncology Center at Rome
- MBCCOP - Hawaii
- Northwest Community Hospital
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- CCOP - Central Illinois
- Provena St. Joseph Hospital- Regional Cancer Care Center
- Ingalls Memorial Hospital
- Loyola University Medical Center
- Lutheran General Cancer Care Center
- Methodist Medical Center of Illinois
- St. John's Medical Center
- Bloomington Hospital
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Indianapolis (Roudebush)
- Clarion Health Partners Inc.
- Community Hospitals of Indianapolis - Regional Cancer Center
- Ball Memorial Hospital
- CCOP - Northern Indiana CR Consortium
- Wendt Regional Cancer Center of Finley Hospital
- Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at The University of Iowa
- Central Baptist Hospital
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington
- Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky
- James Graham Brown Cancer Center
- Louisville Radiation Oncology
- Merle M. Mahr Cancer Center
- Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
- Romagosa Radiation Oncology Center
- MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center
- Tulane University School of Medicine
- CCOP - Ochsner
- Maine Medical Center
- Anne Arundel Oncology Center
- Greater Baltimore Medical Center and Cancer Center
- Harbor Hospital Center
- Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
- Radiation Oncology Affiliates of Maryland, P.A.
- Peninsula Regional Medical Center
- Cape Cod Hospital
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)
- CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Henry Ford Hospital
- McLaren Regional Cancer Center
- Hurley Medical Center
- CCOP - Kalamazoo
- Marquette General Hospital
- MidMichigan Medical Center - Midland
- William Beaumont Hospital
- St. Mary's Medical Center
- William Beaumont Hospital - Troy
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- CCOP - Metro-Minnesota
- North Mississippi Medical Center/Cancer Center
- Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia
- CCOP - Kansas City
- St. Louis University Health Sciences Center
- Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
- Cancer Research for the Ozarks
- CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks
- CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
- Nebraska Health System
- Methodist Cancer Center - Omaha
- CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center
- Elliot Regional Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange
- John F. Kennedy Medical Center
- Trinitas Hospital - Jersey Street Campus
- Monmouth Medical Center
- South Jersey Regional Cancer Center
- Fox Chase Cancer Center at Virtua Memorial Hospital Burlington County
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
- Atlantic City Medical Center
- Valley Hospital
- Community Medical Center
- St. Francis Medical Center
- Associated Radiologists, P.A.
- Saint Joseph Medical Center
- Cancer Center of Albany Medical Center
- Albert Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
- State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
- New York Methodist Hospital
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Finger Lakes Radiation Oncology, P.C.
- CCOP - North Shore University Hospital
- Beth Israel Medical Center
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center
- Vassar Brothers Hospital
- University of Rochester Cancer Center
- CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.
- New York Medical College
- Riverhill Radiation Oncology
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
- Northeast Medical Center
- East Carolina University School of Medicine
- Catawba Memorial Hospital
- CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
- Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University
- Meritcare Roger Maris Cancer Center
- Trinity Cancer Care Center
- Akron General Medical Center
- Akron City Hospital
- Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital
- Christ Hospital
- Ireland Cancer Center
- University Hospitals of Cleveland
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- CCOP - Columbus
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
- CCOP - Dayton
- CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program
- St. Anthony Hospital
- Oklahoma University Medical Center
- St. John Health System
- CCOP - Columbia River Program
- Lehigh Valley Hospital
- St. Luke's Hospital Regional Cancer Center
- Geisinger Medical Center
- Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital
- Delaware County Memorial Hospital
- Pocono Cancer Center
- Penn State Geisinger Cancer Center
- Hahnemann University Hospital
- University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Philadelphia
- Kimmel Cancer Center of Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Albert Einstein Cancer Center
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
- Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Western Pennsylvania Hospital
- Reading Hospital and Medical Center
- Mercy Hospital Cancer Center - Scranton
- Grand View Hospital
- Wilkes Barre General Hospital
- CCOP - MainLine Health
- York Hospital
- Roger Williams Medical Center/BUSM
- Medical University of South Carolina
- CCOP - Greenville
- CCOP - Upstate Carolina
- Rapid City Regional Hospital
- Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
- University of Tennessee, Memphis Cancer Center
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- Harrington Cancer Center
- Julie and Ben Rogers Cancer Institute
- University of Texas Medical Branch
- University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Wilford Hall - 59th Medical Wing
- Joe Arrington Cancer Research and Treatment Center
- East Texas Medical Center - Cancer Institute
- Dixie Regional Medical Center
- University of Utah Health Sciences Center
- LDS Hospital
- CCOP - Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center
- Vermont Cancer Center
- Martha Jefferson Hospital
- Cancer Center at the University of Virginia
- RMH Regional Canter Center
- Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth
- Bon-Secours - St. Mary's Hospital
- Massey Cancer Center
- Virginia Mason Medical Center
- Deaconess Medical Center
- Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital
- Schiffler Cancer Center
- St. Vincent Hospital
- Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation
- Southern Wisconsin Radiotherapy Center
- University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Marshfield Clinic
- Community Memorial Hospital
- St. Joseph's Hospital
- Columbia Hospital
- St. Luke's Medical Center
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Milwaukee (Zablocki)
- Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Cancer Center
- Waukesha Memorial Hospital
- Tom Baker Cancer Center - Calgary
- Cross Cancer Institute
- British Columbia Cancer Agency
- Saint John Regional Hospital
- Newfoundland Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation
- Nova Scotia Cancer Centre
- Cancer Care Ontario-Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre
- Kingston Regional Cancer Centre
- Cancer Care Ontario-London Regional Cancer Centre
- Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre - General Campus
- Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, Sudbury
- Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, Thunder Bay
- Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre
- Princess Margaret Hospital
- CHUS-Hopital Fleurimont
- Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal
- McGill University
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec
- Allan Blair Cancer Centre
- Saskatoon Cancer Centre