Status:

WITHDRAWN

Concurrent Chemotherapy in Intermediate Risk Patients Treated With Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy

Lead Sponsor:

Sun Yat-sen University

Conditions:

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Currently, concurrent chemoradiotherapy with/without sequential chemotherapy is the standard treatment modality for intermediate risk NPC (stage II and T3N0M0) according to the National Comprehensive ...

Detailed Description

Patients Patients with non-keratinizing NPC T1-2N1M0/T2-3N0M0 (UICC/AJCC 7th edition) are randomly assigned to receive CCRT or RT alone. Patients in CCRT group receive cisplatin 100 mg/m² every 3 week...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with newly histologically confirmed non-keratinizing (according to WHO histologically type).
  • Tumor staged as T1-2N1/T2-3N0(according to the 7th AJCC edition). No evidence of distant metastasis (M0). Satisfactory performance status: Karnofsky scale (KPS) ≥ 70. Adequate marrow: leucocyte count ≥ 4000/μL, hemoglobin ≥ 90g/L and platelet count ≥ 100000/μL.
  • Normal liver function test: Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT), Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) \< 1.5×upper limit of normal (ULN) concomitant with alkaline phosphatase (ALP) ≤ 2.5×ULN, and bilirubin ≤ ULN.
  • Adequate renal function: creatinine clearance ≥ 60 ml/min. Patients must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and give written informed consent.

Exclusion

  • Neck lymph node with extracapsular spread. Maximal axial diameter of neck lymph node ≥30mm, positive neck lymph node at level IV and/or Vb.
  • Pretherapy plasma EBV DNA level ≥4000 copy/ml. WHO Type keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma or basaloid squamous cell carcinoma.
  • Age \> 70 or \< 18. Treatment with palliative intent. Prior malignancy except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer.
  • Pregnancy or lactation (consider pregnancy test in women of child-bearing age and emphasize effective contraception during the treatment period).
  • History of previous RT (except for non-melanomatous skin cancers outside intended RT treatment volume).
  • Prior chemotherapy or surgery (except diagnostic) to primary tumor or nodes. Any severe intercurrent disease, which may bring unacceptable risk or affect the compliance of the trial, for example, unstable cardiac disease requiring treatment, renal disease, chronic hepatitis, diabetes with poor control (fasting plasma glucose \> 1.5×ULN), and emotional disturbance.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2015

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02289807

Start Date

March 1 2015

End Date

August 1 2022

Last Update

October 15 2021

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Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510060