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Cisplatin

After standard of care transoral surgery, patients whose small tumor was removed completely and have only one lymph node involved will undergo clinical observation.

Patients whose tumor was removed completely but has certain features that make it more likely to come back such as growth around the nerves or into the vessels, or has more than one lymph nodes involved, will undergo external body radiation therapy (EBRT) RT 50Gy for 5 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients whose tumor has a "positive margin", which means the tumor could not be removed with healthy tissue around it or tumor grows significantly outside the lymph node will undergo EBRT RT 60 Gy for 6 weeks and receive cisplatin intravenously (IV) weekly 30mg/m2 for 6 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Transoral Surgery

Patients in Group II and Group III will undergo External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT) RT following transoral surgery.

External Beam Radiation Therapy

Patients in Group III will receive cisplatin, 30 mg/m2, administered intravenously weekly per for 6 weeks.

Incisional biopsy of the primary tumor site will be required to confirm p16/HPV status of the tumor

Incisional Tumor Biopsy

Assess ctDNA levels at baseline, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 10 weeks, 24 weeks and 1 year after the surgery.

Circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (ctDNA) levels assessment

MDADI is a 20 item quality of life questionnaire specifically focusing on swallowing aspects. It was originally designed for head and neck cancer patients. The total score ranges from 20 to 100 with the higher score indicating higher level of function.

MD Anderson Dysphagia Index

University of Washington Questionnaire is a 15 item quality of life instrument specifically designed for head and neck cancer patients.

University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire

A generic quality of life and cost utility instrument widely used and validated for multiple disease settings, including head and neck cancer.

Euro-QOL 5 dimension scale questionnaire

The videofluoroscopic modified barium swallow (MBS) study is the gold standard for for the evaluation of dysphagia, and specifically, airway protective mechanisms.

The penetration/aspiration (PEN/ASP) scale is a routinely used eight-point scale designed to describe the depth of bolus penetration into the airway and the patient response to the penetration or aspiration.

Modified barium swallow (MBS) evaluation with aspiration-penetration scale

Matin Imanguli, MD, DDS

This is a non-randomized, open-label phase II clinical trial that studies the effect of reduced dose radiation therapy and chemotherapy after surgery in treating patients with human papillomavirus (HPV) caused throat cancer. Giving reduced dose radiation therapy and chemotherapy after surgery may improve quality of life compared with standard of care primary chemoradiation approach without compromising survival.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To measure swallowing function and disease specific quality of life of patients with oropharyngeal cancer treated with transoral surgery and reduced intensity adjuvant therapy.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To examine kinetics of circulating tumor deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in patients treated with transoral surgery.

II. To estimate local control, progression free and overall survival using transoral surgery and reduced intensity adjuvant therapy.

OUTLINE: Based on pathologic findings after standard of care transoral surgery, patients are assigned to 1 of 3 groups.

GROUP I (LOW RISK): Patients whose small tumor was removed completely and have only one lymph node involved will undergo clinical observation.

GROUP II (MEDIUM RISK): Patients whose tumor was removed completely but has certain features that make it more likely to come back such as growth around the nerves or into the vessels, or has more than one lymph nodes involved, will undergo external body radiation therapy (EBRT) for 5 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

GROUP III (HIGH RISK): Patients whose tumor has a "positive margin", which means the tumor could not be removed with healthy tissue around it or tumor grows significantly outside the lymph node will undergo EBRT for 6 weeks and receive cisplatin intravenously (IV) weekly for 6 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 3 years.

Swallowing Outcomes and Circulating Tumor DNA in Patients With HPV Related Oropharyngeal Cancer Treated With Transoral Surgery and Reduced Intensity Adjuvant Therapy

MDADI is a 20 item quality of life instrument specifically focusing on swallowing aspects. It was originally designed for head and neck cancer patients and has been widely used and validated in this population. The total score ranges from 20 to 100 with the higher score indicating higher level of function.

Will be assessed using survival analysis (e.g., Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazards model).

University of Washington Questionnaire is a 15 item quality of life instrument specifically designed for head and neck cancer patients. Scoring is scaled to so that a score of 0 represents the worst possible response, and a score of 100 represents the best possible response. The higher the score - the better the outcome.

Euro-QOL 5 dimension scale is a generic quality of life and cost utility instrument widely used and validated for multiple disease settings, including head and neck cancer.

Euro-QOL 5 dimension scale is a preference-based HRQL measure with one question for each of the five dimensions that include mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression. The answers can be converted into EQ-5D index an utility scores anchored at 0 for death and 1 for perfect health. The EQ-5D questionnaire also includes a Visual Analog Scale (VAS), by which respondents can report their perceived health status with a grade ranging from 0 (the worst possible health status) to 100 (the best possible health status).

Percentage of patients requiring a gastrostomy tube after completion of therapy will be analyzed using generalized linear model (GLM) analysis.

Objective swallowing function assessment using modified barium swallow (MBS) evaluation with aspiration-penetration scale.

The penetration/aspiration (PEN/ASP) scale is a routinely used eight-point scale designed to describe the depth of bolus penetration into the airway and the patient response to the penetration or aspiration. The higher the score, the worse is the outcome.

Correlation of ctDNA levels at baseline with known adverse pathological features such as, number of involved lymph nodes, extranodal extension and positive margins. Will be analyzed using GLM analysis.

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization	Link
Swallowing Outcomes and Circulating Tumor DNA in Patients With HPV Related Oropharyngeal Cancer Treated With Transoral Surgery and Reduced Intensity Adjuvant Therapy	NCT04920344	Clinical Stage ... Clinical Stage ... Clinical Stage ... Oropharyngeal H...	Transoral Surge... External Beam R... Cisplatin Incisional Tumo... Circulating tum... MD Anderson Dys... University of W... Euro-QOL 5 dime... Modified barium...	18 Years -	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Swallowing Outcomes and Circulating Tumor DNA in Patients With HPV Related Oropharyngeal Cancer Treated With Transoral Surgery and Reduced Intensity Adjuvant Therapy	NCT04920344	Clinical Stage ... Clinical Stage ... Clinical Stage ... Oropharyngeal H...	Transoral Surge... External Beam R... Cisplatin Incisional Tumo... Circulating tum... MD Anderson Dys... University of W... Euro-QOL 5 dime... Modified barium...	18 Years -	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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