Conditions: Solid Tumor
Keywords: Cancer of Head Cancer of Head and Neck Cancer of Neck Cancer of the Head Cancer of the Head and Neck Cancer of the Neck Head and Neck Cancer Head Cancer Head Neoplasms Head, Neck Neoplasms Neck Cancer Neck Neoplasms Solid Neoplasm Carcinoma Sarcoma
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 47
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The primary purpose of this study is to help answer the following research question(s):

* To see how the body absorbs, processes, and gets rid of cetuximab when the drug is taken in combination with cisplatin \[pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis\]
* To see if any drug interactions occur between cetuximab and cisplatin.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Cycle 1 (1 week, combination therapy):

400 milligrams per square meter (mg/m²) cetuximab administered (admin) intravenously (I.V) on week 1, day 1.

100 mg/m² cisplatin administered I.V on week 1, day 1. Optional 5- fluorouracil (FU) administered as a 96-hour continuous infusion (C.I.) of 1000 mg/m²/day (d) administered starting on week 1, day 1.

After 1 cycle, participants may continue treatment as determined by the physician until progression of disease, unacceptable toxicity, or another withdrawal criterion is met.

After protocol amendment February 2014, any newly enrolled participants will be placed into cetuximab and cisplatin (D) arm only. arm 2: Cycle 1 (4 weeks, combination therapy):

100 mg/m² Cisplatin admin I.V on week 1, day 1. 5- FU admin as a 96-hour C.I. of 1000 mg/m²/d admin starting on week 1, day 1. 400 mg/m² cetuximab admin I.V on week 2, day 1. 250 mg/m² cetuximab admin I.V on week 3 and 4, day 1.

Cycle 2-6 (3 weeks combination therapy):

100 mg/m² cisplatin admin I.V on week 1, day 1. 5- FU admin as a 96-hour C.I. of 1000 mg/m²/d admin starting on week 1, day 1. 250 mg/m² cetuximab admin I.V on week 1, 2, and 3, day 1.

After 6 cycles, participants may then receive weekly cetuximab monotherapy until progression of disease, unacceptable toxicity, or another withdrawal criterion is met.

Due to protocol amendment in September 2011, any newly enrolled participants were placed into cetuximab and cisplatin (C) arm only. After protocol amendment February 2014, any newly enrolled participants will be placed into cetuximab and cisplatin (D) arm only. arm 3: Cycle 1:

400 mg/m² cetuximab admin I.V on week 1, day 1. 250 mg/m² cetuximab admin I.V on week 2 and 3, day 1.

Cycle 2:

100 mg/m² cisplatin admin I.V on week 1, day 1. 5- FU admin as a 96-hour C.I. of 1000 mg/m²/d admin starting on week 1, day 1- 4.

250 mg/m² cetuximab admin I.V on week 1-3, day 1.

Cycle 3 + :

100 mg/m² cisplatin admin I.V on week 1, day 1. 5- FU admin as a 96-hour C.I. of 1000 mg/m²/d admin starting on week 1, day 1-4.

250 mg/m² cetuximab admin I.V on week 1-3, day 1.

After 6 cycles, participants may then receive weekly cetuximab monotherapy until progression of disease, unacceptable toxicity, or another withdrawal criterion is met.

Due to protocol amendment in September 2011, any newly enrolled participants were placed into cetuximab and cisplatin (C) arm only. After protocol amendment February 2014, any newly enrolled participants will be placed into cetuximab and cisplatin (D) arm only. arm 4: Cycle 1:

100 mg/m² cisplatin admin I.V on week 1, day 1. 5- FU admin as a 96-hour C.I. of 1000 mg/m²/d admin starting on week 1, day 1-4.

400 mg/m² cetuximab admin I.V on week 2, day 1. 250 mg/m² cetuximab admin I.V on week 3, day 1.

Cycle 2 +:

100 mg/m² cisplatin admin I.V on week 1, day 1. 5- FU admin as a 96-hour C.I. of 1000 mg/m²/d admin starting on week 1, day 1-4.

250 mg/m² cetuximab admin I.V on weeks 1-3, day 1.

After 7 cycles, participants may then receive weekly Cetuximab monotherapy until progression of disease, unacceptable toxicity, or another withdrawal criterion is met.

Due to protocol amendment in September 2011, any newly enrolled participants were placed into cetuximab and cisplatin (C) arm only. After protocol amendment February 2014, any newly enrolled participants will be placed into cetuximab and cisplatin (D) arm only.

Interventions: intervention 1: Cetuximab intervention 2: Cisplatin intervention 3: 5 - Fluorouracil
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Administered Intravenously intervention 2: Administered Intravenously intervention 3: Administered Intravenously

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