Conditions: Squamous Cell Carcinoma Of The Head And Neck
Keywords: Cetuximab Dasatinib Squamous Cell Head and Neck After Cetuximab Containing Chemoradiotherapy Recurrent Metastatic
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 21
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This is a single-arm, non-masked, open-label, Phase II study of cetuximab + dasatinib in recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of The Head and Neck (SCCHN) that has recurred after cetuximab-containing therapy (please see attached schema).

The primary endpoint 12-week PFS.

Detailed description:
Patients must have recurrent SCCHN and may have received any number of prior palliative systemic therapies for recurrent disease (without cetuximab or othr EGFR inhibitor). One prior curative regimen (induction, primary or postoperative chemoradiotherapy) should have been given AND all patients should have been exposed to cetuximab as part of prior potentially curative treatment.Those who have received a prior Src kinase inhibitor or EGFR inhibitor other than cetuximab are not eligible.

Patients will be tested for serum IL-6. If IL-6 is detectable, the patient will be ineligible. If IL-6 is not detected, the patient will be eligible for the study. Subjects more than 2 weeks post last dose of Cetuximab will receive an initial loading dose 400 mg/m2 on cycle 1, day 1. Subjects who have received Cetuximab within 2 weeks of starting study will start Cycle 1 with dose of 250 mg/m2. Dasatinib will start 3 days after initial cetuximab study dose on cycle 1 (i.e cycle 1, day 4), and continue without interruption.

Arms:
arm 1: Cetuximab on a standard weekly schedule (see Section 6.2). Group 1 (subjects more than 2 weeks post last dose of Cetuximab): Loading dose of 400 mg/m2 on cycle 1, day 1 then 250 mg/m2 IV weekly.

Group 2 (subjects last Cetuximab treatment within 2 weeks): Cycle 1 will start at a dose of 250 mg/m2 Dasatinib 150 mg once daily without interruption. On the FIRST cycle (1 cycle is 3 weeks) dasatinib will start 3 days after the cetuximab loading dose (i.e. cycle 1, day 4) to avoid headache as shown on the previous phase I trial.

Treatment will continue until progression.

Interventions: intervention 1: Cetuximab intervention 2: Dasatinib
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Cetuximab 250 mg/m2 IV weekly after loading dose 400 mg/m2 on cycle 1, day 1 intervention 2: Dasatinib 150 mg po

Protocol document: