Brief Title
New Approach of Assessing Drug Response for Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Cancer
Official Title
Prospective Evaluation of Plasma EBV DNA Half-life and PET-CT Scanning as a New Tool in Assessing Early Response to Chemotherapy in Patients With Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Brief Summary
The combination of pEBV DNA (half-life) and PET-CT following 1 course of chemotherapy allow earlier and more detection of drug response in advanced NPC than RECIST method, in patients with previously untreated advanced NPC who will receive platinum-based chemotherapy. This study will also determine if this new method can predict survival in these patients. This study may have far-reaching impact on drug development in NPC as it may offer a more optimal way of evaluating drug efficacy in clinical trials and also in clinical management.
Study Type
Observational
Primary Outcome
To determine if measuring tumor metabolic response during chemotherapy can predict survival
Secondary Outcome
New method of assessing drug response (measuring tumor metabolic response via FDG-PET & plasma EBV DNA (half-life) after 1 course of chemotherapy) can better predict survival, than the conventional method
Condition
Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Intervention
Chemotherapy
Study Arms / Comparison Groups
advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Description:
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
70
Start Date
July 2011
Completion Date
March 3, 2017
Primary Completion Date
March 3, 2017
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: - undergo chemotherapy for any one of the following settings: 1. Setting 1: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to cheom-RT 2. Setting 2: Palliative chemotherapy in Chemonaive patients 3. Setting 3: Palliative chemotherapy in previously treated patients (i.e. 2nd line or 3rd line chemo) - Age >= 18 years - (ECOG) performance status of 0-2 - have detectable levels of pEBV DNA at baseline - have measurable tumor sites by RECIST criteria - have adequate bone marrow, renal and hepatic functions
Gender
All
Ages
18 Years - N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Contacts
Brigette Ma, MD, FRCP, ,
Location Countries
Hong Kong
Location Countries
Hong Kong
Administrative Informations
NCT ID
NCT01365208
Organization ID
NPC023
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Study Sponsor
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Study Sponsor
Brigette Ma, MD, FRCP, Principal Investigator, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Verification Date
March 2017