Actively Recruiting

Phase 2
Age: 0 - 21Years
All Genders
NCT06064097

A Study Using Nivolumab, in Combination With Chemotherapy Drugs to Treat Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)

Led by National Cancer Institute (NCI) · Updated on 2026-05-13

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Participants Needed

85

Research Sites

131 weeks

Total Duration

On this page

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

This phase II trial tests effects of nivolumab in combination with chemotherapy drugs prior to radiation therapy patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as nivolumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Chemotherapy drugs, such as gemcitabine and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays, particles, or radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Researchers want to find out what effects, good and/or bad, adding nivolumab to chemotherapy has on patients with newly diagnosed NPC. In addition, they want to find out if children with NPC may be treated with less radiation therapy and whether this decreases the side effects of therapy.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

A Study Using Nivolumab, in Combination With Chemotherapy Drugs to Treat Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)

Who Can Participate

Age: 0 - 21Years
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Patients 21 years old or younger at enrollment
  • Newly diagnosed with stage II, III, or IV nasopharyngeal carcinoma confirmed by tissue biopsy
  • Recommended to submit tumor tissue for molecular characterization
  • Lansky or Karnofsky performance status of 60% or higher
  • Absolute neutrophil count of at least 1000/uL within 7 days before starting treatment
  • Platelet count of at least 100,000/uL and not dependent on transfusion within 7 days before treatment
  • Creatinine clearance or glomerular filtration rate of at least 60 mL/min/1.73 m² within 7 days before treatment
  • Serum creatinine within age and sex-specific limits within 7 days before treatment
  • Total bilirubin less than or equal to 1.5 times the upper normal limit for age within 7 days before treatment
  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) less than or equal to 135 U/L within 7 days before treatment
  • Heart function with shortening fraction of at least 27% by echocardiogram or ejection fraction of at least 50% by radionuclide angiogram
  • No resting shortness of breath, no exercise intolerance, and pulse oximetry over 94% if assessed
  • HIV patients on effective therapy with undetectable viral load and normal T-cell count are eligible
  • Patients with controlled hepatitis B infection with undetectable viral load on suppressive therapy are eligible
  • Patients treated and cured for hepatitis C, or with undetectable viral load if currently treated
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Prior radiation therapy to the head or neck
  • Prior chemotherapy or radiation for any cancer within the last 3 years unless in remission
  • Diagnosis of immunodeficiency
  • Active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment in past 2 years (excluding well-controlled asthma without systemic steroids in last 12 months)
  • Need for systemic corticosteroids greater than 0.25 mg/kg prednisone equivalent daily within 14 days or other immunosuppressives within 30 days before enrollment
  • History of pneumonitis requiring steroids or current pneumonitis
  • Detectable viral load of HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or active tuberculosis
  • Previous solid organ or allogeneic stem cell transplant
  • Positive pregnancy test or refusal to use effective contraception if of childbearing potential
  • Lactating females who do not agree to avoid breastfeeding during study and specified follow-up periods
  • Failure to provide informed consent or meet human study requirements

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 85 locations

1

Children's Hospital of Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233

Actively Recruiting

2

Phoenix Childrens Hospital

Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85016

Actively Recruiting

3

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72202-3591

Actively Recruiting

4

Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center

Downey, California, United States, 90242

Actively Recruiting

5

Loma Linda University Medical Center

Loma Linda, California, United States, 92354

Actively Recruiting

6

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027

Actively Recruiting

7

Valley Children's Hospital

Madera, California, United States, 93636

Actively Recruiting

8

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

Oakland, California, United States, 94609

Actively Recruiting

9

Kaiser Permanente-Oakland

Oakland, California, United States, 94611

Actively Recruiting

10

Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego

San Diego, California, United States, 92123

Actively Recruiting

11

UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay

San Francisco, California, United States, 94158

Actively Recruiting

12

Children's Hospital Colorado

Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045

Actively Recruiting

13

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06106

Actively Recruiting

14

Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, Delaware, United States, 19803

Actively Recruiting

15

Children's National Medical Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20010

Actively Recruiting

16

UF Health Cancer Institute - Gainesville

Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32610

Actively Recruiting

17

Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32207

Actively Recruiting

18

Nicklaus Children's Hospital

Miami, Florida, United States, 33155

Actively Recruiting

19

Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

Orlando, Florida, United States, 32806

Actively Recruiting

20

Nemours Children's Hospital

Orlando, Florida, United States, 32827

Actively Recruiting

21

Nemours Children's Clinic - Pensacola

Pensacola, Florida, United States, 32504

Actively Recruiting

22

Saint Joseph's Hospital/Children's Hospital-Tampa

Tampa, Florida, United States, 33607

Actively Recruiting

23

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Arthur M Blank Hospital

Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30329

Suspended

24

Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Suspended

25

University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637

Actively Recruiting

26

Riley Hospital for Children

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202

Actively Recruiting

27

University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center

Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40536

Not Yet Recruiting

28

Children's Hospital New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70118

Actively Recruiting

29

Maine Children's Cancer Program

Scarborough, Maine, United States, 04074

Actively Recruiting

30

Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287

Actively Recruiting

31

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215

Actively Recruiting

32

Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503

Actively Recruiting

33

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905

Actively Recruiting

34

University of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, Mississippi, United States, 39216

Actively Recruiting

35

Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108

Actively Recruiting

36

Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110

Actively Recruiting

37

Children's Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68114

Actively Recruiting

38

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198

Actively Recruiting

39

Hackensack University Medical Center

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601

Actively Recruiting

40

Jersey Shore Medical Center

Neptune City, New Jersey, United States, 07753

Actively Recruiting

41

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08903

Actively Recruiting

42

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Newark, New Jersey, United States, 07112

Actively Recruiting

43

Albany Medical Center

Albany, New York, United States, 12208

Actively Recruiting

44

Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus

The Bronx, New York, United States, 10467

Actively Recruiting

45

Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Cancer Institute

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28203

Actively Recruiting

46

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710

Actively Recruiting

47

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina, United States, 27834

Actively Recruiting

48

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157

Actively Recruiting

49

Sanford Broadway Medical Center

Fargo, North Dakota, United States, 58122

Actively Recruiting

50

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229

Actively Recruiting

51

Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106

Actively Recruiting

52

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205

Actively Recruiting

53

Dayton Children's Hospital

Dayton, Ohio, United States, 45404

Actively Recruiting

54

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104

Actively Recruiting

55

Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States, 18103

Actively Recruiting

56

Penn State Children's Hospital

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033

Actively Recruiting

57

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

Actively Recruiting

58

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15224

Actively Recruiting

59

Prisma Health Richland Hospital

Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29203

Actively Recruiting

60

BI-LO Charities Children's Cancer Center

Greenville, South Carolina, United States, 29605

Actively Recruiting

61

Sanford USD Medical Center - Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, 57117-5134

Actively Recruiting

62

Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38105

Actively Recruiting

63

The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37203

Actively Recruiting

64

Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232

Actively Recruiting

65

Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas

Austin, Texas, United States, 78723

Actively Recruiting

66

UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390

Actively Recruiting

67

Cook Children's Medical Center

Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 76104

Actively Recruiting

68

Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Actively Recruiting

69

M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Actively Recruiting

70

Children's Hospital of San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78207

Actively Recruiting

71

University of Virginia Cancer Center

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22908

Actively Recruiting

72

Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23507

Actively Recruiting

73

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center

Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298

Actively Recruiting

74

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105

Actively Recruiting

75

Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center

Tacoma, Washington, United States, 98405

Actively Recruiting

76

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226

Actively Recruiting

77

Alberta Children's Hospital

Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T3B 6A8

Actively Recruiting

78

University of Alberta Hospital

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2B7

Actively Recruiting

79

Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8

Actively Recruiting

80

The Montreal Children's Hospital of the MUHC

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3H 1P3

Actively Recruiting

81

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1C5

Actively Recruiting

82

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke-Fleurimont

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1H 5N4

Actively Recruiting

83

Starship Children's Hospital

Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand, 1145

Actively Recruiting

84

Christchurch Hospital

Christchurch, New Zealand, 8011

Actively Recruiting

85

University Pediatric Hospital

San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00926

Actively Recruiting

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How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

NONE

Allocation

NA

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Purpose

TREATMENT

Number of Arms

1

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