Clinical trial • Oncology

TRETINOIN for Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma|Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma|Hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Clinical trial of TRETINOIN for Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma|Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma|Hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Oncology
Trial Disease
Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma|Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma|Hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
Drug Modality
Small molecule|Monoclonal antibody

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
03-07-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
21-10-2024

Trial design

Randomised, open-label, arm a: standard radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy then follow-up; arm b: tailored radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy + atra; arm c: standard radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy + atra; arm d: tailored radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy then follow-up-controlled trial in France, Belgium, Italy.

Randomised
Yes
Open Label
Yes
Comparator
Arm A: Standard radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy then follow-up; Arm B: Tailored radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy + ATRA; Arm C: Standard radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy + ATRA; Arm D: Tailored radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy then follow-up
Target Sample Size
460

Eligibility

Recruits 460 No vulnerable population selected. Participants must be ≥ 18 and provide written informed consent. Exact consent wording: "Patient should understand, sign, and date the written voluntary informed consent form prior to any protocol-specific procedures performed and should be able and willing to comply with study visits and procedures as per protocol." No assent procedures for minors are described..

Pregnancy Exclusion
E15. Pregnant or lactating woman.
Vulnerable Population
No vulnerable population selected. Participants must be ≥ 18 and provide written informed consent. Exact consent wording: "Patient should understand, sign, and date the written voluntary informed consent form prior to any protocol-specific procedures performed and should be able and willing to comply with study visits and procedures as per protocol." No assent procedures for minors are described.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- I1. Male or female patients aged ≥ 18 years old at time of inform consent signature"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- I9\tFertile men must agree to use an effective method of contraception during the study and for up to 1 month after the end of study treatments."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- I11. Patients must be covered by a medical insurance in country where applicable."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- I10. Patient should understand, sign, and date the written voluntary informed consent form prior to any protocol-specific procedures performed and should be able and willing to comply with study visits and procedures as per protocol."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- I2. Patients with primary head and neck tumour up to, but not crossing the midline, previously untreated with histologically-confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of: 1) the oropharynx p16-, larynx or hypopharynx : T1/N2a-N2b, T2/N0-N2b, T3/N0-N2b (UICC 8th Ed.), or 2) the oropharynx p16+ : T1/N1 (multiple nodes), T2-T3/N0-N1 (UICC 8th Ed.)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- I3. Patients with lymph node staging assessed by a FDG-PET/CT with no contralateral nodal uptake"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- I4. Patients amenable to treatment with RT or concomitant chemo-radiotherapy.as decided by the treating physician as a function of tumor stage, tumor location, performance of the patients"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- I5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status 0 or 1"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- I6. Adequate hematologic and end-organ function, defined by the following laboratory test results obtained within 7 days prior to randomisation : 1) Hematological (without transfusion within 2 weeks) - Neutrophils count > 1,5x10.9 /L - Platelets count > 75x10.9/L - WBC≥ 3.0x10.9/L 2) Hepatic function - o\tTotal Bilirubin < 1.5 × ULN (except for Gilbert's syndrome which will allow bilirubin ≤ 3 ULN), - Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5×ULN - Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5×ULN - Albumin >3.0g/dL 3) Renal function - Serum creatinine < 1.5xULN"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- I7. QTcF ≤450ms for men and 470ms for women, from 3 electrocardiograms on screening ECG, within 7 days prior randomisation"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- I8. Women patients of child-bearing potential are eligible, provided they have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test within 7 days prior randomisation, and agrees to use adequate contraception for up to 1 month after the end of study treatments."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- E1. Patient with primary tumor crossing the midline or patients with bilateral primary tumors."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- E10. Patient with infectious diseases: - severe infection within 4 weeks prior to randomisation, including, but not limited to, hospitalization for complications of infection, bacteremia, or severe pneumonia, - active hepatitis B (chronic or acute; defined as having a positive hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] test at screening), - active hepatitis C. Patients positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody are eligible only if PCR is negative for HCV RNA at screening, - HIV infection, - active tuberculosis."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- E11. Patient with any psychological, cognitive, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol, completion of patient reported measures and follow-up schedule; those conditions should be discussed with the patient before registration in the trial."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- E12. Patient with known hypersensitivity to tretinoin, other retinoids, soya, peanut or to any of the excipients of vesanoid listed in section 6.3."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- E13. Patient with known malabsorption syndrome and/or unable to swallow oral medication."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- E14. Patient with ongoing or expected need for concomitant treatment with vitamin A, tetracyclines, other retinoids, anti-fibrinolytic agent, and strong inducers or inhibitors of CYP3A4."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- E15. Pregnant or lactating woman."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- E2. Patients with T1-N0 (p16-), T1-N1 (p16-), T1-N0 (p16+), T4 (p16- and p16+), bilateral lymph nodes or nodal disease more than 6 cm (p16- and p16+)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- E3. Patients with unknown primary tumor size as per TNM i.e. T0-N1 to T0-N3, p16- or p16+."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- E4. Patients with contralateral FDG-PET/CT nodal uptake."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- E5. Patient with any previous anti-cancer therapy for HNSCC (all prior treatments are forbidden: chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy or any other therapy approved or experimental)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- E6. Patient with malignancies other than HNSCC within 3 years prior to randomisation with the exception of adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix, basal or squamous cell skin cancer, localised prostate cancer treated surgically with curative intent."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- E7. Patient with ongoing or anticipation of need for systemic immunosuppressive medication (including, but not limited to, glucocorticoids, corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide, azathioprine, methotrexate, thalidomide, and anti-TNF-alpha agents); with the exceptions of intranasal, inhaled or topical corticosteroids or systemic corticosteroids at physiological doses, which are not to exceed 10 mg/day of prednisone, or an equivalent corticosteroid."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- E8. Patient with ongoing or anticipation of need for systemic immunostimulatory agents (including, but not limited to, interferons and IL-2)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- E9. Patient with concurrent treatment with any other anti-cancer treatment, approved or investigational agent or participation in another clinical trial with therapeutic intent."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Event Free Survival (EFS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Local relapse free survival; Regional relapse free survival; Metastases free survival; Rate of pathologically positive lymph nodes at neck node dissection performed at 4 months after the completion of (chemo)-radiotherapy for those patients benefiting from a neck node dissection; EFS considering that pathologically positive lymph nodes at neck node dissection performed at 4 months after the completion of (chemo)-radiotherapy is not an event and Overall survival","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence of AEs using NCI CTCAE 5.0","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Changes from baseline in i) Global Health Scale/Quality of Life and Fatigue using European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 questionnaire and EQ5D and ii) swallowing and Pain using EORTC QLQ-H&N43 questionnaire","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- * Cost-effectiveness (based on efficacy) * Analysis and Cost-Utility (based on QALY) Analysis","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Exploratory objetives: Immunomonitoring on isolated PBMCs","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
460
Recruitment Window Months
34
Consent Approach
Written informed consent is required from each participant: "Patient should understand, sign, and date the written voluntary informed consent form prior to any protocol-specific procedures performed and should be able and willing to comply with study visits and procedures as per protocol." Participants must be ≥18 (no assent described). Subject information and informed consent documents are available in multiple languages (documents available for French, English, Dutch/Flemish, German, Italian as indicated by document titles).

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
17
Total Number Of Participants
460

France

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
06-08-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
21-10-2024
Processing Time Days
76
Number Of Sites
12
Number Of Participants
400

Sites

Site Name
Institut Godinot
Department Name
Radiotherapist
Contact Person Name
Arnaud BEDDOK
Site Name
Centre Leon Berard
Department Name
Radiation Oncologist
Contact Person Name
Vincent GREGOIRE
Site Name
Institut Gustave Roussy
Department Name
Radiation Oncologist
Contact Person Name
Roger SUN
Contact Person Email
roger.sun@gustaveroussy.fr
Site Name
Centre Oscar Lambret
Department Name
Radiotherapist
Contact Person Name
Xavier LIEM
Contact Person Email
x-liem@o-lambret.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
Radiotherapist
Contact Person Name
Cyrus CHARGARI
Contact Person Email
cyrus.chargari@aphp.fr
Site Name
Institut De Cancerologie De Lorraine
Department Name
Radiation Oncologist
Contact Person Name
Maria JOLNEROVSKI
Site Name
Centre Antoine Lacassagne
Department Name
Radiotherapist
Contact Person Name
Deborah ALOI
Contact Person Email
deborah.ALOI@nice.unicancer.fr
Site Name
Hopital Tenon
Department Name
Radiation Oncologist
Contact Person Name
Florence HUGUET
Contact Person Email
florence.huguet@aphp.fr
Site Name
CHU Besancon
Department Name
Radiotherapist
Contact Person Name
Salim BENHMIDA
Contact Person Email
sbenhmida@chu-besancon.fr
Site Name
Institut De Cancerologie De L Ouest
Department Name
Radiotherapist
Contact Person Name
Aurore GOINEAU
Site Name
Institut De Cancerologie De L Ouest
Department Name
Radiotherapist
Contact Person Name
Martin LANGE
Contact Person Email
Martin.lange@ico.unicancer.fr
Site Name
Hopital Nord Franche Comte
Department Name
Radiation Oncologist
Contact Person Name
Xu-Shan SUN
Contact Person Email
xushan.sun@hnfc.fr

Belgium

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
24-09-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
23-10-2024
Processing Time Days
29
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
30

Sites

Site Name
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
Department Name
Radiotherapist
Contact Person Name
Sandra Schmitz

Italy

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
03-10-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
25-10-2024
Processing Time Days
22
Number Of Sites
4
Number Of Participants
30

Sites

Site Name
Humanitas Mirasole S.p.A.
Department Name
Radiotherapist
Contact Person Name
Ciro FRANZESE
Contact Person Email
ciro.franzese@hunimed.eu
Site Name
Azienda Ulss 3 Serenissima
Department Name
radiotherapist
Contact Person Name
Melissa SCRICCIOLO
Site Name
Careggi University Hospital
Department Name
Radiation Oncologist
Contact Person Name
Pierluigi Bonomo
Contact Person Email
bonomop@aou-careggi.toscana.it
Site Name
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Department Name
Radiotherapist
Contact Person Name
Luca TAGLIAFERRI

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Centre Leon Berard
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
France

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
TRETINOIN
Active Substance
TRETINOIN
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Maximum Dose
150 mg/m2
Combination Treatment
Yes

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