A Post Marketing Surveillance Study of Cetuximab in Patients With Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck (SCCHN)

Cetuximab is an immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) monoclonal antibody that enhances the effects of some common chemotherapy agents and radiotherapy and demonstrates minimal overlapping toxicities with these approaches. This prospective, observational, non-interventional and multi-centric post marketing surveillance study is being conducted to collect safety information from subjects with locally advanced or recurrent/metastatic SCCHN treated with cetuximab based on the locally approved label. Study plans to enroll 200 to 300 subjects, who are eligible for cetuximab treatment according to the indication in the approved label of cetuximab by Taiwan Health Authority. Data related to subjects' demographics, relevant tumor history, and laboratory information (hematology, biochemistry) will be captured and analyzed descriptively.

OBJECTIVES

Primary objective:

• To obtain safety information on the use of cetuximab in subjects with SCCHN according to the regulatory approved label and in a regular clinical setting

Secondary objectives:

• To gather clinical efficacy information of the treatment

Inclusion criteria

• Histologically proven Stage 3-4 locally advanced SCCHN (oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx) or recurrent and/or metastatic SCCHN
• Age greater than or equal to 18 years
• Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects with known severe (Grade 3 or 4; National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria Version 4.03) hypersensitivity reactions to Cetuximab
• Subjects with contraindications for concomitantly used chemotherapeutic agents or radiation therapy, identified before initiation of cetuximab combination treatment