Conditions: Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer With Occult Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma Recurrent Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer With Occult Primary Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Hypopharynx Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip and Oral Cavity Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nasopharynx Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity Recurrent Verrucous Carcinoma of the Larynx Recurrent Verrucous Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity Stage III Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Hypopharynx Stage III Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx Stage III Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip and Oral Cavity Stage III Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nasopharynx Stage III Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx Stage III Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity Stage III Verrucous Carcinoma of the Larynx Stage III Verrucous Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity Stage IV Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Hypopharynx Stage IV Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nasopharynx Stage IVA Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx Stage IVA Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip and Oral Cavity Stage IVA Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx Stage IVA Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity Stage IVA Verrucous Carcinoma of the Larynx Stage IVA Verrucous Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity Stage IVB Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx Stage IVB Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip and Oral Cavity Stage IVB Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx Stage IVB Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity Stage IVB Verrucous Carcinoma of the Larynx Stage IVB Verrucous Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity Stage IVC Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx Stage IVC Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip and Oral Cavity Stage IVC Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx Stage IVC Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity Stage IVC Verrucous Carcinoma of the Larynx Stage IVC Verrucous Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity Tongue Cancer
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 9
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This phase II trial is studying the how well saracatinib works in treating patients with metastatic or recurrent head and neck cancer. Saracatinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth

Detailed description:
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the median progression-free survival for patients with advanced or recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC) treated with AZD0530 (saracatinib).

SECONDARY OBJEC TIVES:

I. To determine overall survival for patients with advanced or recurrent HNSCC treated with AZD0530.

II. To determine objective response rate for patients with advanced or recurrent HNSCC treated with AZD0530.

III. For patients with accessible tumors, to perform pre and post-treatment biopsies to assess the pharmacodynamic effects of AZD0530 on c-Src and downstream signaling molecules STAT3 and STAT5.

OUTLINE:

Patients receive saracatinib orally (PO) or by percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube once daily (QD) on days 1-56. Courses repeat every 8 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 12 weeks and then periodically thereafter.

Arms:
arm 1: Patients receive saracatinib PO or by PEG tube QD on days 1-56. Courses repeat every 8 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Interventions: intervention 1: saracatinib intervention 2: laboratory biomarker analysis
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Given PO intervention 2: Correlative studies

Protocol document: