IMRT Combined With Lobaplatin-based CCRT in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy Combined With Lobaplatin-based Concurrent Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Elderly Patients With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

This prospective, multicenter, single-arm, open-label phase II clinical study aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of intensity-modulated radiotherapy combined with lobaplatin-based concurrent chemotherapy in the treatment of elderly patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Study Overview

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Conditions: Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms; Chemotherapy; Elderly
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: IMRT combined with lobaplatin-based concurrent chemotherapy

Detailed Description

Lobaplatin, as a third-generation platinum-based chemotherapeutic agent, demonstrates equivalent therapeutic efficacy to cisplatin but significantly lower toxicity. Preliminary clinical trials have confirmed that lobaplatin shows substantial effectiveness in treating various cancers including breast cancer, esophageal cancer, colorectal cancer, and cervical cancer. Importantly, lobaplatin does not exhibit cross-resistance with cisplatin or carboplatin, indicating a promising application prospect.

Currently, lobaplatin has demonstrated clear efficacy in non-elderly nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) chemotherapy. Guo Xiang et al. have confirmed that for non-elderly NPC patients, induction chemotherapy with lobaplatin followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy may be a treatment option for locally advanced NPC. However, there is very limited research reporting on the use of lobaplatin in elderly NPC patients.

Based on the above theoretical considerations and our research results, lobaplatin shows good safety and reliable efficacy in treating elderly NPC, with minimal gastrointestinal reactions and low incidence of renal, neurotoxic, and ototoxic effects. This approach significantly enhances the quality of life for locally advanced elderly NPC patients. Therefore, the efficacy and safety of lobaplatin in concurrent chemotherapy for elderly NPC deserve further investigation. This study aims to evaluate the recent efficacy, safety, and toxic side effects of lobaplatin combined with intensity-modulated radiotherapy in the treatment of elderly NPC. Designed as a multicenter, open-label, prospective study, it aims to verify whether lobaplatin is an effective concurrent chemotherapeutic agent for elderly NPC, while further improving the quality of life for these patients under guarantees of therapeutic efficacy.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 32
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• China
  • Fujian
    • Xiamen, Fujian, China, 361003
      • The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pathologically confirmed differentiated non-keratinizing carcinoma and undifferentiated non-keratinizing carcinoma;
• Stage II-IVa (UICC 8th edition);
• Acceptable induction chemotherapy and Tarceva targeted therapy;
• No history of other malignant tumors;
• Male or female, aged 65-80 years.
• Liver function: Total bilirubin ≤ Upper Limit of Normal (ULN); AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 times ULN; Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 5 times ULN;
• Renal function: Creatinine clearance ≥ 60 ml/min or Creatinine ≤ 1.5 × ULN;
• Hematological tests: Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≥ 2 × 10^9/L, Platelet count ≥ 100 × 10^9/L, and Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL;
• No severe dysfunction of vital organs such as heart and lung;
• PS score ≤ 2 points

Exclusion Criteria:

• Distant metastases detected before treatment;
• Refusal to sign the informed consent form;
• Patients who cannot comply with regular follow-up due to psychological, social, family, or geographical reasons;
• Simultaneously receiving other experimental treatments in clinical trials (during the treatment phase of clinical research);
• Severe, uncontrolled infections or medical conditions;
• Vital organ dysfunction, decompensated heart, lung, kidney, or liver failure, unable to tolerate radiotherapy and chemotherapy;
• Laboratory tests: Total bilirubin > Upper Limit of Normal (ULN); AST and/or ALT > 1.5 times ULN with alkaline phosphatase > 2.5 times ULN;
• Factors affecting drug administration, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, such as mental abnormalities, central nervous system abnormalities, chronic diarrhea, ascites, pleural effusion, etc.;
• Long-term use of immunosuppressants after organ transplantation;
• Patients with a history of other malignant tumors before enrollment.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental; in the treatment of elderly patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma	Drug: IMRT combined with lobaplatin-based concurrent chemotherapy; IMRT combined with two cycles of lobaplatin-based concurrent chemotherapy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
objective response rate (ORR)	ORR encompasses both CR and PR.	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Safety	Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v4.0	3 months
Overall survival (OS)	OS was defined as the time of NPC diagnosis until death from any cause.	3 years
Locoregional relapse-free survival (LRFS)	LRFS was measured as the duration time from the diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma to the occurrence of relapse in the nasopharynx or neck lymph nodes or until the last follow-up.	3 years
Distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS)	DMFS was defined as the duration time of nasopharyngeal carcinoma diagnosis to the time of distant metastasis or the last follow-up.	3 years
Progression-free survival (PFS)	PFS was referred to as the time from nasopharyngeal carcinoma diagnosis to the date of disease progression.	3 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 13, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2027

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 12, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 12, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): November 14, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 7, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 6, 2025
• Last Verified: August 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Stomatognathic Diseases; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Carcinoma; Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; Pharyngeal Neoplasms; Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms; Nasopharyngeal Diseases; Pharyngeal Diseases; Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2022-KY062

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No