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De-intensified Radiation Therapy With Chemotherapy (Cisplatin) or Immunotherapy (Nivolumab) in Treating Patients With Early-Stage, HPV-Positive, Non-Smoking Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03952585
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : May 16, 2019
Last Update Posted : June 9, 2023
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
NRG Oncology
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
This phase II/III trial studies how well a reduced dose of radiation therapy works with nivolumab compared to cisplatin in treating patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal cancer that is early in its growth and may not have spread to other parts of the body (early-stage), and is not associated with smoking. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Chemotherapy drugs, such as cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. This trial is being done to see if a reduced dose of radiation therapy and nivolumab works as well as standard dose radiation therapy and cisplatin in treating patients with oropharyngeal cancer.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Basaloid Squamous Cell Carcinoma Clinical Stage I HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8 Clinical Stage II HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8 Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Papillary Squamous Cell Carcinoma Pathologic Stage I HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8 Pathologic Stage II HPV-Mediated (p16-Positive) Oropharyngeal Carcinoma AJCC v8 Squamous Cell Carcinoma Procedure: Biopsy Procedure: Biospecimen Collection Drug: Cisplatin Procedure: Computed Tomography Other: Fludeoxyglucose F-18 Radiation: Image Guided Radiation Therapy Radiation: Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biological: Nivolumab Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment Other: Questionnaire Administration Phase 2 Phase 3

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Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 590 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Randomized Phase II/III Trial of De-Intensified Radiation Therapy for Patients With Early-Stage, P16-Positive, Non-Smoking Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer
Actual Study Start Date : July 10, 2019
Estimated Primary Completion Date : February 28, 2025
Estimated Study Completion Date : February 28, 2025

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Drug Information available for: Cisplatin

Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Active Comparator: Arm I (IMRT, IGRT, cisplatin)
Patients undergo IMRT or IGRT over 6 fractions per week and receive cisplatin IV over 30-60 minutes on days 1 and 22. Treatment continues for 6 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients receive FDG and undergo PET/CT or CT during screening and during follow up, and undergo MRI during follow up. Patients may also undergo tissue biopsy and blood sample collection throughout the study.
 Procedure: Biopsy
Undergo tissue biopsy
Other Names:
  • BIOPSY_TYPE
  • Bx

Procedure: Biospecimen Collection
Undergo blood sample collection
Other Names:
  • Biological Sample Collection
  • Biospecimen Collected
  • Specimen Collection

Drug: Cisplatin
Given IV
Other Names:
  • Abiplatin
  • Blastolem
  • Briplatin
  • CDDP
  • Cis-diammine-dichloroplatinum
  • Cis-diamminedichloridoplatinum
  • Cis-diamminedichloro Platinum (II)
  • Cis-diamminedichloroplatinum
  • Cis-dichloroammine Platinum (II)
  • Cis-platinous Diamine Dichloride
  • Cis-platinum
  • Cis-platinum II
  • Cis-platinum II Diamine Dichloride
  • Cismaplat
  • Cisplatina
  • Cisplatinum
  • Cisplatyl
  • Citoplatino
  • Citosin
  • Cysplatyna
  • DDP
  • Lederplatin
  • Metaplatin
  • Neoplatin
  • Peyrone's Chloride
  • Peyrone's Salt
  • Placis
  • Plastistil
  • Platamine
  • Platiblastin
  • Platiblastin-S
  • Platinex
  • Platinol
  • Platinol- AQ
  • Platinol-AQ
  • Platinol-AQ VHA Plus
  • Platinoxan
  • Platinum
  • Platinum Diamminodichloride
  • Platiran
  • Platistin
  • Platosin

Procedure: Computed Tomography
Undergo CT
Other Names:
  • CAT
  • CAT Scan
  • Computed Axial Tomography
  • Computerized Axial Tomography
  • Computerized axial tomography (procedure)
  • Computerized Tomography
  • CT
  • CT Scan
  • tomography

Other: Fludeoxyglucose F-18
Receive FDG
Other Names:
  • 18FDG
  • FDG
  • Fludeoxyglucose (18F)
  • fludeoxyglucose F 18
  • Fludeoxyglucose F18
  • Fluorine-18 2-Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-Glucose
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18

Radiation: Image Guided Radiation Therapy
Undergo IGRT
Other Names:
  • IGRT
  • image-guided radiation therapy
  • Image-Guided Radiotherapy

Radiation: Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy
Undergo IMRT
Other Names:
  • IMRT
  • Intensity modulated radiation therapy (procedure)
  • Intensity Modulated RT
  • Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy
  • Radiation, Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Undergo MRI
Other Names:
  • Magnetic Resonance
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (procedure)
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan
  • Medical Imaging, Magnetic Resonance / Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  • MR
  • MR Imaging
  • MRI
  • MRI Scan
  • NMR Imaging
  • NMRI
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography
Undergo PET
Other Names:
  • Medical Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography
  • PET
  • PET Scan
  • Positron emission tomography (procedure)
  • Positron Emission Tomography Scan
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
  • PT

Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
Ancillary studies
Other Name: Quality of Life Assessment

Other: Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies
Experimental: Arm II (IMRT, IGRT, cisplatin)
Patients undergo reduced dose IMRT or IGRT QD over 5 fractions per week and receive cisplatin IV over 30-60 minutes on days 1 and 22. Treatment continues for 6 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients receive FDG and undergo PET/CT or CT during screening and during follow up, and undergo MRI during follow up. Patients may also undergo tissue biopsy and blood sample collection throughout the study.
 Procedure: Biopsy
Undergo tissue biopsy
Other Names:
  • BIOPSY_TYPE
  • Bx

Procedure: Biospecimen Collection
Undergo blood sample collection
Other Names:
  • Biological Sample Collection
  • Biospecimen Collected
  • Specimen Collection

Drug: Cisplatin
Given IV
Other Names:
  • Abiplatin
  • Blastolem
  • Briplatin
  • CDDP
  • Cis-diammine-dichloroplatinum
  • Cis-diamminedichloridoplatinum
  • Cis-diamminedichloro Platinum (II)
  • Cis-diamminedichloroplatinum
  • Cis-dichloroammine Platinum (II)
  • Cis-platinous Diamine Dichloride
  • Cis-platinum
  • Cis-platinum II
  • Cis-platinum II Diamine Dichloride
  • Cismaplat
  • Cisplatina
  • Cisplatinum
  • Cisplatyl
  • Citoplatino
  • Citosin
  • Cysplatyna
  • DDP
  • Lederplatin
  • Metaplatin
  • Neoplatin
  • Peyrone's Chloride
  • Peyrone's Salt
  • Placis
  • Plastistil
  • Platamine
  • Platiblastin
  • Platiblastin-S
  • Platinex
  • Platinol
  • Platinol- AQ
  • Platinol-AQ
  • Platinol-AQ VHA Plus
  • Platinoxan
  • Platinum
  • Platinum Diamminodichloride
  • Platiran
  • Platistin
  • Platosin

Procedure: Computed Tomography
Undergo CT
Other Names:
  • CAT
  • CAT Scan
  • Computed Axial Tomography
  • Computerized Axial Tomography
  • Computerized axial tomography (procedure)
  • Computerized Tomography
  • CT
  • CT Scan
  • tomography

Other: Fludeoxyglucose F-18
Receive FDG
Other Names:
  • 18FDG
  • FDG
  • Fludeoxyglucose (18F)
  • fludeoxyglucose F 18
  • Fludeoxyglucose F18
  • Fluorine-18 2-Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-Glucose
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18

Radiation: Image Guided Radiation Therapy
Undergo IGRT
Other Names:
  • IGRT
  • image-guided radiation therapy
  • Image-Guided Radiotherapy

Radiation: Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy
Undergo IMRT
Other Names:
  • IMRT
  • Intensity modulated radiation therapy (procedure)
  • Intensity Modulated RT
  • Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy
  • Radiation, Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Undergo MRI
Other Names:
  • Magnetic Resonance
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (procedure)
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan
  • Medical Imaging, Magnetic Resonance / Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  • MR
  • MR Imaging
  • MRI
  • MRI Scan
  • NMR Imaging
  • NMRI
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography
Undergo PET
Other Names:
  • Medical Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography
  • PET
  • PET Scan
  • Positron emission tomography (procedure)
  • Positron Emission Tomography Scan
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
  • PT

Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
Ancillary studies
Other Name: Quality of Life Assessment

Other: Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies
Experimental: Arm III (IMRT, IGRT, nivolumab)
Beginning 1 week prior to radiation, patients receive nivolumab IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 2 weeks (14 days) for up to 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo reduced dose IMRT or IGRT over 6 fractions per week for 5 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients receive FDG and undergo PET/CT or CT during screening and during follow up, and undergo MRI during follow up. Patients may also undergo tissue biopsy and blood sample collection throughout the study.
 Procedure: Biopsy
Undergo tissue biopsy
Other Names:
  • BIOPSY_TYPE
  • Bx

Procedure: Biospecimen Collection
Undergo blood sample collection
Other Names:
  • Biological Sample Collection
  • Biospecimen Collected
  • Specimen Collection

Procedure: Computed Tomography
Undergo CT
Other Names:
  • CAT
  • CAT Scan
  • Computed Axial Tomography
  • Computerized Axial Tomography
  • Computerized axial tomography (procedure)
  • Computerized Tomography
  • CT
  • CT Scan
  • tomography

Other: Fludeoxyglucose F-18
Receive FDG
Other Names:
  • 18FDG
  • FDG
  • Fludeoxyglucose (18F)
  • fludeoxyglucose F 18
  • Fludeoxyglucose F18
  • Fluorine-18 2-Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-Glucose
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18

Radiation: Image Guided Radiation Therapy
Undergo IGRT
Other Names:
  • IGRT
  • image-guided radiation therapy
  • Image-Guided Radiotherapy

Radiation: Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy
Undergo IMRT
Other Names:
  • IMRT
  • Intensity modulated radiation therapy (procedure)
  • Intensity Modulated RT
  • Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy
  • Radiation, Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

Biological: Nivolumab
Given IV
Other Names:
  • BMS-936558
  • CMAB819
  • MDX-1106
  • NIVO
  • Nivolumab Biosimilar CMAB819
  • ONO-4538
  • Opdivo

Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography
Undergo PET
Other Names:
  • Medical Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography
  • PET
  • PET Scan
  • Positron emission tomography (procedure)
  • Positron Emission Tomography Scan
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
  • PT

Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
Ancillary studies
Other Name: Quality of Life Assessment

Other: Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Progression-free survival (PFS) (Phase II) [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]
    Will be estimated for all treatment arms using the Kaplan-Meier method (1958). The primary phase IIR endpoint will be tested using a confidence interval (CI) approach.

  2. PFS (Phase III) [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]
    Will be estimated for all treatment arms using the Kaplan-Meier method (1958). The co-primary phase III endpoint will be tested using a confidence interval (CI) approach.

  3. Quality of life [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 6 years ]
    Measured by the MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory (MDADI) global quality of life (QOL) score. Will be compared between arms using a two-sample independent t-test at a one-sided significance level of 0.05 for each experimental arm comparison. MDADI global score and change from baseline will be summarized using mean and standard deviation at each time point for each arm.


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Locoregional failure [ Time Frame: From the time of randomization to the date of failure, date of precluding event, or last known follow-up date, assessed up to 6 years ]
    The cumulative incidence estimator will be used to estimate time to event distributions for locoregional failure between arm differences tested using cause-specific log-rank test.

  2. Distant failure [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]
  3. Overall survival [ Time Frame: From the date of randomization to the date of death or last known follow-up date, with patients alive at the last known follow-up time treated as censored, assessed up to 6 years ]
    Will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method and treatment arms compared using the log-rank test (Kaplan 1958).

  4. Incidence of adverse events [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]
    Measured by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE). Adverse events (AEs) will be graded using CTCAE version (v)5.0. Counts of all AEs by grade will be provided by treatment arm. Counts and frequencies will be provided for the worst grade AE experienced by the patient by treatment arm. The number of patients with at least 1 grade 3 or higher AE will be compared between the treatment arms. A comparison between treatment arms of grade 3 and higher AEs related to treatment will also be tested. A comparison of grade 3 and higher events will be compared between treatment arms. All comparisons will be tested using a Chi-Square test, or Fisher's exact test if cell frequencies are < 5, with a significance level of 0.05.

  5. Hearing [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 24 months from end of radiation therapy (RT) ]
    Measured as Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults-Screening (HHIA-S).

  6. Quality of life [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 24 months from end of RT ]
    Measured by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)-Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ)30.

  7. Fludeoxyglucose F-18 (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) locoregional control [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]
    Will be associated with PFS.

  8. Negative predictive value of post-RT FDG-PET/CT for locoregional control [ Time Frame: At 1 and 2 years ]
    The negative predictive value of FDG-PET/CT for locoregional control will be estimated using binomial proportions and confidence intervals based on normal approximation.

  9. Negative predictive value of post-RT FDG-PET/CT for PFS [ Time Frame: At 1 and 2 years ]
    The negative predictive value of FDG-PET/CT PFS will be estimated using binomial proportions and confidence intervals based on normal approximation.

  10. Incidence of adverse events [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]
    Measured using Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO)-CTCAE. For each symptom, counts and frequencies will be provided for the worst score experienced by the patient by treatment arm. The proportion of patients with scores >= 1 and >= 3 will be compared between groups using a Chi-square test, or Fisher's exact test if cell frequencies are < 5, using a significance level of 0.05. Analysis of changes in patient reported outcomes over time will analyzed by fitting generalized estimating equations (GEE) models using a logit link (dichotomizing the symptom scores as 0 vs. > 1 and 0-2 vs. 3-4) with time of assessment, treatment arm, and treatment-by-time interaction terms in the model.


Other Outcome Measures:
  1. Quality of life [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 24 months from end of RT ]
    Measured by EuroQol-5 Dimensional- 5 Level (EQ-5D-5L).

  2. Swallowing physiology [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]
    Measured by a Modified Barium Swallow (MBS) test. The proportion of aspiration for each arm will be estimated assuming a binomial distribution and between arm comparison will be performed using a Fisher's exact test.

  3. Locoregional control for patients with post-RT FDG-PET/CT [ Time Frame: At 12-14 weeks post-RT ]
    Locoregional control rates will be compared between negative and positive/undetermined patients. Cox proportional hazards models will be used to determine whether there are differences between these two groups, while adjusting for treatment arm and other covariates (cause-specific Cox models for locoregional failure).

  4. PFS for patients with post-RT FDG-PET/CT [ Time Frame: At 12-14 weeks post-RT ]
    PFS rates will be compared between negative and positive/undetermined patients. Cox proportional hazards models will be used to determine whether there are differences between these two groups, while adjusting for treatment arm and other covariates (cause-specific Cox models for locoregional failure).


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Pathologically (histologically or cytologically) proven diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma (including the histological variants papillary squamous cell carcinoma and basaloid squamous cell carcinoma but not neuroendocrine phenotype) of the oropharynx (tonsil, base of tongue, soft palate, or oropharyngeal walls); cytologic diagnosis from a cervical lymph node is sufficient in the presence of clinical evidence of a primary tumor in the oropharynx. Clinical evidence should be documented, may consist of palpation, imaging, or endoscopic evaluation, and should be sufficient to estimate the size of the primary (for T stage)
  • Patients must have clinically or radiographically evident measurable disease at the primary site or at nodal stations. Simple tonsillectomy or local excision of the primary without removal of nodal disease is permitted, as is excision removing gross nodal disease but with intact primary site. Limited neck dissections retrieving =< 4 nodes are permitted and considered as non-therapeutic nodal excisions

  • P16-positive based on local site immunohistochemical tissue staining (defined as greater than 70% strong diffuse nuclear or nuclear and cytoplasmic staining of tumor cells). Fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy specimens may be used as the sole diagnostic tissue. Centers are encouraged to contact the pathology chair for clarification

    • Note: Institutions must screen patients, whose tumors must be p16-positive by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in order to be eligible for the trial using a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)-certified laboratory. A rigorous laboratory accreditation process similar to the United States (U.S.) CLIA certification, such as the provincial accreditation status offered by the Ontario Laboratory Accreditation (OLA) Program in Canada, the College of American Pathologists (CAP), or an equivalent accreditation in other countries, is acceptable. The p16-positive results must be reported on the pathology report being submitted
    • Note: If p16 result is equivocal, positive HPV deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test of tumor specimen is acceptable and fulfills the eligibility criteria

  • Clinical stage T1-2, N1, M0 (American Joint Committee on Cancer [AJCC], 8th edition [ed.]) or T3, N0-N1, M0 (AJCC, 8th ed.) including no distant metastases based on the following diagnostic workup:

    • General history and physical examination within 56 days prior to registration;
    • Exam with laryngopharyngoscopy (mirror or in office direct procedure acceptable) within 70 days prior to registration;

    • One of the following imaging studies is required within 56 days prior to registration:

      • FDG-PET/CT of the neck and chest (with or without contrast); FDG-PET/CT scan is strongly preferred and highly recommended to be used for eligibility OR
      • Chest CT (with or without contrast)

    • One of the following imaging studies is required within 28 days prior to registration:

      • A diagnostic CT scan of neck (with contrast and of diagnostic quality) OR
      • An magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the neck (with contrast and of diagnostic quality)
      • Note: A diagnostic quality CT or MRI with contrast or FDG-PET/CT scan of neck performed for the purposes of radiation planning may serve as both staging and planning tools

  • Patients must provide their personal smoking history prior to registration. The lifetime cumulative history cannot exceed 10 pack-years. The following formula is used to calculate the pack-years during the periods of smoking in the patient's life; the cumulative total of the number of pack-years during each period of active smoking is the lifetime cumulative history

    • Number of pack-years = [Frequency of smoking (number of cigarettes per day) x duration of cigarette smoking (years)] / 20
    • Note: Twenty cigarettes is considered equivalent to one pack. The effect of non-cigarette tobacco products on the survival of patients with p16-positive oropharyngeal cancers is undefined. While there are reportedly increased risks of head and neck cancer associated with sustained heavy cigar and pipe use (Wyss 2013), such sustained use of non-cigarette products is unusual and does not appear to convey added risk with synchronous cigarette smoking. Cigar and pipe tobacco consumption is therefore not included in calculating the lifetime pack-years. Marijuana consumption is likewise not considered in this calculation. There is no clear scientific evidence regarding the role of chewing tobacco-containing products in this disease, although this is possibly more concerning given the proximity of the oral cavity and oropharynx. In any case, investigators are discouraged from enrolling patients with a history of very sustained use (such as several years or more) of non-cigarette tobacco products alone
  • Zubrod performance status of 0-1 within 14 days prior to registration
  • Age >= 18
  • Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mcL (within 14 days prior to registration)
  • Platelets >= 100,000/mcL (within 14 days prior to registration)
  • Hemoglobin >= 8.0 g/dL (within 14 days prior to registration) (Note: use of transfusion or other intervention to achieve hemoglobin [Hgb] >= 8.0 g/dL is acceptable)
  • Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) (within 14 days prior to registration)
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)(serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT)(serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 3.0 x institutional ULN (within 14 days prior to registration)
  • Serum creatinine =< 1.5 x ULN OR creatinine clearance (CrCl) >= 50 mL/min (if using the Cockcroft-Gault formula) (within 14 days prior to registration)
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients on effective anti-retroviral therapy with undetectable viral load within 6 months are eligible for this trial

  • For patients with evidence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the HBV viral load must be undetectable on suppressive therapy, if indicated

    • Note: Known positive test for hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBV sAg) indicating acute or chronic infection would make the patient ineligible unless the viral load becomes undetectable on suppressive therapy. Patients who are immune to hepatitis B (anti-hepatitis B surface antibody positive) are eligible (e.g. patients immunized against hepatitis B)

  • Patients with a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must have been treated and cured. For patients with HCV infection who are currently on treatment for the hepatitis, they are eligible if they have an undetectable HCV viral load.

    • Note: Known positive test for hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid (HCV RNA) indicating acute or chronic infection would make the patient ineligible unless the viral load becomes undetectable on suppressive therapy

  • For women of childbearing potential (WOCBP), negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 24 hours prior to registration

    • Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) is defined as any female who has experienced menarche and who has not undergone surgical sterilization (hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy) or who is not postmenopausal. Menopause is defined clinically as 12 months of amenorrhea in a woman over 45 in the absence of other biological or physiological causes. In addition, women under the age of 55 must have a documented serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level less than 40 mIU/mL
  • Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) and men who are sexually active with WOCBP must be willing to use an adequate method of contraception during and after treatment
  • The patient or a legally authorized representative must provide study-specific informed consent prior to study entry
  • Only English, Spanish, or French speaking patients are eligible to participate as these are the only languages for which the mandatory dysphagia-related patient reported instrument (MDADI) is available

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Clinical stages T0; T4; T1-2, N0; or any N2 (AJCC, 8th ed)
  • Recurrent disease
  • Definitive clinical or radiologic evidence of metastatic disease or adenopathy below the clavicles
  • Cancers considered to be from an oral cavity site (oral tongue, floor mouth, alveolar ridge, buccal or lip), or the nasopharynx, hypopharynx, or larynx, even if p16-positive, or histologies of adenosquamous, verrucous, or spindle cell carcinomas
  • Carcinoma of the neck of unknown primary site origin (T0 is ineligible, even if p16-positive)
  • Radiographically matted nodes, defined as 3 abutting nodes with loss of the intervening fat plane
  • Supraclavicular nodes, defined as nodes centered below the level of the cricoid cartilage
  • Gross total excision of both primary and nodal disease; this includes tonsillectomy, local excision of primary site, and nodal excision that removes all clinically and radiographically evident disease. In other words, to participate in this protocol, the patient must have clinically or radiographically evident gross disease for which disease response can be assessed
  • Patients with simultaneous primary cancers or separate bilateral primary tumor sites are excluded with the exception of patients with bilateral tonsil cancers
  • Prior invasive malignancy (except non-melanomatous skin cancer) unless disease free for a minimum of 1095 days (3 years) (of note, the exclusion applies only for invasive cancers such that carcinoma in situ of the breast, oral cavity, or cervix are all permissible)
  • Prior systemic chemotherapy for the study cancer; note that prior chemotherapy for a different cancer is allowable
  • Prior radiotherapy to the region of the study cancer that would result in overlap of radiation therapy fields
  • Prior treatment with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-L2, anti-CTLA-4 antibody, or any other antibody or drug specifically targeting T-cell co-stimulation or immune checkpoint pathways
  • History of severe hypersensitivity reaction to any monoclonal antibody.

  • Severe, active co-morbidity defined as follows:

    • Unstable angina and/or congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization within the last 6 months
    • Transmural myocardial infarction within the last 6 months
    • Acute bacterial or fungal infection requiring intravenous antibiotics at the time of registration
    • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation or other respiratory illness requiring hospitalization or precluding study therapy within 30 days of registration
    • Hepatic insufficiency resulting in clinical jaundice and/or coagulation defects
    • Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) based upon current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) definition with immune compromise greater than that noted; note, however, that HIV testing is not required for entry into this protocol. The need to exclude patients with AIDS from this protocol is necessary because the treatments involved in this protocol may be significantly immunosuppressive. Protocol-specific requirements may also exclude immuno-compromised patients
    • Condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalents) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of registration. Inhaled or topical steroids and adrenal replacement doses < 10 mg daily prednisone equivalents are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease
    • Patients with active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment (i.e. disease modifying agents, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressive drugs) should be excluded. These include but are not limited to patients with a history of immune related neurologic disease, multiple sclerosis, autoimmune (demyelinating) neuropathy, Guillain-Barre syndrome, myasthenia gravis; systemic autoimmune disease such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue diseases, scleroderma, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's, ulcerative colitis, hepatitis; and patients with a history of toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), Stevens-Johnson syndrome, or phospholipid syndrome should be excluded because of the risk of recurrence or exacerbation of disease
    • Note: Patients are permitted to enroll if they have vitiligo, type I diabetes mellitus, residual hypothyroidism due to autoimmune condition only requiring hormone replacement, psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment, or conditions not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger (precipitating event)
  • Patients who are pregnant, nursing, or expecting to conceive or father children
  • Prior allergic reaction to cisplatin
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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03952585


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Sponsors and Collaborators
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NRG Oncology
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Sue S Yom NRG Oncology
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Responsible Party: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03952585    
Other Study ID Numbers: NCI-2019-03015
NCI-2019-03015 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
NRG-HN005 ( Other Identifier: NRG Oncology )
NRG-HN005 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
U10CA180868 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
First Posted: May 16, 2019    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: June 9, 2023
Last Verified: June 2023
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: Yes
Plan Description: NCI is committed to sharing data in accordance with NIH policy. For more details on how clinical trial data is shared, access the link to the NIH data sharing policy page
URL: https://grants.nih.gov/policy/sharing.htm

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: Yes
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
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Carcinoma
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Squamous Cell
Pharyngeal Neoplasms
Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Pharyngeal Diseases
Stomatognathic Diseases
 Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
Deoxyglucose
Cisplatin
Nivolumab
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Antineoplastic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Radiopharmaceuticals
Antimetabolites
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents