• Investigational new drugs · Oct 2008

    Favorable survival observed after carboplatin, paclitaxel, and concurrent accelerated hyperfractionated radiotherapy for treatment of locally advanced head and neck carcinoma.

    • Dennis L Carter, Lina Asmar, David Barrera, John Caracandas, J Shaker Dakhil, Dean McCracken, Mark A O'Rourke, Richard K Rosenberg, Kristi A Boehm, Des Ilegbodu, and Robert L Reid.
    • US Oncology Research, Inc., Houston, TX, USA. Dennis.Carter@usoncology.com
    • Invest New Drugs. 2008 Oct 1; 26 (5): 473-81.

    PurposeSeveral trials have demonstrated the superiority of simultaneous chemoradiotherapy compared with radiation alone for patients with locally advanced head and neck cancers. However, the optimal regimen remains to be defined. This study assessed the safety and activity of combined carboplatin (C), paclitaxel (P), and twice-daily radiotherapy (RT) in a community based, multicenter, phase II trial.Materials And MethodsEligible patients (N = 52) had ECOG PS 0-2 and previously untreated, stage III or IV (M0), unresectable, squamous cell cancers of the head and neck. Treatment consisted of 6 weekly courses of C (AUC = 1), P (40 mg/m(2)/1-h) and twice-daily radiation (120 cGy BID; total dose of 6,960 cGy). Subsequently, patients with N2/N3 disease were permitted neck dissection.ResultsMedian follow-up was 61 months. Sixty-seven percent (67%) of patients had stage IV (M0) disease at baseline. Fifty-five percent (55%) of treated patients experienced NCI Grade 3-4 dysphagia, stomatitis, or mucositis; 80% had > or = Grade 3 toxicity of any organ system. Median weight loss was 7.1 lbs; 35% of patients experienced 10% or more weight loss. Of 43 patients evaluable for response, responses were: 29 CR (67%), 7 PR (16%), 1 MR (2%), 4 SD (9%), and 2 PD (5%); the overall response rate (CR+PR) was 84%. For the entire cohort of 52 patients, the estimated overall survival at 36 months was 60%; progression-free survival was 50%.ConclusionsWe conclude that weekly C + P and concurrent twice-daily hyperfractionated radiotherapy is tolerated and highly active in patients with unresectable, locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

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