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Study identifier: NCT05337631 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 29, 2026
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Special Care Patterns for Elderly HNSCC Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy

Condition: HNSCC · Oral Cavity Cancer · Oropharynx Cancer  ·  Sponsor: University Hospital Freiburg

PhaseN/A
Planned participants1500
Who can joinAll sexes, 65 Years to no upper limit
Healthy volunteersNo

About this study

The number of elderly head-and-neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients is increasing; however, the evidence regarding the ideal treatment for this often vulnerable and frail patient cohort is limited. Although the benefit of concomitant chemotherapy has been reported to decrease in elderly HNSCC patients based on the MACH-NC meta-analysis, it remains unknown whether state-of-the art radiotherapy techniques such as intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), modern supportive treatments and alternative chemotherapy fractionation (e.g., cisplatin weekly) may have altered this observation. The objective of this retrospective multinational multicenter study is to determine the oncological outcomes of elderly patients (≥65 years) with locally advanced HNSCCs undergoing definitive (chemo-)radiation and to investigate the influence of concomitant chemotherapy on overall survival and progression-free survival after adjusting for potential confounder variables such as age, performance status and comorbidity burden.

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Alexander Rühle, MD, MHBA  ·  004976127095200  ·  alexander.ruehle@uniklinik-freiburg.de

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Locations (18)

Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimore, Maryland, United StatesCompleted
Department of Radiation Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, New York, United StatesCompleted
Department of Radiation Oncology, Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio, United StatesCompleted
Division of Radiation Oncology, The Ohio State University WexnerColumbus, Ohio, United StatesCompleted
Radiation Oncology Department, German Oncology CenterLimassol, CyprusCompleted
Brno University HospitalBrno, CzechiaCompleted
Department of Radiooncology and Radiotherapy, Charité-Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin, GermanyCompleted
Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen, GermanyCompleted
Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Goethe-University Frankfurt am MainFrankfurt, GermanyCompleted
University of GiessenGiessen, GermanyCompleted
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-WittenbergHalle, GermanyCompleted
Jena University HospitalJena, GermanyRecruiting

+ 6 more locations — full list on the registry record.

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