Brief Title
Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Locoregionally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Official Title
A Multicenter Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy Plus Adjuvant Chemotherapy With Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Locoregionally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to compare concurrent chemoradiotherapy plus adjuvant chemotherapy with concurrent chemoradiotherapy in patients with locoregionally advanced NPC, in order to evaluate the value of adjuvant chemotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients.
Detailed Description
Patients presented with non-keratinizing NPC and stage T3-4N1M0/TxN2-3M0 are randomly assigned to receive concurrent chemoradiotherapy plus adjuvant chemotherapy (investigational arm)or concurrent chemoradiotherapy (control arm). Patients in both arms receive radical radiotherapy and cisplatin (40mg/m2 on day 1) weekly during radiotherapy. Patients in the investigational arm receive cisplatin (80mg/m2 on day 1) and fluorouracil (800mg/m2 on Day 1 to 5) every four weeks for three cycles after completion of radiotherapy. Patients are stratified according to the treatment centers. The primary end point was failure-free survival (FFS). Secondary end points included overall survival (OS), distant failure-free survival (D-FFS), locoregional failure-free survival (LR-FFS), the initial response rates after treatments, toxic effects and treatment compliance. All efficacy analyses were conducted in the intention-to-treat population; the safety population included only patients who received their randomly assigned treatment.
Study Phase
Phase 3
Study Type
Interventional
Primary Outcome
Failure-free survival
Secondary Outcome
Overall survival, distant failure-free survival and locoregional failure-free survival
Condition
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Intervention
Cisplatin,fluorouracil
Study Arms / Comparison Groups
Concurrent and adjuvant
Description: Concurrent chemoradiotherapy plus adjuvant chemotherapy
Publications
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.
Recruitment Information
Recruitment Status
Drug
Estimated Enrollment
506
Start Date
June 2006
Completion Date
March 2015
Primary Completion Date
March 2015
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with newly histologically confirmed non-keratinizing carcinoma (according to World Health Organization (WHO) histologically type) 2. Tumor staged as N2-3or T3-4N1 (according to 6th American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system) 3. No evidence of distant metastasis (M0) 4. Performance status: KPS ≥70 5. With normal liver function test (Alanine Aminotransferase、Aspartate Aminotransferase ≤2.5×upper limit of normal) 6. Renal: creatinine clearance ≥60ml/min 7. Adequate marrow: leucocyte count ≥4000/μL, hemoglobin ≥80g/L and platelet count ≥100000/μL 8. Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. WHO Type keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma or basaloid squamous cell carcinoma. 2. Age ≥70 or <18 3. With a history of renal disease 4. Prior malignancy 5. Previous chemotherapy or radiotherapy 6. Patient is pregnant or lactating 7. Unstable cardiac disease requiring treatment. 8. Emotion disturbance
Gender
All
Ages
18 Years - 69 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Contacts
Jun Ma, M.D., ,
Location Countries
China
Location Countries
China
Administrative Informations
NCT ID
NCT00677118
Organization ID
YP2008004
Study Sponsor
Sun Yat-sen University
Collaborators
Fudan University
Study Sponsor
Jun Ma, M.D., Study Chair, Sun Yat-sen University
Verification Date
March 2010