Cisplatin-based and Carboplatin-based Chemoradiation in Locoregionally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

NCT ID: NCT03919552

Last Updated: 2023-06-18

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

482 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-01-31

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to compare cisplatin-based with carboplatin-based chemoradiotherapy in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), in order to confirm the value of carboplatin-based chemoradiotherapy in NPC patients.

Detailed Description

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Patients presented with non-keratinizing NPC and stage T3-4NxM0/TxN2-3M0 are randomly assigned to receive cisplatin-based (control arm) with carboplatin-based (investigational arm) chemoradiotherapy. Patients in the investigational arm receive docetaxel (75mg/m2 on day 1), carboplatin (AUC 4 on day 1) every three weeks for two cycles before the radiotherapy, and then receive radical radiotherapy and carboplatin (AUC 5 on day 1) every three weeks for three cycles during radiotherapy. Patients in the control arm receive docetaxel (75mg/m2 on day 1), cisplatin (75mg/m2 on day 1) every three weeks for two cycles before the radiotherapy, and then receive radical radiotherapy and cisplatin (100mg/m2 on day 1) every three weeks for three cycles during radiotherapy. Patients are stratified according to stage. The primary end point is overall survival (OS). Secondary end points include failure-free survival (FFS), distant failure-free survival (D-FFS), locoregional failure-free survival (LR-FFS), initial response rates after treatments and toxic effects. All efficacy analyses are conducted in the intention-to-treat population; the safety population include only patients who receive their randomly assigned treatment.

Conditions

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Cisplatin Carboplatin NPC

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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Carboplatin

Patients receive carboplatin (AUC 4 on day 1) every three weeks

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Docetaxel,Carboplatin

Intervention Type DRUG

Patients receive docetaxel (75mg/m2 on day 1), carboplatin (AUC 4 on day 1) every three weeks for two cycles before the radiotherapy.

Carboplatin-based concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Patients receive radical radiotherapy and carboplatin (AUC 5) every three weeks for three cycles during radiotherapy.

Cisplatin

Patients receive cisplatin (75mg/m2 on day 1) every three weeks

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Docetaxel,Cisplatin

Intervention Type DRUG

Patients receive docetaxel (75mg/m2 on day 1), cisplatin (75mg/m2 on day 1) every three weeks for two cycles before the radiotherapy.

Cisplatin-based concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Patients receive radical radiotherapy and cisplatin (100mg/m2) every three weeks for three cycles during radiotherapy.

Interventions

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Docetaxel,Carboplatin

Patients receive docetaxel (75mg/m2 on day 1), carboplatin (AUC 4 on day 1) every three weeks for two cycles before the radiotherapy.

Intervention Type DRUG

Docetaxel,Cisplatin

Patients receive docetaxel (75mg/m2 on day 1), cisplatin (75mg/m2 on day 1) every three weeks for two cycles before the radiotherapy.

Intervention Type DRUG

Carboplatin-based concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Patients receive radical radiotherapy and carboplatin (AUC 5) every three weeks for three cycles during radiotherapy.

Intervention Type RADIATION

Cisplatin-based concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Patients receive radical radiotherapy and cisplatin (100mg/m2) every three weeks for three cycles during radiotherapy.

Intervention Type RADIATION

Other Intervention Names

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TC induction chemotherapy TP induction chemotherapy Radical radiotherapy and concurrent carboplatin Radical radiotherapy and concurrent cisplatin

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with newly histologically confirmed non-keratinizing (according to World Health Organization (WHO) histologically type).
* Tumor staged as T3-4Nx/TxN2-3 (according to the 8th American Joint Commission on Cancer edition).
* No evidence of distant metastasis (M0).
* Satisfactory performance status: Karnofsky scale (KPS) \> 70.
* Adequate marrow: leucocyte count ≥4000/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 ≤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

* WHO Type keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma or basaloid squamous cell carcinoma.
* Age ≥65 years or \<18 years.
* Treatment with palliative intent.
* Prior malignancy except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer.
* Pregnancy or lactation.
* History of previous radiotherapy (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.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

64 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Jian Guan

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University

Locations

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Southern medical university

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Jian Guan, Ph.D.

Role: CONTACT

+86-13632102247

Facility Contacts

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Jian Guan, M.D.

Role: primary

86+13632102247

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Other Identifiers

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NFEC-2018-013

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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