Weekly Docetaxel Plus Cisplatin as the First-line Therapy for Nasopharyngeal Cancer

March 8, 2011 updated by: Samsung Medical Center

Phase II Trial of Cisplatin Plus Weekly Docetaxel as the First-line Treatment for Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Cancer

The investigators will evaluate weekly docetaxel plus 3-weekly cisplatin regimen as the first-line therapy for recurrent of metastatic nasophayngeal cancer

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

51

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • histologically confirmed nasopharyngeal cancer
  • chemotherapy or radiotherapy naive (but, including patients completed 6 months before the enrollment)
  • ECOG 0-1
  • at least one measurable lesion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • other cancer
  • pregnat
  • docetaxel hypersentitivity history
  • severe heart or pulmonary disease

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: weekly docetaxel and cisplatin
Docetaxel 35mg/m2 D1 & D8 Cisplatin 70mg/m2 D1 every 3 weeks maxinum 6 cycles
Docetaxel 35mg/m2 D1 & D8 Cisplatin 70mg/m2 D1

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
objective response rate
Time Frame: 6 months after the enrollment of the last patients
6 months after the enrollment of the last patients

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
number of patients with adverse events
Time Frame: simultaneously when the analysis of primary endpoint
simultaneously when the analysis of primary endpoint

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2006

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

May 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 21, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 8, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

March 10, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 10, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 8, 2011

Last Verified

March 1, 2011

More Information

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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