A Phase 3 interventional study of FMISO-PET Scan and Chemoradiation in HPV-Related Squamous Cell Carcinoma, sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Recruiting at 9 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-24.
Sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment
The researchers are doing this study to find out if a personalized approach to chemoradiation therapy (which may include a lower dose of radiation) is as effective as the standard chemoradiation therapy in people with HPV-positive throat cancer. Other purposes of this study include looking at the following:
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Adequate hematologic function within 30 days prior to registration, defined as follows:
Adequate renal function within 30 days prior to registration, defined as follows:
o Serum creatinine \< 1.5 mg/dl or creatinine clearance (CC) ≥ 50 ml/min determined by 24-hour collection or estimated by Cockcroft-Gault formula: CCr male = [(140 - age) x (wt in kg)] [(Serum Cr mg/dl) x (72)] CCr female = 0.85 x (CrCl male)
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients with simultaneous primary cancers outside of the oropharynx
o Note: Exceptions can be made for patients with simultaneous primaries outside the oropharynx if determined by the PI/Co-PI the patient can proceed with protocol activities
Prior invasive malignancy (except non-melanomatous skin cancer) unless disease free for 3 years or if cure rate from treatment at 5 years to be 90% or greater
o Note: Exceptions can be made for patients with prior malignancies outside the oropharynx if determined by the PI/Co-PI the patient can proceed with protocol activities.
Severe, active co-morbidity defined as follows:
Patient without evidence of hypoxia will receive 30Gy in 2Gy per fraction. Concurrent chemotherapy will be given as per guidelines. After completion of chemotherapy and radiation therapy, a 4 month (+/- 4 weeks) posttreatment standard FDG PET/CT scan will be performed and if there is persistent disease, standard neck dissection will be performed. Further standard of care will be given pending pathologic findings.1. Hypoxia negative: The entire target volume which includes GTV and CTV will receive 30Gy in 2 Gy per fraction over 15 days (PTV30). 2. Hypoxia positive (same as the standard of care): The CTV will receive 50Gy in 2Gy per fraction over 25 days. This is name PTV50 and will receive 50Gy in 2Gy per fraction over 25 days. The GTV will receive an additional boost of 20Gy in 2 Gy per fraction so that the total PTV70 dose is 70Gy.
Diagnostic Test: FMISO-PET Scan · Combination Product: Chemoradiation · Other: Assessments
Patient will receive 70Gy in 2Gy per fraction regardless of hypoxia status. Concurrent chemotherapy will be given as per guidelines. After completion of chemotherapy and radiation therapy, a 4 month (+/- 4 weeks) posttreatment standard FDG PET/CT scan will be performed and if there is persistent disease, standard neck dissection will be performed. Further standard of care will be given pending pathologic findings.
Diagnostic Test: FMISO-PET Scan · Combination Product: Chemoradiation · Other: Assessments
Patients will undergo 18F-FMISO scan (only 1 injection) that occurs at week two of radiation treatment, typically day 10 but a window of 8-10 radiation treatment days\* after start of radiation is allowed.
30 Gy or 70 Gy of radiation in combination with standard chemotherapy (cisplatin, carboplatin, and 5-FU)
70 Gy of radiation in combination with standard chemotherapy (cisplatin, carboplatin, and 5-FU)
EQ-5D-5L (5 questions); 2. MDADI-HN (total of 20 questions); 3. COST-FACIT (total of 12 questions).
overall survival
The measurement of survival will be evaluated as a time from randomization to events endpoint (i.e., death due to any cause) so that censored data are allowed. To assess the overall survival rate, Kaplan-Meier estimates will be calculated and reported.
Time frame: 2 years
Plan to share: Yes — Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center supports the international committee of medical journal editors (ICMJE) and the ethical obligation of responsible sharing of data from clinical trials. The protocol summary, a statistical summary, and informed consent form will be made available on clinicaltrials.gov when required as a condition of Federal awards, other agreements supporting the research and/or as otherwise required. Requests for deidentified individual participant data can be made beginning 12 months after publication and for up to 36 months post publication. Deidentified individual participant data reported in the manuscript will be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement and may only be used for approved proposals. Requests may be made to: crdatashare@mskcc.org
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