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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

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Registration number
NCT00401323
Ethics application status
Date submitted
17/11/2006
Date registered
20/11/2006
Date last updated
20/01/2011

Titles & IDs
Public title
Taxotere (Docetaxel) in 1st Line Treatment of Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Scientific title
A Randomized Phase II-III Multicenter Trial of Docetaxel Plus Cisplatin and Docetaxel Plus 5-FU Versus Cisplatin Plus 5-FU in 1st Line Treatment of Patients With Recurrent and/or Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck.
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
XRP6976G-322
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
EFC6051
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Head and Neck Neoplasms 0 0
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local 0 0
Neoplasm Metastasis 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Non melanoma skin cancer
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Head and neck
Cancer 0 0 0 0
Any cancer
Other 0 0 0 0
Research that is not of generic health relevance and not applicable to specific health categories listed above

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - docetaxel (XRP6976)
Treatment: Drugs - cisplatin
Treatment: Drugs - 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)

Experimental: docetaxel plus cisplatin - Taxotere 75 mg/m², one-hour IV infusion on Day 1 of each 3-week cycle followed by cisplatin 75 mg/m² administered as a 30-minute to 3-hour infusion on Day 1

Active Comparator: cisplatin plus 5-FU - Cisplatin 100 mg/m², 30-minute to 3-hour infusion on Day 1 of each 3-week cycle followed by the continuous infusion of 5-FU 1000 mg/m²/day from Day 1 to Day 5

Experimental: docetaxel plus 5-FU - Taxotere 85 mg/m², one-hour IV infusion on Day 1 of each 3-week cycle followed by the continuous infusion of 5-FU 750 mg/m²/day from Day 1 to Day 5
Arm only in the phase II part of the study


Treatment: Drugs: docetaxel (XRP6976)


Treatment: Drugs: cisplatin


Treatment: Drugs: 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
time to progression
Timepoint [1] 0 0
up to 5 years
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
overall survival, overall response rate (complete response + partial response), duration of response, and time to treatment failure
Timepoint [1] 0 0
up to 5 years

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Patients with histologically or cytologically documented squamous cell carcinoma of the
head and neck (SCCHN) (eligible primary sites: oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharyx, or
larynx) presenting with locally recurrent and/or metastatic disease, with at least 1
unidimensionally or bidimensionally measurable lesion.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
75 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2/Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/01/1998
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/06/2003
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
568
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
sanofi-aventis, Australia - Macquarie Park
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
- Macquarie Park
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 0 0
United States of America
State/province [1] 0 0
New Jersey
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Argentina
State/province [2] 0 0
Buenos Aires
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Austria
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Vienna
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Belgium
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Diegem
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Brazil
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Rio de Janeiro
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Canada
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Quebec
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France
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Paris
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Germany
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Berlin
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Greece
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Athens
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Guadeloupe
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Basse-Terre
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Hungary
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Budapest
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Israel
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Natanya
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Italy
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Milano
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Russian Federation
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Moscow
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Réunion
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Saint-Denis
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South Africa
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Midrand
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Spain
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Madrid
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Switzerland
State/province [18] 0 0
Geneva
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Uruguay
State/province [19] 0 0
Montevideo

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Sanofi
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of the study is to compare time to progression and overall survival after
treatment with Taxotere plus cisplatin versus cisplatin plus 5-FU (PF treatment group) in the
first line treatment of patients with recurrent and/or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of
the head and neck.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00401323
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Clinical Sciences & Operations
Address 0 0
Sanofi
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
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Address 0 0
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries