Treatment of Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

Phase 2TerminatedNCT00982696

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center5 enrolled

Overview

This study will investigate the efficacy of opioid growth factor (OGF) on tumor size and survival in patients with head and neck cancer who have failed standard therapy.

The major focus of the study will involve assessment of tumor response, patient survival, tolerance to drug, quality of life, depression, pain management and nutrition. During the study we will begin to study the kinetics of opioid growth factor (OGF) exogenous administration and the relationship between plasma OGF levels, stage of disease and length of treatment. Apart from potentially having growth inhibitory action on cancer, OGF may have some psychological and other biological effects which may prove to be beneficial in the patient's treatment. Presently there is no effective therapy or quality of life adjuvants for the 30,000 Americans who develop head and neck cancer yearly.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell of Head and Neck

Interventions

Opioid Growth FactorBIOLOGICAL

250ug per kilogram weekly IV infusions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically and cytologically confirmed diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma. * Patients not amenable to curative treatments with further surgery and/or radiation. * Patient has failed treatment with chemotherapy * Lesions must be distinct and the minimum measurements must be at least 2.0 cm x 2.0 cm at baseline. * Karnofsky performance rating of at lest 50%. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with severe and unstable cardiovascular disease. * Treatment naive subjects will not be included for study. * Patients with poorly controlled diabetes, seizure disorder, primary CNS tumors or known brain metastases will be excluded. * Pregnant or nursing women. * Patients requiring antibiotics in the preceding 2 weeks for a serious infection are not eligible. * Patients with a fever \> 37.8 degrees C. * Pulse \< 60 or \> 110 * Systolic blood pressure \> 170 or less than 90 are not eligible. * Patients with nasopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma will be excluded * Patients with hypercalcemia will be excluded from this study

Locations (1)

Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Progression of tumor measured with CT scan

Time frame: every 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

Metastatic development using CT scan

Time frame: every 3 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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