Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms
Conditions
Keywords
adjuvants, inductive, concurrent, chemoradiotherapy, high-risk, locally advanced, NPC
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) combined inductive and concurrent chemotherapy with more intensive regimen (cisplatin and paclitaxel) is feasible and effective than current standard treatment for high-risk locally advanced NPC patients.
Detailed description
Meta-analysis showed chemotherapy when combined with conventional radiotherapy in locally advanced naso-pharyngeal carcinoma can improve 5-year overall survival with 6%, and beyond all concurrent chemotherapy with cisplatin benefits most. However, from Lin's (Lin JC, 2004) study, locally advanced NPC with high risk factors can not benefit from conventional concurrent chemoradiation. Failure pattern analysis revealed that local and distant failure accounted for 50% respectively. Large-scale data has demonstrated that with IMRT, local control can achieve 90%. Previous studies showed inductive chemotherapy can decrease distant metastasis. We need more effective and stronger chemotherapy, and we still need to testify concurrent chemotherapy combined with inductive chemotherapy. A prospective trial would thus provide valuable information to help physicians and patients more precisely identify the feasibility and effectiveness of inductive + concurrent chemotherapy combined with IMRT for high-risk locally advanced NPC.
Interventions
DRUGCisplatin
induction: Cisplatin: 80mg/m2, d1 and d22 concurrent: Cisplatin: 100mg/m2, d1, 22, 43 adjuvant: cisplatin: 75mg/m2, d1, d22, d43,d64
DRUGPaclitaxel
induction: paclitaxel 175mg/m2 d1,d22 adjuvant: paclitaxel 175mg/m2 d1,d22, d43,d64
RADIATIONIMRT
69.96Gy-73.43Gy to gross tumor volume, 60Gy to high-risk clinincal target volume, 50Gy to lower risk clincial target volume
Sponsors
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* biopsy-proved NPC * N3 or T4N2 or multiple lymphnodes involved with at least one mass 4 cm or more in maximal diameter according to 7th UICC Staging * provide written informed consent * Kps\>70 * no dostant metastasis * Life expectancy≥6 months * Adequate renal function, defined as follows: Serum creatinine \< 2 x institutional upper limitof normal(ULN) within 2 weeks prior to registration or; creatinine clearance rate (CCr) ≥ 50 ml/min within 2 weeks prior to registration determined by 24- hour collection or estimated by Cockcroft-Gault formula: CCr male = \[(140 - age) x (wt in kg)\] \[(Serum Cr mg/dl) x (72)\] CCr female = 0.85 x (CCrmale) * The following assessments are required within 2 weeks prior to the start of registration: Na, K, Cl, glucose, Ca, Mg, and albumin.
Exclusion criteria
* Prior invasive malignancy (except non-melanomatous skin cancer) unless disease free for a minimum of 3 years; noninvasive cancers (For example, carcinoma in situ of the breast, oral cavity, or cervix are all permissible) are permitted even if diagnosed and treated \< 3 years ago * Prior radiotherapy to the region of the study cancer that would result in overlap of radiation therapy fields * Severe, active co-morbidity
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Distant failure free survival | three years |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| overall survival | three years |
| acute treatment toxicity | up to 16 weeks |
| late treatment toxicity | three years |
| Local recurrence rate | three years |
Countries
China
Outcome results
None listed