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Programmed Death-1 (PD-1) Antibody Combined With Chemoradiotherapy in High-risk Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

PD-1 Antibody Combined With Chemotherapy in High-risk Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: a Prospective, Open, Single-arm Phase II Clinical Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03930498
Enrollment
68
Registered
2019-04-29
Start date
2020-03-12
Completion date
2025-12-31
Last updated
2025-01-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Keywords

PD-1 antibody, Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy, Chemotherapy, Efficacy, Adverse effects

Brief summary

This is a a prospective, single-arm phase II clinical trial. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and adverse effect of PD-1 antibody with chemotherapy in high-risk recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Interventions

Toripalimab is an antibody targeting PD-1 developed by Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd.

DRUGChemotherapy

Cisplatin and Gemcitabine

RADIATIONIMRT

IMRT 60-66Gy, 1.8-2.0Gy/f/day

Sponsors

Sun Yat-sen University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Diagnosed as local recurrence ± regional recurrence after ≥1 year of radical treatment; * Not suitable for surgery; * Newly histologic diagnosis of NPC (WHO II/III); * Clinical stage rII-IVa (AJCC/UICC 8th); * ECOG 0-1 point; * PRANCIS score \> 252 points; * No treatment to rNPC, such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy or biotherapy; * No contraindications to immunotherapy or chemoradiotherapy; * Adequate marrow function: WBC count ≥ 3×10E9/L, NE count ≥ 1.5×10E9/L, HGB ≥ 90g/L, PLT count ≥ 100×10E9/L; * Adequate liver function: ALT/AST ≤ 2.5×ULN, TBIL ≤ 2.0×ULN; * Adequate renal function: BUN/CRE ≤ 1.5×ULN or endogenous creatinine clearance ≥ 60ml/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula); * Take effective contraceptions during and two months after treatment; * Patients must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and give written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

* Have recurrence with local necrosis; * Have ≥G3 late toxicities, except for skin, subcutaneous tissue or mucosa; * Unexplained fever \> 38.5 ℃, except for tumor fever; * Treated with ≥ 5 days antibiotics one month before enrollment; * Have active autoimmune disease (e.g., uveitis, enteritis, hepatitis, hypophysitis, nephritis, vasculitis, hyperthyroidism, and asthma requiring bronchodilator therapy); * Have a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), active Hepatitis B (HBV-DNA ≥10E3copiers/ml) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody positive; * Have previously treated with PD-1 antibody or other immunotherapy for PD-1/PD-L1 pathway; * Have New York Heart Association (NYHA) class 3 or 4, unstable angina, myocardial -infarction within 1 year, or clinically meaningful arrhythmia that requires treatment; * Have known allergy to large molecule protein products or any compound of study therapy; * Pregnant or breastfeeding; * Prior malignancy except adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, and papillary thyroid carcinoma; * Have received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study therapy Has psychiatric drug or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial; * Any other condition, including mental illness or domestic/social factors, deemed by the investigator to be likely to interfere with a patient's ability to sign informed consent, cooperate and participate in the study, or interferes with the interpretation of the results.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Overall survival2 yearsFrom date of recruitment to death

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Objective response rateAfter 3 cycles of GP chemothrapy plus PD-1 antibody (each cycle is 21 days)Patient's short-term effect
Disease control rateAfter 3 cycles of GP chemothrapy plus PD-1 antibody (each cycle is 21 days)Patient's short-term effect
Progression free survival2 yearsFrom date of recruitment to disease progression or death
Adverse effectsthrough study completion, an average of 3 monthsEvaluating with CTCAE v5.0
Quality of life: EuroQoL 5 dimensionthrough whole study, an average of 2 yearsEvaluating with questionnaire of EuroQoL 5 dimension, 5 level health state utility index (EQ-5D-5L)

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026