Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:49 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:49 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03699969
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Age ≥18 years and ≤70 years old.
2. Histopathologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck.
3. Locally advanced tumors (T3-T4 \&/or N1-3) (stage IIB, III and stage IV-A: Staging by AJCC 7th edition).
4. Patients not exposed to radical surgery for current disease.
5. Performance status (ECOG) 2 or less.
6. No associated co-morbidity with contraindication to chemotherapy.
7. Normal Hemogram. (ANC ≥1.5x109/L, Platelets count ≥100x109/L, hemoglobin ≥80 g/L)
8. Accepted renal functions. (BUN \& serum creatinine \<1.5x upper limit of normal value with normal GFR).
9. Accepted liver functions. (total bilirubin and direct bilirubin \< 1.5 x ULN \& alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase \< 3 x ULN)
10. Informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Patients with distant metastatic lesions, as detected by imaging techniques.
2. Patients with history of other head and neck malignancies.
3. Patients with history of previous head and neck irradiation.
4. Patients with a serious concomitant illness, such as active cardiac disease, severe uncontrolled hypertension, or uncontrolled infection.
5. Women who are pregnant or breast feeding.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
70 Years
Study:
NCT03699969
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03699969