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High-dose Prophylactic Gabapentin (HOPE) vs. Placebo to Prevent Opioid Use for Oral Mucositis Pain During Concurrent Chemoradiation for Head and Neck Cancer

Description

This phase III trial tests if gabapentin can prevent the need for opiate pain medication for mouth sores (oral mucositis) in patients undergoing treatment with chemotherapy and radiation for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region. Oral mucositis is a common side effect of radiation treatment and can cause severe pain, dysphagia, and weight loss resulting in feeding tube placement, worse health-related quality of life, treatment interruptions, unplanned hospitalizations, and significant financial burden. Mucositis pain is often treated with opioid pain medications which do provide pain relief but have many known side effects not limited to mental clouding, constipation, fatigue, endocrinopathy, neurotoxicity, sleep-disordered breathing, and most distressingly persistent opioid use. Gabapentin may help relieve pain from oral mucositis caused by radiation while also reducing the need for opiate pain medications for patients receiving chemotherapy and radiation for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region

Conditions

Head and Neck Squamous Cell CarcinomaStage I Head and Neck Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8Stage II Head and Neck Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8Stage III Head and Neck Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8Stage IV Head and Neck Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8
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Head and Neck Squamous Cell CarcinomaStage I Head and Neck Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8Stage II Head and Neck Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8Stage III Head and Neck Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8Stage IV Head and Neck Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v8

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Study Details

Study overview

This phase III trial tests if gabapentin can prevent the need for opiate pain medication for mouth sores (oral mucositis) in patients undergoing treatment with chemotherapy and radiation for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region. Oral mucositis is a common side effect of radiation treatment and can cause severe pain, dysphagia, and weight loss resulting in feeding tube placement, worse health-related quality of life, treatment interruptions, unplanned hospitalizations, and significant financial burden. Mucositis pain is often treated with opioid pain medications which do provide pain relief but have many known side effects not limited to mental clouding, constipation, fatigue, endocrinopathy, neurotoxicity, sleep-disordered breathing, and most distressingly persistent opioid use. Gabapentin may help relieve pain from oral mucositis caused by radiation while also reducing the need for opiate pain medications for patients receiving chemotherapy and radiation for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region

High-Dose Prophylactic Gabapentin (HOPE) to Prevent Opioid Use for Oral Mucositis Pain During Head and Neck Chemoradiotherapy: A Phase III Clinical Trial

High-dose Prophylactic Gabapentin (HOPE) vs. Placebo to Prevent Opioid Use for Oral Mucositis Pain During Concurrent Chemoradiation for Head and Neck Cancer

Condition
Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Coeur d'Alene

Kootenai Health - Coeur d'Alene, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States, 83814

Post Falls

Kootenai Clinic Cancer Services - Post Falls, Post Falls, Idaho, United States, 83854

Sandpoint

Kootenai Clinic Cancer Services - Sandpoint, Sandpoint, Idaho, United States, 83864

Cedar Rapids

Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, 52403

Cedar Rapids

Oncology Associates at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, 52403

Billings

Billings Clinic Cancer Center, Billings, Montana, United States, 59101

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Histologic documentation of disease: Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region.
  • * No prior treatment for head and neck cancer
  • * Planned treatment with cisplatin-based chemoradiation therapy (weekly or once every 3 weeks \[q 3 week\])
  • * Able to swallow capsules whole
  • * No known hypersensitivity to gabapentin or its ingredients
  • * No patients on dialysis or with transplanted organs
  • * No prior surgery or radiation for head and neck cancer and/or are being treated for recurrent head and neck cancer. Patients with a history of surgery and radioactive iodine for the treatment of thyroid cancer are eligible. Concurrent cancer therapy for other cancers is not allowed
  • * No planned surgery or chemotherapy or immunotherapy following 7 weeks of standard chemoradiation treatment
  • * No known brain metastases
  • * No nonprescribed use of any opioids (including heroin) within 6 months prior to registration
  • * No prescribed medications for chronic and/or long-term pain and/or neuropathy, including patients under treatment of a pain specialist or substance abuse programs. Acute post-biopsy medications are allowed if the patient has discontinued them 3 days prior to study registration
  • * No current treatment with mefloquine
  • * Age ≥ 18 years
  • * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2
  • * Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • * Not pregnant and not nursing, because this study involves both radiation and chemotherapy. In addition, the genotoxic, mutagenic and teratogenic effects on the developing fetus and newborn are unknown. Therefore, for women of childbearing potential, a negative pregnancy test done \< 7 days prior to registration is required. Women must agree to using contraception for the duration of receiving study drugs and for 6 months after completing chemoradiation
  • * Not taking medications for a psychotic psychiatric illness
  • * No existing diagnosis of sleep apnea
  • * No acute narrow-angle glaucoma
  • * No uncontrolled concurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
  • * No investigational agent within 30 days prior to registration
  • * No enrollment on other studies of systemic pain control agents
  • * Language: In order to complete the mandatory patient-completed measures, participants must be able to speak and read English or Spanish
  • * Patients with impaired decision making are not eligible for study

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology,

Study Record Dates

2031-04-15