Platinum Plus Low-dose Long-term Continuous Intravenous Infused 5-Fluorouracil in Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Efficacy and Safety of Platinum Plus Continuous Intravenous Infused 5-Fluorouracil With Low Dose and Long Term Versus Other Platinum-Based Chemotherapy in Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Case-Cohort Study

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04764149

Enrollment

801

Registered

2021-02-21

Start date

2019-11-01

Completion date

2022-06-30

Last updated

2021-02-21

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Conditions

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Brief summary

Local control rates of nasopharyngeal carcinoma are increasing, but 15% of patients still have local recurrence within 5 years after initial treatment. Systematic treatment based on chemotherapy has become the mainstream approach for recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma which is intolerant to local therapy. we sought to find an efficient chemotherapy regimen with high tolerance according to the characteristics of chemotherapy drugs, that is, to explore the efficacy and safety of platinum plus 5-fluorouracil with continuous intravenous infusion at a low dose for a long term.

Detailed description

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignant tumor of the nasopharyngeal epithelium with high sensitivity to ionizing radiation, but failure in local control was observed in approximately 15% of patients. Chemotherapy is the cornerstone of the treatment of recurrent NPC. Many studies were aimed at the systemic treatment of recurrent NPC, but most of them were retrospective studies or phase II trials with small samples. Platinum-containing doublet chemotherapy is generally regarded as the standard treatment for recurrent NPC. After a multicenter phase III randomized clinical trial was published in 2016, gemcitabine plus cisplatin is recommended, however, less than 60% of patients could complete the treatment in the trail. Finding a proper regimen with promising efficacy results as well as high tolerance is still a big challenge. Cisplatin plus 5-fluorouracil (PF) is a classical regimen widely used in recurrent NPC. The continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil with low dose was investigated in esophagus carcinoma, rectal carcinoma and prostate carcinoma with encouraging outcome and acceptable toxicity. Whereas, data of platinum containing chemotherapy with low-dose continuous infused 5-fluorouracil in recurrent NPC was absent. In this study, we aimed to investigate the antitumor activity of platinum plus low-dose long-term continuous intravenous infused 5-fluorouracil (PFLL).

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

\- patients involved in our study were patients who had histologically or cytologically confirmed NPC with diagnosed recurrent NPC during 2006-2018 and receiving treatment in our hospital.

Exclusion criteria

* Age \<18 or \>70 years old * Pathologic type unknown or except type I-III of World Health Organization classification * Never underwent platinum-based chemotherapy * Lack of information about T classification and N classification when metastasis * Lost follow-up within one month from the start of treatment for metastasis * With other malignances

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
5-year overall survival	5 years after diagnosis of recurrent	The period until death is detected.

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactYun-fei Xia, MD

xiayf@sysucc.org.cn+8613602805461

Backup ContactYing-hong Wei, MD

+8619868588050

Outcome results