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- Clinical Trial NCT02633202
Concurrent Chemotherapy for the Intermediate Risk Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma In Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy Era
December 11, 2018 updated by: Lei Chen, Sun Yat-sen University
Prospective Non-inferior Clinical Trial Comparing Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy or Radiotherapy Alone in Patients With Intermediate Risk Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy Era
Currently, concurrent chemoradiotherapy with/without sequential chemotherapy is the standard treatment modality for intermediate risk NPC (stage II and T3N0M0) according to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guideline.
However these recommendations were based on the evidence in the two-dimensional conventional radiotherapy (2DCRT) era.
The introduction of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in NPC treatment has brought substantial better treatment outcomes than 2DCRT.
It has been questioned whether additional concurrent chemotherapy is still necessary for intermediate risk NPC within the excellent framework of IMRT.
Thus, the investigators jointly conduct the first non-inferior randomized trial to determine the value of concurrent chemotherapy with cisplatin for intermediate risk NPC patients treated with IMRT.
Given the results of clinical studies mentioned above,the investigators decide to adopt the concurrent regimen to be cisplatin 100 mg/m2 on day 1, 22, 43
Study Overview
Status
Unknown
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Currently, concurrent chemoradiotherapy with/without sequential chemotherapy is the standard treatment modality for intermediate risk NPC (stage II and T3N0M0) according to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guideline.
However these recommendations were based on the evidence in the two-dimensional conventional radiotherapy (2DCRT) era.
The introduction of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in NPC treatment has brought substantial better treatment outcomes than 2DCRT.
It has been questioned whether additional concurrent chemotherapy is still necessary for intermediate risk NPC within the excellent framework of IMRT.
Thus, the investigators jointly conduct the first non-inferior randomized trial to determine the value of concurrent chemotherapy with cisplatin for intermediate risk NPC patients treated with IMRT.
Given the results of clinical studies mentioned above, the investigators decide to adopt the concurrent regimen to be cisplatin 100 mg/m2 on day 1, 22, 43
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Anticipated)
338
Phase
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Contact
- Name: Lei Chen, M.D.
- Phone Number: +86-20-87343096
- Email: chenlei@sysucc.org.cn
Study Locations
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Guangdong
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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510060
- Recruiting
- Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center
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Contact:
- Lei Chen, M.D.
- Phone Number: +86-20-87343096
- Email: chenlei@sysucc.org.cn
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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 to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with newly histologically confirmed non-keratinizing (according to WHO histologically type.
- Tumor staged as T1-2N1/T2-3N0(according to the 7th AJCC edition).
- No evidence of distant metastasis (M0).
- Satisfactory performance status: Karnofsky scale (KPS) ≥ 70.
- Adequate marrow: leucocyte count ≥ 4000/μL, hemoglobin ≥ 120g/L for male, ≥ 120g/L for female , 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 ≤ ULN.
- 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:
- Neck lymph node with extracapsular spread. Maximal axial diameter of neck lymph node ≥30mm, positive neck lymph node at level IV and/or Vb.
- Pretreatment plasma EBV DNA level ≥4000 copy/ml.
- WHO Type keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma or basaloid squamous cell carcinoma.
- Age > 65 or < 18.
- Treatment with palliative intent.
- Prior malignancy except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer.
- Pregnancy or lactation (consider pregnancy test in women of child-bearing age and emphasize effective contraception during the treatment period).
- History of previous RT (except for non-melanomatous skin cancers outside intended RT treatment volume).
- Prior chemotherapy or surgery (except diagnostic) to primary tumor or nodes.
- Any severe intercurrent disease, which may bring unacceptable risk or affect the compliance of the trial, for example, unstable cardiac disease requiring treatment, renal disease, chronic hepatitis, diabetes with poor control (fasting plasma glucose > 1.5×ULN), and emotional disturbance
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: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: CCRT group
IMRT and concurrent cisplatin Patients receive intensity modulated-radiotherapy (IMRT), concurrently with cisplatin 100 mg/m² every 3 weeks for 3 cycles
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Intensity modulated-radiotherapy (IMRT) is given as 2.0-2.30
Gy per fraction with five daily fractions per week for 6-7 weeks to a total dose of 66 Gy or greater to the primary tumor
Other Names:
concurrently with cisplatin 100 mg/m² every 3 weeks for 3 cycles during IMRT
Other Names:
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Experimental: RT group
intensity modulated-radiotherapy (IMRT) alone: Patients receive intensity modulated-radiotherapy (IMRT) alone
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Intensity modulated-radiotherapy (IMRT) is given as 2.0-2.30
Gy per fraction with five daily fractions per week for 6-7 weeks to a total dose of 66 Gy or greater to the primary tumor
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Failure-free survival
Time Frame: 3 Year
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The failure-free survival rate will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method for each arm from the date of randomization to the date of treatment failure or death from any cause, whichever is first.
Their differences will be compared between treatment arms using the log-rank test.
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3 Year
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Overall survival
Time Frame: 3 Year
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The overall survival rate will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method for each arm from randomization to death from any cause.
Their differences will be compared between treatment arms using the log-rank test.
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3 Year
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Locoregional failure-free survival
Time Frame: 3 Year
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The locoregional failure-free survival will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method for each arm from randomization to the first locoregional failure.
Their differences will be compared between treatment arms using the log-rank test.
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3 Year
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Distant failure-free survival
Time Frame: 3 Year
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The distant failure-free survival will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method for each arm from randomization to the first remote failure.
Their differences will be compared between treatment arms using the log-rank test.
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3 Year
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Rates of participants with adverse events
Time Frame: 3 Year
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Acute and late toxicities will be documented according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 3.0 and/or the Radiation Morbidity Scoring Criteria of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group.
Rates of the toxicities will be estimated using a binomial distribution along and will be compared using Fisher's exact test between the 2 treatment arms.
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3 Year
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Study Chair: Lei Chen, M.D., Sun Yat-sen University
Publications and helpful links
The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.
General Publications
- Lai SZ, Li WF, Chen L, Luo W, Chen YY, Liu LZ, Sun Y, Lin AH, Liu MZ, Ma J. How does intensity-modulated radiotherapy versus conventional two-dimensional radiotherapy influence the treatment results in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Jul 1;80(3):661-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.03.024. Epub 2010 Jul 17.
- Chen QY, Wen YF, Guo L, Liu H, Huang PY, Mo HY, Li NW, Xiang YQ, Luo DH, Qiu F, Sun R, Deng MQ, Chen MY, Hua YJ, Guo X, Cao KJ, Hong MH, Qian CN, Mai HQ. Concurrent chemoradiotherapy vs radiotherapy alone in stage II nasopharyngeal carcinoma: phase III randomized trial. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011 Dec 7;103(23):1761-70. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djr432. Epub 2011 Nov 4.
- Peng G, Wang T, Yang KY, Zhang S, Zhang T, Li Q, Han J, Wu G. A prospective, randomized study comparing outcomes and toxicities of intensity-modulated radiotherapy vs. conventional two-dimensional radiotherapy for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Radiother Oncol. 2012 Sep;104(3):286-93. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.08.013. Epub 2012 Sep 17.
- Chua DT, Sham JS, Kwong DL, Au GK. Treatment outcome after radiotherapy alone for patients with Stage I-II nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cancer. 2003 Jul 1;98(1):74-80. doi: 10.1002/cncr.11485.
- Xiao WW, Han F, Lu TX, Chen CY, Huang Y, Zhao C. Treatment outcomes after radiotherapy alone for patients with early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Jul 15;74(4):1070-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.09.008. Epub 2009 Feb 21.
- Song CH, Wu HG, Heo DS, Kim KH, Sung MW, Park CI. Treatment outcomes for radiotherapy alone are comparable with neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy in early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Laryngoscope. 2008 Apr;118(4):663-70. doi: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e3181626cfe.
- Chua DT, Ma J, Sham JS, Mai HQ, Choy DT, Hong MH, Lu TX, Au GK, Min HQ. Improvement of survival after addition of induction chemotherapy to radiotherapy in patients with early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Subgroup analysis of two Phase III trials. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2006 Aug 1;65(5):1300-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.02.016. Epub 2006 Jun 5.
- Xu T, Hu C, Wang X, Shen C. Role of chemoradiotherapy in intermediate prognosis nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Oral Oncol. 2011 May;47(5):408-13. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2011.03.008. Epub 2011 Apr 2.
- Lee AW, Ng WT, Chan LL, Hung WM, Chan CC, Sze HC, Chan OS, Chang AT, Yeung RM. Evolution of treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer--success and setback in the intensity-modulated radiotherapy era. Radiother Oncol. 2014 Mar;110(3):377-84. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.02.003. Epub 2014 Mar 11.
- Su SF, Han F, Zhao C, Chen CY, Xiao WW, Li JX, Lu TX. Long-term outcomes of early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy alone. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Jan 1;82(1):327-33. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.09.011. Epub 2010 Oct 29.
- Tham IW, Lin S, Pan J, Han L, Lu JJ, Wee J. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy without concurrent chemotherapy for stage IIb nasopharyngeal cancer. Am J Clin Oncol. 2010 Jun;33(3):294-9. doi: 10.1097/COC.0b013e3181d2edab.
- Luo S, Zhao L, Wang J, Xu M, Li J, Zhou B, Xiao F, Long X, Shi M. Clinical outcomes for early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma with predominantly WHO II histology treated by intensity-modulated radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy in nonendemic region of China. Head Neck. 2014 Jun;36(6):841-7. doi: 10.1002/hed.23386. Epub 2013 Oct 4.
- Zhang F, Zhang Y, Li WF, Liu X, Guo R, Sun Y, Lin AH, Chen L, Ma J. Efficacy of Concurrent Chemotherapy for Intermediate Risk NPC in the Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Era: a Propensity-Matched Analysis. Sci Rep. 2015 Nov 27;5:17378. doi: 10.1038/srep17378. Erratum In: Sci Rep. 2016;6:20748.
- Tang LL, Guo R, Zhang N, Deng B, Chen L, Cheng ZB, Huang J, Hu WH, Huang SH, Luo WJ, Liang JH, Zheng YM, Zhang F, Mao YP, Li WF, Zhou GQ, Liu X, Chen YP, Xu C, Lin L, Liu Q, Du XJ, Zhang Y, Sun Y, Ma J. Effect of Radiotherapy Alone vs Radiotherapy With Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy on Survival Without Disease Relapse in Patients With Low-risk Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2022 Aug 23;328(8):728-736. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.13997.
Study record dates
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Study Major Dates
Study Start
November 1, 2015
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
December 1, 2019
Study Completion (Anticipated)
December 1, 2021
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
December 3, 2015
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
December 14, 2015
First Posted (Estimate)
December 17, 2015
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
December 13, 2018
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
December 11, 2018
Last Verified
December 1, 2018
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Neoplasms by Histologic Type
- Neoplasms
- Neoplasms by Site
- Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
- Pharyngeal Neoplasms
- Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms
- Head and Neck Neoplasms
- Nasopharyngeal Diseases
- Pharyngeal Diseases
- Stomatognathic Diseases
- Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
- Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms
- Carcinoma
- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Cisplatin
Other Study ID Numbers
- IRNPC15
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