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Completed Phase 1 Interventional

Pemetrexed (Alimta) in Patients With Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00507858

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Official title

A Phase I Dose Escalation Study of Pemetrexed in Patients With Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer

Brief summary

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Primary Objective: * To determine the maximum tolerated doses (MTDs) of pemetrexed when given with dexamethasone. (Please note: One of the three treatment groups will not receive dexamethasone) Secondary Objectives: * To assess dose limiting toxicity (DLT), which is defined as grade 4 neutropenia \> 7 days duration, neutropenic fever, grade 4 thrombocytopenia, or any grade 3 or 4 non-hematologic toxicity excluding nausea/vomiting and excluding grade 3 transaminase toxicity. * To determine objective response rate, as defined as complete response (CR) or partial response (PR), confirmed by 2 CT scans at least 6 weeks apart in patients treated with pemetrexed as a single agent with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00507858
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Enrollment
36 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Sep 2005 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Sep 2011 (Actual)
Completion
Sep 2011 (Actual)
Last update posted
Sep 23, 2011

2005 – 2011

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas 77030 —

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