Active clinical trials for "Mouth Neoplasms"

The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and efficacy of Proxinium plus best supportive care with best supportive care only for patients with squamous cell head and neck cancer.

BACKGROUND: Concomitant radiotherapy and cisplatin (CDDP) based chemotherapy is the standard treatment for LA-NHSCC. This combined modality treatment is linked with considerable acute local and systemic toxicity.EGFR is overexpressed in 90-100% of the HNSCC cases and is considered an unfavourable prognostic marker. EGFR costitutive activation is linked with HNSCC pathogenesis. Cetuximab is a monoclonal anti-EGFR antibody blocking the activation of the receptor and signal transduction. Cetuximab combined with radiotherapy is superior to radiotherapy only in the treatment of LA-HNSCC and is characterized by an acceptable toxicity profile. RATIONALE: A direct comparison between concomitant chemoradiotherapy with Cisplatin and the concomitant treatment with radiotherapy associated to cetuximab does not exist. STUDY DESIGN: Arm A: Radical radiotherapy (doses and volumes) concomitant with chemotherapy with Cisplatin (40 mg/mq/week) Arm B: Radical radiotherapy (doses and volumes) concomitant with therapy with the monoclonal antibody Cetuximab (400 mg/m2 ["loading dose"] and subsequently 250 mg /m2/week)

Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) with or without chemotherapy (if given, either cisplatin, cetuximab, or carboplatin-paclitaxel)

To assess the safety of preoperative combination therapy with KW-0761 (anti-CCR4) and ONO-4538 (anti-PD-1). To assess the behavior of immune cells in peripheral blood and tumor.

Background: Head and neck cancer patients are in high risk to suffer from malnourishment, a risk that increase in postoperative condition and with the use of enteral nutrition (EN). Until now patients who are suffering from indigestion in the ICU received treatment in the form of prokinetic drugs, drags that can lead to serious side effects and only can partially improve digestion. Acupuncture was used successfully in several clinical trials to improve postoperative indigestion in cancer patients without any reported adverse events. This study aims is to design a double blind settings in order to investigate acupuncture effect in combination of prokinetic drugs in the prevention of indigestion in postoperative oral and hypo-pharyngeal cancer patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Methods: Single center, double blind randomize control trial will compare between two equal groups. A total of 28 patients that will meet the inclusion criteria: Age 30-80, Post plastic surgery for oral cancer or hypo-pharyngeal cancer, Apache score below 20 needed EN. Patients will be randomly divided into specific acupuncture (ACU) or non-specific acupuncture (CON) for 3 treatments in 3 days by a blind acupuncturist along with prokinetic drugs. The main outcome measurement will be the amount of days a patient need to reach Total Energy Expenditure (TEE). Expected outcome: The results will shed light on the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture in a double blind design for posts-surgery ICU cancer patients. In addition, the study presents a revolutionary double blind design that if will prove as successful might influence the way double blind acupuncture studies are performed today.

Oral cancer is the single largest cancer in males in India. 90-95% cases of oral cancer are Squamous cell carcinomas and many of them present at late stages (T3 and above). Treatment of OSCC includes single modality surgery, radiotherapy, or combinations of these modalities with or without systemic therapy. For unresectable cases, radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy is the treatment modality. Efficacy of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for resectable stage IV tumors (late stage) needs to be evaluated to assess its benefit before surgery.

Epidermal growth factor receptor（EGFR） is a potential target for new anticancer therapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, because blocking the EGFR by a monoclonal antibody results in inhibition of the stimulation of the receptor, therefore, in inhibition of cell proliferation, enhanced apoptosis, and reduced angiogenesis, invasiveness and metastases. The study hypothesis is that neo-adjuvant Erbitux-based chemotherapy followed by surgery and radiotherapy for locally advanced oral/oropharyngeal cancer could benefit the patients on prognosis. The endpoints of this study are the pathological complete response after neo-adjuvant Erbitux-based chemotherapy followed by surgery and radiotherapy, the survival rate, and the safety.

The objective of this study is to assess the biological effects in the primary tumor following a short, pre-operative course of treatment with PF-00298804 in patients with Oral Cavity Cancer.

Tata Memorial Hospital has initiated Workplace Tobacco Cessation and Oral Cancer Screening Programme in Chemical Industry at Khed, Ratnagiri. Appropriate interventions for tobacco cessation will be carried at monthly intervals for twelve months duration. The tobacco cessation rates based on history will be validated with the urinary cotinine levels.

This phase I trial studies the side effects and the best dose of lenalidomide when given together with cetuximab in treating patients with colorectal cancer or head and neck cancer that has spread to other places in the body and usually cannot be cured or controlled with treatment. Biological therapies, such as lenalidomide, use substances made from living organisms that may stimulate the immune system in different ways and stop tumor cells from growing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as cetuximab, may block tumor growth in different ways by targeting certain cells. Giving lenalidomide together with cetuximab may be a better treatment for colorectal cancer or head and neck cancer.