Effect of Immunonutrients on Oral Mucositis in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients After Chemoradiotherapy

NCT ID: NCT05892354

Last Updated: 2024-08-07

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

190 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-06-12

Study Completion Date

2027-04-01

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of immunonutrion compared with standard nutrition in reducing oral mucositis in patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Detailed Description

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Oral mucositis is the most common adverse reaction in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma receiving chemoradiotherapy, of which 40-50% of patients are severe (grade 3-4). Oral mucositis usually results in pain, dysphagia, reduced feeding, and malnutrition. Severe malnutrition in turn increases the risk of severe oral mucositis. Persistent severe oral mucositis will lead to delay and interruption of treatment, impairing patients'quality of life and prognosis. It's reported that nutritional intervention can not only reduce the risk and severity of oral mucositis and improve the nutritional status of patients with head and neck tumors, but also improve patients' tolerance to radiotherapy, quality of life, and prognosis.

Immunonutrition refers to the addition of high content of immune nutrients on the basis of sufficient calories, which not only ensures the supply of nutrition, but also takes into account the effects of anti-inflammation, regulating immunity, improving treatment tolerance, improving prognosis and so on. It has been reported that, comparing with standard enteral nutrition, the incidence of severe oral mucositis and esophagitis in patients with head and neck tumors treated with immunonutrition was lower, suffering less weight loss, and the antitumor immune response was enhanced. The 3-year OS and PFS were significantly improved in patients with good compliance.

It remains to be seen whether or not NPC patients receiving chemoradiotherapy can be benifit from immunonutritional therapy. Therefore, we conducted a prospective, multi-center, randomized controlled clinical study in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma who received radiotherapy and chemotherapy without metastases, to further improve the quality of life and prognosis of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Conditions

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Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Control Group

Induction chemotherapy+Concurrent chemoradiotherapy and standard enteral nutrition

Patients receive gemcitabine (1000 mg/m² d1,8) and cisplatin (80mg/m² d1) every 3 weeks for 2-3 cycles before radiotherapy and then receive intensity modulated-radiotherapy (IMRT), concurrently with cisplatin(100mg/m² d1) every 3 weeks for 2-3 cycles.

Patients receive isocaloric standard enteral nutrition formula (ENSURE®), 250 mL per administration, 3 times per day, from 5 days before radiotherapy to the end of radiotherapy. Preparation of the 250 mL dose involves adding 200 mL of potable water to a cup and slowly stirring in 52.7 g of ENSURE powder (approximately 6 scoops).

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard enteral nutrition

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Isocaloric standard enteral nutrition formula (ENSURE®), 250 mL per administration, 3 times per day. Preparation of the 250 mL dose involves adding 200 mL of potable water to a cup and slowly stirring in 52.7 g of ENSURE powder (approximately 6 scoops).

Immunonutrition Group

Induction chemotherapy (IC) + Concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) and enteral immunonutrition

Patients receive gemcitabine (1000 mg/m² d1,8) and cisplatin (80mg/m² d1) every 3 weeks for 2-3 cycles before radiotherapy and then receive intensity modulated-radiotherapy (IMRT), concurrently with cisplatin (100mg/m² d1) every 3 weeks for 2-3 cycles.

Patients receive enteral immunonutrition, Oral Impact®, Nestle, 250ml/ bottle, 2 bottles per day, from 5 days before radiotherapy to the end of radiotherapy.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Enteral immunonutrition

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Enteral immunonutrition (Oral Impact®, Nestle), 250ml/ bottle, 2 bottles per day, from 5 days before radiotherapy to the end of radiotherapy.

Interventions

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Enteral immunonutrition

Enteral immunonutrition (Oral Impact®, Nestle), 250ml/ bottle, 2 bottles per day, from 5 days before radiotherapy to the end of radiotherapy.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Standard enteral nutrition

Isocaloric standard enteral nutrition formula (ENSURE®), 250 mL per administration, 3 times per day. Preparation of the 250 mL dose involves adding 200 mL of potable water to a cup and slowly stirring in 52.7 g of ENSURE powder (approximately 6 scoops).

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1;
2. Age 18-70 years old, male or non-pregnant women;
3. Pathologically confirmed non-keratinizing carcinoma of the nasopharynx (differentiated or undifferentiated,WHO type II or III);
4. Newly diagnosed stage III-IVa (8th AJCC/UICC stage) NPC patients;
5. The levels of major organ function meet the following criteria:

(1)Hematology: WBC ≥ 3.0 × 10\^9/L, ANC ≥ 1.5 × 10\^9/L, PLT ≥ 100 × 10\^9/L, HGB ≥ 90 g/L; (2) Liver function: ALT, AST≤2.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN), total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN; (3) Renal function: BUN and CRE ≤ 1.5 × ULN or an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 60 ml/min (calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault equation); (4) Adequate coagulation function: defined as an international normalized ratio (INR) or prothrombin time (PT) ≤ 1.5 times the ULN; (5) Normal levels of cardiac enzymes; 6. The patient has signed informed consent forms and is able to comply with the study's planned visits, treatment plans, and laboratory tests.

Exclusion Criteria

1. History of investigational Oral Impact®/ENSURE® use within the month prior to enrollment;
2. Known allergy or intolerance to any component of investigational Oral Impact®/ENSURE® or related chemotherapy drugs;
3. Poor glycemic control in patients with diabetes;
4. Patients with autoimmune diseases;
5. Patients with active infections;
6. Patients who have received radiation therapy or other anti-tumor treatments in the past;
7. Patients with a history of other malignant tumors;
8. Presence of oral mucositis at baseline;
9. Malnutrition at baseline;
10. Patients who cannot eat the required amount of food at baseline and require parenteral or enteral nutrition;
11. Inability to eat soft solid foods at baseline;
12. History of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or active hepatitis B/C virus infection;
13. Participation in other intervention clinical studies within one month;
14. Subjects deemed by the investigator to have other factors that may force them to terminate the study, such as having other serious illnesses (including mental illnesses) that require concomitant treatment, significantly abnormal laboratory test results, or family or social factors that may affect subject safety or data collection.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Zhejiang Cancer Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fujian Cancer Hospital

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fujian Provincial Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Qingdao Central Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Huizhou Municipal Central Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Haikou People's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Zhejiang Provincial Tongde Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Guilin Medical University, China

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Liuzhou Workers' Hospital

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Wuzhou Red Cross Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Red Cross Hospital of Yulin City

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

First People's Hospital of Yulin

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hainan Cancer Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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min kang

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Min Kang, M.D

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University

Locations

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Fujian Provincial Hospital

Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Fujian Cancer Hospital

Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Huizhou Municipal Central Hospital

Huizhou, Guangdong, China

Site Status RECRUITING

The Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University

Guilin, Guangxi, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Liuzhou Workers Hospital

Liuzhou, Guangxi, China

Site Status RECRUITING

The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University

Nanning, Guangxi, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Wuzhou Red Cross Hospital

Wuzhou, Guangxi, China

Site Status RECRUITING

First People People's Hospital of Yulin City

Yulin, Guangxi, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Red Cross Hospital of Yulin City

Yulin, Guangxi, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Huizhou Municipal Central Hospital

Haikou, Hainan, China

Site Status RECRUITING

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University

Haikou, Hainan, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Hainan Cancer Hospital

Haikou, Hainan, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University

Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

Site Status RECRUITING

The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University

Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Qingdao Central Hospital

Qingdao, Shandong, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Zhejiang Provincial Tongde Hospital

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Zhejiang Cancer Hospital

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Zhen Meng, M.D

Role: CONTACT

86-771-5356509

Yating Qin, M.D

Role: CONTACT

86-771-5356509

Facility Contacts

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Jingbo Chen, MD

Role: primary

+86 591 8821 8888

Yun Xu, MD

Role: primary

Dehuan Xie, MD

Role: primary

+86 20 8382 7812

Mingyi Li, MD

Role: primary

+86 20 8359 5032

Ying Shao, MD

Role: primary

+86 752 217 8126

Meilian Liu

Role: primary

+86 773 283 3086

Zhuohua Xu, MS

Role: primary

Zhen Meng, M.D

Role: primary

07715356509

Yating Qin, M.D

Role: backup

07715356509

Lingling Fan, MS

Role: primary

+86 774 382 3120

Leifeng Liang, MD

Role: primary

Shuang Li, MS

Role: primary

+86 774 382 3120

Feng Yuan, MD

Role: primary

+86 898 6615 1001

Junnv Xu, MD

Role: primary

+86 898 6680 9130

Pingting Zhou, MD

Role: primary

+86 898 6855 2139

Jianwu Ding, MD

Role: primary

+86 791 8629 7662

Shaoqing Chen, MD

Role: primary

Xiaotao Zhang, MD

Role: primary

Zhongzhu Tang, MD

Role: primary

+86 571 8992 0000

limin Luo, MD

Role: primary

Yonghong Hua, MD

Role: primary

+86 571 8812 8218

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Other Identifiers

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FirstGuangxiMu3

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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