PD-1 Inhibitor Based Induction Chemotherapy Followed by De-escalation Protocols in OPSCC

NCT ID: NCT06156891

Last Updated: 2023-12-05

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-06-29

Study Completion Date

2025-07-30

Brief Summary

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More and more studies have shown that the efficacy and prognosis of HPV (Human papillomavirus)-positive oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) patients are better than those of others. However, in the NCCN (National Comprehensive Cancer Network) Oncology Clinical Guidelines for OPC treatment, each group of p16+ is consistent with the corresponding group of p16-, which indicates that the treatment of OPC is basically the same regardless of whether it is related to HPV. Several studies attempted to reduce the toxicities of treatment of HPV related OPC through reduced-dose radiation and showed promising results, and all of the studies have shown that induction chemotherapy is a good way to screen followed treatment. Those who are effective in induction chemotherapy are usually more sensitive to radiation therapy, and reducing the intensity of subsequent treatment will not affect the survival outcome of patients. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have proved to improve outcomes of head and neck cancers. However, In KEYMAT-048, a Phase III controlled trial of relapsed/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, ICIs showed an overall survival advantage, but the survival advantage was independent of HPV status. Therefore, patients with HPV-negative OPC still have a good response to ICIs. So we added anti-PD-1 antibody Toripalimab to induction chemotherapy in order to achieve better response rates to receive de-escalation chemoradiotherapy followed regardless of whether it is related to HPV.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Oropharyngeal Cancer

Keywords

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Oropharyngeal Cancer Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Induction chemotherapy De-escalation HPV-related HPV-unrelated

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SEQUENTIAL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Toxicities reduced treatment arm

Two cycles toripalimab+docetaxel+cisplatin+capecitabine (TPF) induction chemotherapy followed by reducing radiation dose(60Gy/30Fx) and omitting concurrent cisplatin chemotherapy when responses to induction chemotherapy are ≥ 70% Partial Response(PR) in HPV-related patients.

Two cycles toripalimab+docetaxel+cisplatin+capecitabine (TPF) induction chemotherapy followed by reducing radiation dose(60Gy/30Fx) combined with concurrent cisplatin chemotherapy when responses to induction chemotherapy are ≥ 70% Partial Response(PR) in HPV-urelated patients.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Toxicities reduced treatment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Two cycles toripalimab+docetaxel+cisplatin+capecitabine (TPF) induction chemotherapy followed by reducing radiation dose(60Gy/30Fx) and omitting concurrent cisplatin chemotherapy when responses to induction chemotherapy are ≥ 70% Partial Response(PR) in HPV-related patients.

Two cycles toripalimab+docetaxel+cisplatin+capecitabine (TPF) induction chemotherapy followed by reducing radiation dose(60Gy/30Fx) combined with concurrent cisplatin chemotherapy when responses to induction chemotherapy are ≥ 70% Partial Response(PR) in HPV-urelated patients.

Conventional treatment arm

Two cycles toripalimab+docetaxel+cisplatin+capecitabine (TPF) induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent cisplatin chemoradiotherapy with standard radiation dose (70.4Gy/32Fx) when responses to induction chemotherapy are less than 70% Partial Response (PR) regardless of HPV status.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Conventional treatment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Two cycles toripalimab+docetaxel+cisplatin+capecitabine (TPF) induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent cisplatin chemoradiotherapy with standard radiation dose (70.4Gy/32Fx) when responses to induction chemotherapy are less than 70% Partial Response (PR) regardless of HPV status.

Interventions

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Toxicities reduced treatment

Two cycles toripalimab+docetaxel+cisplatin+capecitabine (TPF) induction chemotherapy followed by reducing radiation dose(60Gy/30Fx) and omitting concurrent cisplatin chemotherapy when responses to induction chemotherapy are ≥ 70% Partial Response(PR) in HPV-related patients.

Two cycles toripalimab+docetaxel+cisplatin+capecitabine (TPF) induction chemotherapy followed by reducing radiation dose(60Gy/30Fx) combined with concurrent cisplatin chemotherapy when responses to induction chemotherapy are ≥ 70% Partial Response(PR) in HPV-urelated patients.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Conventional treatment

Two cycles toripalimab+docetaxel+cisplatin+capecitabine (TPF) induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent cisplatin chemoradiotherapy with standard radiation dose (70.4Gy/32Fx) when responses to induction chemotherapy are less than 70% Partial Response (PR) regardless of HPV status.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Histological diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of oropharynx; IHC p16 positive or PCR HPV16 positive; IHC p16 negative or PCR HPV16 negative; T3-4N0-3M0 or T1-2N2-3M0 according to UICC/AJCC 8th staging system; Age ≥18; No prior anti-tumor treatment; Informed consent obtained; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1; Normal complete blood count; Normal hepatic function; Normal renal function (creatinine ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal). -

Exclusion Criteria

Previous radiotherapy; A history of any other type of malignancy; Pregnancy or lactation; Obvious disfunction of liver, renal, cardiac or lung function; Un controlled infection; Systemic metastasis or distant metastasis; Patients with severe gastrointestinal diseases; Patients with mental disorders affecting patient participation in trial judgement.

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Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Fudan University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Xiaoshen Wang

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Xiaoshen Wang, MD, Ph.D

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 18917785187

Email: [email protected]

Ruichen Li, MD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 17317822194

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Xiaoshen Wang, MD, Ph.D

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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2022145-1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id