Brief Title
Sequential or Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Locoregionally Advanced NPC
Official Title
Non-inferiority Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Sequential Chemoradiotherapy With Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Locoregionally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of sequential chemoradiotherapy (induction chemotherapy + intensity-modulated radiotherapy +adjuvant chemotherapy) with induction chemotherapy plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), in order to confirm the value of sequential chemoradiotherapy in NPC patients.
Detailed Description
Patients with non-keratinizing NPC III-IVA (UICC/AJCC 8th edition) are randomly assigned to receive sequential chemoradiotherapy (induction chemotherapy + intensity-modulated radiotherapy + adjuvant chemotherapy) or induction chemotherapy plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is given as 2.2 Gy per fraction with five daily fractions per week for 6-7 weeks to a total dose of 66 or 70.4 Gy to the primary tumor. The induction or adjuvant chemotherapy is given gemcitabine (1000 mg/m² d1,8) and cisplatin (25mg/m² d1-3) every 3 weeks for two cycles. The concurrent chemotherapy is given cisplatin 30 mg/m² every week concurrently with IMRT. Our primary endpoint is failure-free survival(FFS) and grade III mucositis during radiation. Secondary end points include overall survival (OS), locoregional failure-free survival (LR-FFS), distant failure-free survival (D-FFS) rates and toxic effects. All efficacy analyses are conducted in the intention-to-treat population, and the safety population include only patients who receive their randomly assigned treatment.
Study Phase
Phase 3
Study Type
Interventional
Primary Outcome
Failure-free survival
Secondary Outcome
Overall survival
Condition
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Intervention
gemcitabine and cisplatin (Induction and adjuvant chemotherapy)
Study Arms / Comparison Groups
Induction chemotherapy+IMRT+adjuvant chemotherapy
Description: Patients receive gemcitabine (1000 mg/m² d1,8) and cisplatin (25 mg/m² d1-3) every 3 weeks for 2 cycles before radiotherapy, and then receive intensity modulated-radiotherapy (IMRT), followed by gemcitabine (1000 mg/m² d1,8) and cisplatin (25 mg/m² d1-3) every 3 weeks for 2 cycles.
Publications
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Recruitment Information
Recruitment Status
Drug
Estimated Enrollment
420
Start Date
December 1, 2017
Completion Date
December 2023
Primary Completion Date
December 2023
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: - Patients with newly histologically confirmed non-keratinizing (according to WHO histologically type) - Tumor staged as III-IVA (according to the 8th AJCC edition). - Satisfactory performance status: Karnofsky scale (KPS) ≥ 70. - Age between 18 and 60 years old. - Adequate marrow: Neutrophil count ≥2000/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 ≤ 1.5ULN. - 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 Criteria: - Evidence of distant metastasis - Prior chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery (except diagnostic) to primary tumor or nodes. - Other previous or concomitant cancer. - Pregnancy or lactation. - Presence of an uncontrolled concomitant illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, immune deficiency, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia or emotional disturbance.
Gender
All
Ages
18 Years - 60 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Contacts
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Location Countries
China
Location Countries
China
Administrative Informations
NCT ID
NCT03366415
Organization ID
GP2017-02
Responsible Party
Sponsor-Investigator
Study Sponsor
Chaosu Hu
Collaborators
Zhejiang Cancer Hospital
Study Sponsor
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Verification Date
January 2018