Clinical Trials

Temsirolimus With or Without Cetuximab in Patients With Recurrent and/or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer Who Did Not Respond to Previous Therapy

Location:

Rochester, MN, Scottsdale and Phoenix, AZ, Jacksonville, FL

Trial status:

Open for Enrollment

Why is this study being done?

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Primary Endpoint is progression free survival (PFS) of cetuximab/temsirolimus combination cohort (Arm A) compared to temsirolimus alone (Arm B). SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Progression-free survival (PFS) of cetuximab/temsirolimus combination group (Arm A) and temsirolimus control group (Arm B) compared to a historic control cohort. II. Subgroup analysis of myofibroblast (+) cohort (PFS). III. Overall Survival (OS). IV. Toxicities. V. Response (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors [RECIST])/absolute tumor shrinkage (waterfall plot analysis). VI. Activity of combination therapy (temsirolimus/cetuximab) after failure (progressive disease [PD]) of temsirolimus monotherapy. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms. ARM I: Patients receive temsirolimus intravenously (IV) over 30-60 minutes and cetuximab IV over 1-2 hours once weekly. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. ARM II: Patients receive temsirolimus as in arm I. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with progressive disease may cross over to arm I. After completion of study therapy, patients are followed up for a minimum of 8 weeks and then once a year for 5 years.

Last updated: 05/06/2013

NCT ID:

NCT01256385