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Assessment of Swallowing Function and Quality of Life in Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients Treated by Chemo-radiotherapy

Is NCT04019548 recruiting? Yes, currently enrolling (Jun 2026). This Phase 3 trial studies multiple treatments including Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrotomy tube placement and Cisplatin for oropharyngeal cancer.

Phase 3RecruitingJules Bordet InstituteNCT04019548Data as of Jun 2026Location: Belgium

Treatment: Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrotomy tube placement · CisplatinOpen-label, interventional, multicentric, randomized, phase III study. Cancer studied is the oropharyngeal cancer. Study is composed by 2 arms of subjects: prophylactic or reactive percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement. All subjects will be treated with a cisplatin standard chemotherapy regimen and by simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT).

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Extracted eligibility criteria

Treatments studied

Chemotherapy

Cisplatin

Other

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrotomy tube placement

Cancer type

Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Biomarker criteria

Required: HPV any tested

HPV/p 16 testing results

Disease stage

Excluded: Stage DISTANT METASTASIS

Distant metastasis [excluded]

Performance status

ECOG 0–2(Ambulatory, capable of self-care)

Prior therapy

No prior treatment (treatment-naive required)
Max 0 prior lines

Cannot have received: anticancer treatment

No prior or current anticancer treatment for the HNSCC (e.g. neo-adjuvant chemotherapy, surgery)

Lab requirements

Blood counts

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1500/µL or 1.5x10^9/L; Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL; Platelets ≥100000/µL or 100x10^9/L

Kidney function

Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN and creatinine clearance > 60 mL/min

Liver function

Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN (Gilbert's syndrome < 3 x ULN allowed); AST (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN; Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 x ULN

Adequate bone marrow function as defined below: ANC ≥1500/µL or 1.5x10^9/L; Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL; Platelets ≥100000/µL or 100x10^9/L. Adequate liver function as defined below: Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN (Gilbert's syndrome < 3 x ULN allowed); AST (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2.5 x ULN; Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 x ULN. Adequate renal function as defined below: Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN and creatinine clearance > 60 mL/min

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Frequently asked questions

Is NCT04019548 currently recruiting?

Yes, this trial is currently recruiting patients.

Can patients have received prior systemic therapy?

No. This trial requires treatment-naive patients — prior systemic therapy is an exclusion criterion.

Does this trial require HPV?

Yes, HPV any tested is a required biomarker for enrollment.

Could you qualify for this trial?

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