Shortened Course of Radiation Therapy After Trans-oral Robotic Surgery in Patients With HPV-Mediated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Utah

About this trial

The goal of this study is to evaluate if a shorter course of therapy can improve the quality of life in patients receiving radiation therapy after trans-oral robotic surgery.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Participant aged ≥ 18 years.

Diagnosis of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Eligible to receive transoral robotic surgery.

If status is known, p16 positivity or HPV positivity by in situ hybridization on pathological sampling of lymph node or primary oropharyngeal tumor. If status not known at the time of step-1 registration, otherwise eligible participants may be enrolled and HPV/p16 status must be determined prior to step-2 registration.

Disqualifiers

History of prior mucosal head and neck cancer treated with radiation therapy

Prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment has the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of this study

Participant has smoked cigarettes within 1 month of registration

Prior systemic anti-cancer therapy or any investigational therapy ≤ 14 days or within five half-lives prior to starting study treatment, whichever is shorter.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Radiation Therapy

    Radiation

    Reduced dose and Hypofractionated radiation therapy

Treatment groups

42 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: 10 fractions of radiation therapyExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Radiation therapy with chemotherapy, if applicable, per standard of careActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Stable or improved FACT-HN at 6 months post-treatment compared to baseline.

To evaluate if a shorter course of therapy can improve quality of life in patients receiving adjuvant radiation therapy after TORS.

Time frame
2 years

Secondary outcomes

1

The frequency of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) characterized by type.

To assess the safety and tolerability of reduced-dose adjuvant radiation therapy in the study population.

Time frame
2 years
2

The frequency of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) characterized by severity (as defined by the NIH CTCAE, version 5.0).

To assess the safety and tolerability of reduced-dose adjuvant radiation therapy in the study population.

Time frame
2 years
3

The frequency of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) characterized by seriousness.

To assess the safety and tolerability of reduced-dose adjuvant radiation therapy in the study population.

Time frame
2 years
4

The frequency of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) characterized by duration.

To assess the safety and tolerability of reduced-dose adjuvant radiation therapy in the study population.

Time frame
2 years

Other outcomes

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