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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/06/088088 [Registered on: 02/06/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 25/02/2026
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Retrospective Chart Review 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   Chart Review Non-Interventional Study of Patients with Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer to Evaluate Treatment Patterns. 
Scientific Title of Study   Locally Advanced Head and Neck Treatment Patterns Evaluation through Retrospective medical Records in a Non interventional Study India 
Trial Acronym  LANTERN-India 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name   
Designation   
Affiliation   
Address 




 
Phone    
Fax    
Email    
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Ajay Patil 
Designation  Senior Medical Advisor-Oncology 
Affiliation  MSD Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd 
Address  Wework, Enam Sambhav, Plot C20, Block G, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai, 400051, India

Mumbai (Suburban)
MAHARASHTRA
400051
India 
Phone  022  
Fax    
Email  ajay.patil1@merck.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Ajay Patil 
Designation  Senior Medical Advisor-Oncology 
Affiliation  MSD Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd 
Address  Wework, Enam Sambhav, Plot C20, Block G, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai, 400051, India

Mumbai (Suburban)
MAHARASHTRA
400051
India 
Phone  022  
Fax    
Email  ajay.patil1@merck.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
NIL 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  MSD Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd 
Address  We work, Enam Sambhav, Plot C20, Block G, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai, 400051, India 
Type of Sponsor  Pharmaceutical industry-Global 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study
Modification(s)  
No of Sites = 8  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Chandragouda Dodagoudar  B.L. Kapur Memorial Hospital (A unit of Lahore Hospital Society)  Clinical Research Unit -II Academic Affairs Research and Continuing Education, Medical Oncology Department, Pusa Rd, New Delhi, Delhi, 110005
New Delhi
DELHI 
9958450124

drchandragoudetrials@gmail.com 
Dr Rakesh Pinninti  Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital & Research Institute  Medical Oncology Department, Room no 118, Block 1, First floor, Road No 10, Banjara Hills Hyderabad, Telangana, India 500034
Hyderabad
TELANGANA 
7021538508

pinninti.rakesh@gmail.com 
Dr Bipinesh Sansar  Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Cancer Centre  Consultation room, Ground floor, Oncology division, Dept of Medical Oncology, MPMMCC, Banaras Hindu University, Campus, Sundar Bagiya Colony, Sundarpur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221005
Varanasi
UTTAR PRADESH 
8002583913

bipinesh04@yahoo.co.in 
Dr Rohit Nayyar  Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket (A Unit of Devki Devi Foundation)  1st Floor, Oncology division, Medical Oncology Department. 2, Press Enclave Road, Saket, New Delhi- 110017
South
DELHI 
9810757607

Rohit.Nayyar@maxhealthcare.com 
Dr Sajeevan K V  MVR Cancer Centre & Research Centre  Room no. 10, Ground floor, Oncology division, Department of medical oncology, MVR Cancer Centre and Research Institute, CP 13/516 B.C. Vellalasseri, REC (via) Poolacode, Kozhikode, Kerala-673601
Kozhikode
KERALA 
9496126713

drsajeevan@mvrccri.co 
Dr Chandrakanth MV  Narayana Super Speciality Hospital  Room No 18, Oncology division, Department of Medical Oncology, Ground floor, 120/1, Andul Road, Howrah-711103, West Bengal, India
Haora
WEST BENGAL 
7738519198

drmvch@gmail.com 
Dr Vijay Patil  SUNACT Cancer Institute Pvt.Ltd  Consultation room, 4th floor, Tieten Medicity Hospital, Oncology division, Department of Medical Oncology, Ghodbunder Rd, Kasarvadavali, Thane West, Thane, Maharashtra 400615
Thane
MAHARASHTRA 
9136129135

vijaypgi@gmail.com  
Dr Kumar Prabhash  Tata Memorial Hospital  Room No 204, Oncology division, Dept of medical Oncology 2nd floor, Homi Bhabha Block Tata Memorial Hospital Dr E Borges Road Parel Dr E Borges Road Parel (east) Mumbai MAHARASHTRA 400012 India
Mumbai (Suburban)
MAHARASHTRA 
02224177214

kprabhash1@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee
Modification(s)  
No of Ethics Committees= 8  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Vedant Hospital Intitutional Ethics Committee  Approved 
Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital & Research Institute Institutional Ethics Committee  Approved 
Dr B L Kapur Memorial Hospital Ethics Committee  Approved 
IEC, MPMMCC and HBCH Varanasi Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer   Centre  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Devki Devi Foundation  Approved 
NSH Ethics Committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Notified 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: C00-C14||Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Nil  Nil 
Comparator Agent  Nil  Nil 
Intervention  Nil  Nil 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  99.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1.Patients aged greater than or equal to 18 years of age at the time of LA HNSCC diagnosis.
2.Patients of either sex with histopathological confirmed diagnosis (biopsy-proven) of HNSCC involving all types of oral cancers (including lip & oral, base of tongue and others), laryngeal, oropharyngeal, and hypopharyngeal cancers.
3.Patients diagnosed with LA HNSCC (Stage III to Stage IVB lip & oral, HPV negative laryngeal, oropharyngeal, and hypopharyngeal cancers or Stage III HPV positive HNSCC (excluding nasopharyngeal cancers) between January 01, 2018, and December 31, 2022 (patient identification period).
4.Patients prescribed with first therapy for the treatment of treatment naïve LA HNSCC.
5.Patients with availability of minimum one year follow-up data post initiation of first therapy for LA HNSCC management
6.Patients with greater than or equal to 5 visits at the selected sites for enrollment. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1.Patient with nasopharyngeal cancers of any etiology.
2.Patients with malignancies involving paranasal sinuses, salivary glands, or thyroid.
3.Patient who has participated in any interventional clinical trials, for the management of LA HNSCC during the study period.
4.Patients who did not receive any definitive treatment after diagnosis due to refusal of treatment plan.
5.Patients with malignant diseases other than LA HNSCC, diagnosed within 5 years prior to the diagnosis of LA HNSCC.
6.Patients who received treatment indicated for another primary cancer between January 01,2018 and December 31, 2022.
7.Patients who received immune checkpoint inhibitors for LA HNSCC disease. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Distribution of 1st treatments
- Time from initial LA HNSCC diagnosis to 1st treatment initiation
- Percentage of patients treated with next treatment
- Surgery rate
- Percentage of patients with induction chemotherapy, induction drugs used, schemes of induction drugs
-Percentage of patients with neoadjuvant chemotherapy, neoadjuvant drugs used, schemes of neoadjuvant drugs
-Percentage of patients with concurrent pharmacological treatment, concurrent drugs used, schemes of concurrent drugs
-Percentage of patients in each of the different treatment sequences found 
From site initiation to end of follow up (approximately 2 years) 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
-Proportion of patients being tested for HPV status, proportion of patients positive for HPV
-Proportion of patients being tested for PD-L1 status, proportion of patients positive for PD-L1
-Percentage of cases evaluated in tumor board 
From site initiation to end of follow up (approximately 2 years) 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="500"
Sample Size from India="500" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "500"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="500" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   16/06/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Date Missing 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="2"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary   Rationale: 
Among the therapies for locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LA HNSCC), surgery is the mainstay of management, and there are differences between Indian management and JCAP (Japan, China & Asia-Pacific) practices for the same especially with respect to surgeries and the use of newer modalities. This study will help us understand the lacunae in the treatment management patterns, which can be addressed using newer regimens, thereby effectively improving patient care experience.

Primary Objective: 
To understand the management of patients diagnosed with LA HNSCC, in terms of:
o Patient profile, clinical, tumor, and provider characteristics, treatment patterns (including sequencing), among patients diagnosed with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LA HNSCC) [overall], in a cohort of patients [deemed operable] and in a cohort of patients [deemed inoperable].
o Clinical outcomes – Real-world Time to Treatment, Time of Treatment Discontinuation, and Time to Next Treatment for LA HNSCC treatments in sequence and additional outcomes based on datasets captured.

Study Design: 
This is a retrospective non-interventional observational study to evaluate patient profiles, treatment patterns, and clinical characteristics among patients diagnosed with LA HNSCC between January 01, 2018 and December 31, 2022. Patients who meet the study eligibility criteria will be followed longitudinally until the date of first treatment with palliative intent OR the date of diagnosis of metastatic HNSCC OR the date of last patient record OR the date of end of study period, whichever occurs first. Maximum follow-up data of these patients will be collected until December 31, 2024

Study Population:
The study population will consist of patients diagnosed with LA HNSCC (Stage III to Stage IVB per AJCC [American Joint Committee on Cancer] 8th edition), between January 01, 2018, and December 31, 2022, with follow-up until December 31, 2024. Sample size for the study would be 500 patients.
 
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