- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03344068
Early and Whole Course Nutritional Support by Nutren® Optimum During IMRT for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
A Single Center, Open-label, Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial on the Early and Whole Course Nutritional Support by Nutren® Optimum During Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Radiation therapy remains the principal treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). The most frequently occurred radiation-related side effect is probably the radiation-induced oral mucositis, which affects up to 100% of NPC patients receiving radiation therapy, especially combined with chemotherapy.
Oral mucositis is just the most common cause of significant weight loss for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma during treatment. Patients with oral mucositis will have restriction of normal food, and alternative to semi liquid or liquid diet, resulting in inadequate nutritional intake, malnutrition, weight loss. Furthermore, worse nutrition status will decline immune function, hematopoietic function and repair function, which will influence the patient's quality of life, reduce the tolerance of treatment, and affect treatment effect.
At present, the guidelines at home and abroad more and more emphasize that early nutrition treatment and intervention before systemic malnutrition, also suggest nutrition treatment and intervention at the same time of anti-tumor treatment. Therefore, the timing of nutritional intervention changes from ineffective antitumor therapy as a palliative treatment to the early start of antitumor therapy. For nasopharyngeal carcinoma, early and whole course nutritional intervention can prevent and treat malnutrition or cachexia; improve the treatment tolerance and compliance; control or improve certain adverse reactions of radiotherapy; improve the quality of life; and then improve the function and curative effect. First choice of nutritional intervention is oral nutrition supplement. For patients without gastrointestinal dysfunction, parenteral nutrition is not necessary, even harmful, increasing the risk of infection.
Nutren® Optimum has a higher protein ratio (P:F:C = 17:35:48), and 50% of the protein sources were lactalbumin and 50% casein. Lactalbumin is a high-quality protein, which dissolved and dispersed in the whey protein. Lactalbumin is easy digestion and absorption, with high bioavailability, and net protein utilization rate (NPU) is higher than that of casein and soy protein. Lactalbumin is rich in branched chain amino acids, which can be used as energy material for energy. Lactalbumin has a sulfur-containing amino acid, which can maintain the level of GSH and be in the role of antioxidation; containing glutamine, which contributes to muscle glycogen update and improves immune function. In addition, lactalbumin can also significantly reduce neutrophil apoptosis, enhance neutrophil migration and phagocytosis, and enhance the immune function. Therefore, lactalbumin has the highest nutritional value among a variety of proteins, known as protein king. A cup of 210ml's Nutren® Optimum contains 5g lactalbumin.
Nutren® Optimum contains dietary fiber, which produces short chain fatty acids to promote the proliferation of intestinal probiotics, and play anti-inflammatory, pro-apoptotic, anti-tumor effect, and maintain intestinal health. At the same time, vitamin E is specially added in Nutren® Optimum to protect T lymphocytes, protect red blood cells, anti-oxidation, inhibit platelet aggregation, enhance immunity, and so on. In addition, 64% fat sources of Nutren® Optimum are monounsaturated fat, which conducive to the metabolism of glucose and lipid. Especially added L-carnitine can promote fat oxidation by using better fat for energy, without reducing water and muscle. Nutren® Optimum provides 30 kinds of vitamins and minerals and other nutrients, and can provide a comprehensive and balanced nutrition.
This single center, open-label, randomized controlled clinical trial selects Nutren® Optimum as oral nutritional support for interventional group while routine diet guidance for control group, aiming to evaluate the efficacy and safety of early and whole course nutritional support by Nutren® Optimum during intensity modulated radiation therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which can improve patients' nutritional state and quality of life, reduce side effects and improve the tolerability and effectiveness of antitumor treatment.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Phase 2
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Yun-fei Xia, M.D
- Phone Number: 86-13602805461
- Email: xiayf@sysucc.org.cn
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Chen Chen, M.D
- Phone Number: 86-13570487011
- Email: chenchen@sysucc.org.cn
Study Locations
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Guangdong
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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510060
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pathologically confirmed and previously untreated nasopharyngeal carcinoma without distant metastasis.
- Age ≥ 18 years and < 65 years.
- Karnofsky performance status (KPS) score ≥ 70.
- Planned to receive radiotherapy alone or concurrent chemoradiotherapy, with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT).
- Adequate normal organ function.
- Well nutritional status, with PG-SGA≤1 score and NRS2002<3 scores.
- Without other severe diseases.
- Signed informed consent voluntarily, and could complete required oral nutrition, questionnaire survey and follow-up.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known allergic reaction to any component of Nutren® Optimum, or severe allergic constitution.
- Poor compliance.
- Other conditions that the investigators consider as inappropriate for enrolling into this study.
Study Plan
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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Experimental: Experimental Group
The patients in the Experimental Group are allocated to receive radical radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy plus Nutren® Optimum of 7 scoops tid at begin of radiotherapy.
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Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, Dose: GTVnx 6810cGy/30Fr, GTVnd 6400-6600cGy/30Fr, CTV1 6000cGy, CTV2 5400cGy.
Nedaplatin 80mg/m2 d1+5-fluouracil 500mg/m2 d2-5, every 3 weeks; a total of 2-3 cycles.
Nutren® Optimum, 7 scoops each time, three times a day, at begin of radiotherapy
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Active Comparator: Controlled Group
The patients in the Controlled Group are allocated to receive radical radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy plus routine diet guidance at begin of radiotherapy.
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Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, Dose: GTVnx 6810cGy/30Fr, GTVnd 6400-6600cGy/30Fr, CTV1 6000cGy, CTV2 5400cGy.
Nedaplatin 80mg/m2 d1+5-fluouracil 500mg/m2 d2-5, every 3 weeks; a total of 2-3 cycles.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Decline in nutritional status needed upgrading nutritional intervention
Time Frame: 3 months after radiotherapy
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The percentage of patients whose body weight decreased by 5% over baseline, or the PG-SGA score was more than 8, or the NRS2002 score was more than 3.
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3 months after radiotherapy
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Quality of life
Time Frame: 3 months after radiotherapy
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The standard scores assessed by EORTC QOL scale decreased by more than 10 points
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3 months after radiotherapy
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Moderate and severe bone marrow depression and anemia
Time Frame: 3 months after radiotherapy
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Incidence of 3-4 degrees bone marrow depression and anemia according to CTCAE (version 4)
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3 months after radiotherapy
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Severe oral mucositis
Time Frame: 3 months after radiotherapy
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Incidence of 3-4 degrees oral mucositis according to CTCAE (version 4)
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3 months after radiotherapy
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Interruption rate of radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy caused by intolerance
Time Frame: 3 months after radiotherapy
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The percentage of patients whose radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy were interrupted by treatment-related toxicity intolerance
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3 months after radiotherapy
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Complete remission
Time Frame: 3 months after radiotherapy
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The percentage of patients whose all the target lesions disappeared, no new lesions appeared according to RECIST
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3 months after radiotherapy
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Yun-fei Xia, M.D, Sun Yat-sen University
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Anticipated)
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
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
Other Study ID Numbers
- B2017-055-01
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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