Study of Nimotuzumab Combined With Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer

Overview

The purpose of this phase II trial is to determine the feasibility and efficacy of nimotuzumab combined with concurrent chemoradiotherapy for initially inoperable locally advanced cervical squamous cell carcinoma.

This phase II trial is studying how well giving nimotuzumab together with radiation therapy and cisplatin works in treating patients with previously untreated locally advanced cervical cancer. Monoclonal antibodies, such as nimotuzumab, a humanized anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibody that is approved in many countries for the treatment of EGFR-positive cancers. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Nimotuzumab also stop the growth of cervical cancer by increasing the effect of chemotherapy. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving nimotuzumab together with radiation therapy and cisplatin may kill more tumor cells.

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