A Study of a New Combination and Schedule of Chemotherapy Drugs for the Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer

Each four-week cycle consists of three infusions through a vein of docetaxel, on days 1, 8, and 15. If the subject's disease has decreased significantly, he/she will continue to receive docetaxel on the every four-week schedule. If the subject's disease has not decreased significantly but there is no evidence the disease is getting worse, he/she will continue on the same treatment until: a) there is evidence that the treatment is no longer working to control the growth of his/her disease, b) He/she experiences unacceptable toxicity, c) his/her disease progresses, or d) he/she chooses to stop therapy.

Each four-week cycle consists of fourteen days of a medication that the subject will take two times a day orally, on days 5-18. If the subject's disease has decreased significantly, he/she will continue to receive docetaxel on the every four-week schedule. If the subject's disease has not decreased significantly but there is no evidence the disease is getting worse, he/she will continue on the same treatment until: a) there is evidence that the treatment is no longer working to control the growth of his/her disease, b) He/she experiences unacceptable toxicity, c) his/her disease progresses, or d) he/she chooses to stop therapy.