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Open-label, Single-arm, Multicenter, Phase II Study Investigating Cetuximab in Combination With Chemotherapy in the First-line Treatment of Recurrent and/or Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (SCCHN) in Japanese Subjects
In Brief
A Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating Cetuximab, Cisplatin/Carboplatin, and 1 other intervention for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck. Completed, enrolled 33 participants across 10 sites.
Detailed Summary
The primary objective of this trial is to assess the antitumor activity of cetuximab when given in combination with cisplatin + 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) for the first-line treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) in Japanese subjects.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The initial dose of cetuximab will be 400 milligram per square meter (mg/m\^2) as an intravenous (IV) infusion over 120 minutes. Subsequent weekly doses will be 250 mg/m\^2 as an IV infusion over 60 minutes.
Subjects will receive 100 mg/m\^2 cisplatin as an IV infusion over 60 minutes on day 1 of each 3-week treatment cycle. If subject developed non-hematological toxicities to cisplatin, carboplatin (area under curve 5 \[AUC5\]) will be administered as an IV infusion over 60 to 120 minutes on Day 1 of each 3-week treatment cycle.
Subjects will receive 1000 mg/m\^2 per day 5-FU as a continuous IV infusion over 24 hours from day 1 to day 4 of each 3-week treatment cycle.