Optimized Treatment Strategies for Early and Medium Stage Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Multicenter Phase II/III Study of Optimized Treatment Strategies for Stage II and III Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03908372
• Other study ID #: NCC1950
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Start date: June 15, 2019
• Est. completion date: May 2025

Study information

• Verified date: January 2021
• Source: Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
• Contact: Junlin Yi, M.D
• Phone: 008601366121799
• Email: junlinyi[@]sohu.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to optimize treatment strategies for patients with stage II and III nasopharyngeal carcinoma, reduce the side effects related to treatment and improve the quality of life.

Description:

The data came from conventional studies showed that the distant metastases and toxicities associated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy were main problems for patients with clinical stage II and III nasopharyngeal carcinoma. However, inductive chemotherapy can decrease the likelihood of emergence of distant metastasis and reduce treatment related toxicities as previous studies showed.

The role of inductive chemotherapy in screening low-risk nasopharyngeal carcinoma for less treatment intensity is under-evaluated in the era of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). we hope to find the optimized treatment strategies by reducing the intensity of treatment according to the treatment response of inductive chemotherapy.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 120
• Est. completion date: May 2025
• Est. primary completion date: May 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pathology confirmed nasopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

• Aged 18 to 70 years old;

• Stage II-III (T1N1M0,T2-3N0-1M0) diseases according to 8th AJCC Staging and the shortest diameter of the largest lymph node involved is no more than 3cm;

• KPS=70;

• Have measurable lesions on CT/MRI before treatment;

• Treatment for the first time;

• At least 6 months lifetime was expected;

• Adequate laboratory indexes, defined as follows: Hemoglobin > 120g/L, WBC > 4.0x10*9/L, Plt > 100x10*9/L < 2, all indexes of liver and kidney function = 1.25 times of the institutional upper limit of normal value, no hearing loss;

• Can understand and sign the consent

• Have follow up condition

Exclusion Criteria:

• Past malignancies history (except for stage I non-melanoma skin cancer or cervical carcinoma in situ)

• Previously treatment for cancer

• Pregnant or breeding woman, female without contraception

• Enrolling in other drug trials

• Severe comorbidities including myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, cerebral vascular disease, ulceration disease, mental disease and uncontrolled diabetes

• Without follow up

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Carcinoma
• Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy
• Induction Chemotheray
• Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
• Nasopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
• Reduce Treatment Intensity
• Stage II, III

Intervention

Drug:
• Docetaxel
Induction CT: Docetaxel 75mg/m2 IV on d1, every 21 days for two cycles
• Cisplatin
Induction chemotherapy:cisplatin 75mg/m2 IV on d1,every 21 days for two cycles.Concurrent chemoradiotherapy:cisplatin 100mg/m2 IV on d1 of each 21 days for at least two cycles during 70 Gy radiotherapy

Radiation:
• IMRT
IC+IMRT arm:the patients with complete response will receive 60Gy to the gross target volume of nasopharynx, partial response 64Gy, and the absence of response or stable will receive 70Gy. CCRT arm: 70Gy to the gross target volume of nasopharynx.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences	Beijin

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

References & Publications (4)

Liu YC, Wang WY, Twu CW, Jiang RS, Liang KL, Lin PJ, Lin JW, Lin JC. Comparison Long-term Outcome of Definitive Radiotherapy plus Different Chemotherapy Schedules in Patients with Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Sci Rep. 2018 Jan 11;8(1):470. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-18713-z. — View Citation

Xu C, Sun R, Tang LL, Chen L, Li WF, Mao YP, Zhou GQ, Guo R, Lin AH, Sun Y, Ma J, Hu WH. Role of sequential chemoradiotherapy in stage II and low-risk stage III-IV nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the era of intensity-modulated radiotherapy: A propensity score-matched analysis. Oral Oncol. 2018 Mar;78:37-45. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2018.01.008. Epub 2018 Feb 20. — View Citation

Xu C, Zhang LH, Chen YP, Liu X, Zhou GQ, Lin AH, Sun Y, Ma J. Chemoradiotherapy Versus Radiotherapy Alone in Stage II Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Systemic Review and Meta-analysis of 2138 Patients. J Cancer. 2017 Jan 15;8(2):287-297. doi: 10.7150/jca.17317. eCollection 2017. — View Citation

Yao JJ, Yu XL, Zhang F, Zhang WJ, Zhou GQ, Tang LL, Mao YP, Chen L, Ma J, Sun Y. Radiotherapy with neoadjuvant chemotherapy versus concurrent chemoradiotherapy for ascending-type nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a retrospective comparison of toxicity and prognosis. Chin J Cancer. 2017 Mar 6;36(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s40880-017-0195-6. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	progress free survival		5 years
Secondary	overall survival		5 years
Secondary	local-regional control		5 years
Secondary	complete response	efficacy will be measured by RECIST1.1	13 weeks