NCT00483821

A Retrospective Analysis of Neck Dissection Following Complete Response to Chemoradiation in HNSCC

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 165 (actual)
• Sponsor: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Gathering disease-related information from medical charts of patients with primary head and neck cancer who have undergone neck dissection after complete response to chemotherapy and radiation therapy may help doctors learn more about the disease and find better methods of treatment. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is evaluating the medical charts of patients with primary head and neck cancer who have undergone neck dissection after complete response to chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: * Perform a retrospective analysis, by medical chart review, of patients with primary squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck who underwent neck dissection following complete response to chemoradiotherapy. * Determine whether the role of a post-chemoradiotherapy neck dissection affects the outcome of the patient's disease, in terms of overall survival, disease-free survival, and recurrence rates. OUTLINE: This is a pilot, retrospective study. Patients who have undergone neck dissection after achieving a complete clinical and radiological response to chemoradiotherapy are compared to patients who did not. Data are gathered by medical chart review.

Conditions

• Head and Neck Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	medical chart review	medical chart review

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-05-01
• Primary completion: 2009-11-01
• Completion: 2009-11-01
• First posted: 2007-06-07
• Last updated: 2012-09-10

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States