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All-trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA) in the Treatment of Recurrent/Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

A Prospective, Open-label, Randomized Controlled Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of All-trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA) in the Treatment of Patients With Recurrent/Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04433169
Acronym
Aplus
Enrollment
30
Registered
2020-06-16
Start date
2020-06-03
Completion date
2023-06-30
Last updated
2021-02-02

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Conditions

Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

Brief summary

This is a prospective, open-label, randomized controlled clinical intervention study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) in treating patients with recurrent metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck.

Interventions

DRUGAll-trans Retinoic Acid

ATRA 20 mg, three times a day, for 28 consecutive days, 28 days per cycle (q4w), 6 planned cycles

DRUGVEGFR inhibitor

VEGFR inhibitor

DRUGChemotherapy

chemotherapy

Sponsors

Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

1\. Age ≥ 18 years, male or female; 2. ECOG PS (performance status) score: 0-1; 3. Pathologically or histologically confirmed advanced, recurrent/metastatic ACC, with measurable disease (≥10 mm by spiral CT scan, meeting RECIST 1.1 criteria); 4. Patients with therapeutic indications; 5. Main organ functions normal, i.e., meeting the criteria below: 1. Criteria for routine blood test: (no blood transfusion within 14 days) 1. HB ≥ 90 g/L; 2. WBC ≥ 3.5 × 109/L and \< 10 × 109/L; 3. ANC ≥ 1.5 × 109/L; 4. PLT ≥ 80 × 109/L 2. Criteria for biochemical tests: 1. BIL \< 1.25 × upper limit of normal (ULN) 2. ALT and AST \< 2.5 × ULN; in the presence of metastases to liver, ALT and AST \< 5 × ULN; 3. Serum Cr ≤ 1 × ULN, endogenous creatinine clearance \> 50 mL/min (Cockcroft-Gault equation); 5. Subjects who volunteer to participate in this study, sign the informed consent, have good compliance and cooperate in follow-up; 6. Patients who, in the doctor's opinion, can benefit from the treatment.

Exclusion criteria

1. Previous or existing concomitant malignancies except cured skin basal cell carcinoma or cervical carcinoma in situ; 2. Coagulation abnormal (INR\>1.5, APTT\>1.5×ULN), history of gastrointestinal hemorrhage in the past 6 months or bleeding tendency \[e.g., presence of active ulcer focus in the stomach, stool occult blood (++), melena and/or hematemesis, hemoptysis in the past 3 months\]; 3. Confirmed hypersensitivity to ATRA; 4. Grade I and above coronary artery diseases, arrhythmias \[including QTc prolongation (males: \> 450 ms, females: \> 470 ms)\] and cardiac dysfunction; 5. Presence of multiple factors affecting oral administration (e.g. dysphagia, nausea, vomiting, chronic diarrhea and intestinal obstruction, etc.); 6. Pregnant or lactating women; 7. History of psychotropic abuse with abstinence failure, or existing mental disorder; 8. Participation in other drug clinical trials within 4 weeks; 9. Other concomitant diseases which seriously jeopardize the patient's safety or prevent the patient from completing the study, as judged by the investigator.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Objective Response Rate (CR+PR)6 monthsObjective Response Rate as defined by RECIST 1.1 after induction therapy followed by definitive chemoradiation. Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), \>=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Objective Response (OR) = CR + PR.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants With at Least One Grade 3-4 Toxicity6 monthsToxicity will be assessed according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.
Progression-Free Survival6 monthsTime to death or progression defined by imaging of target lesions via CT or MRI scan every 3 months.

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactGuopei Zhu, M.D
antica@gmail.com021-23271699

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 15, 2026