Clinical trial · Interventional
TPF+CCRT vs.CCRT+PF in High Risk Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Phase Ⅲ Trial of Induction Chemotherapy（TPF） Followed by Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy Versus Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy Followed by Adjuvant Chemotherapy (PF) in Patients With High Risk Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
NCT03306121CI-TRIAL-00066580active not recruitingPhase 3ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
To see the effect of induction chemotherapy（TPF） followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy versus concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy (PF) in treating patients with high risk nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma | Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| CCRT+ PF | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| TPF+CCRT | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- TPF+CCRT
- description
- Patients receive induction chemotherapy with paclitaxel liposome (135mg/m2 on day 1) ,cisplatin (25mg/m2 on day 1-3) and 5-fluorouracil (750mg/m2 civ 120h) every three weeks for three cycles before radiotherapy, then followed by concurrent IMRT and cisplatin (100mg/m2) concurrent every three weeks during radiotherapy (D1,D22,D43 of RT) .
- interventionNames
- Drug: TPF+CCRT
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- CCRT+ PF
- description
- Patients receive concurrent IMRT and cisplatin (100mg/m2) concurrent every three weeks during radiotherapy (D1,D22,D43 of RT) , then followed by three cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin (80mg/m2 on day 1) and 5-fluorouracil (1000mg/m2 civ 96h) every four weeks for three cycles four weeks after radiotherapy.
- interventionNames
- Drug: CCRT+ PF
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 65 Years
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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with newly histologically confirmed non-keratinizing carcinoma (according to World Health Organization (WHO) histologically type). * Original clinical staged as anyT N2-3M0（according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer(AJCC) 7th edition）and plasma EBVDNA≥1500copies/ml * No evidence of distant metastasis (M0). * Age 18-65 years old. * ECOG Performance status less or equal to 1 * Adequate marrow: leucocyte count ≥4000/μL, hemoglobin ≥90g/L and platelet count ≥100000/μL. * Normal liver function test: Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT)、Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) \<1.5×upper limit of normal (ULN) concomitant with alkaline phosphatase (ALP) ≤2.5×ULN, and bilirubin ≤ULN. * Adequate renal function: creatinine clearance ≥60 ml/min. * Patients must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and give written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * WHO Type keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma or basaloid squamous cell carcinoma. * Age \<18 or \>65years. * Treatment with palliative intent. * Prior malignancy except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer. * Pregnancy or lactation. * History of previous radiotherapy (except for non-melanomatous skin cancers outside intended RT treatment volume). * Prior chemotherapy or surgery (except diagnostic) to primary tumor or nodes. * Any severe intercurrent disease, which may bring unacceptable risk or affect the compliance of the trial, for example, unstable cardiac disease requiring treatment, renal disease, chronic hepatitis, diabetes with poor control (fasting plasma glucose \>1.5×ULN), and emotional disturbance.
References
Publications (6)
- RESULTAl-Sarraf M, LeBlanc M, Giri PG, Fu KK, Cooper J, Vuong T, Forastiere AA, Adams G, Sakr WA, Schuller DE, Ensley JF. Chemoradiotherapy versus radiotherapy in patients with advanced nasopharyngeal cancer: phase III randomized Intergroup study 0099. J Clin Oncol. 1998 Apr;16(4):1310-7. doi: 10.1200/JCO.1998.16.4.1310. PMID 9552031
- RESULTLee AW, Tung SY, Ngan RK, Chappell R, Chua DT, Lu TX, Siu L, Tan T, Chan LK, Ng WT, Leung TW, Fu YT, Au GK, Zhao C, O'Sullivan B, Tan EH, Lau WH. Factors contributing to the efficacy of concurrent-adjuvant chemotherapy for locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: combined analyses of NPC-9901 and NPC-9902 Trials. Eur J Cancer. 2011 Mar;47(5):656-66. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.10.026. Epub 2010 Nov 26. PMID 21112774
- RESULTBlanchard P, Lee A, Marguet S, Leclercq J, Ng WT, Ma J, Chan AT, Huang PY, Benhamou E, Zhu G, Chua DT, Chen Y, Mai HQ, Kwong DL, Cheah SL, Moon J, Tung Y, Chi KH, Fountzilas G, Zhang L, Hui EP, Lu TX, Bourhis J, Pignon JP; MAC-NPC Collaborative Group. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: an update of the MAC-NPC meta-analysis. Lancet Oncol. 2015 Jun;16(6):645-55. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)70126-9. Epub 2015 May 6. PMID 25957714
- RESULTSun Y, Li WF, Chen NY, Zhang N, Hu GQ, Xie FY, Sun Y, Chen XZ, Li JG, Zhu XD, Hu CS, Xu XY, Chen YY, Hu WH, Guo L, Mo HY, Chen L, Mao YP, Sun R, Ai P, Liang SB, Long GX, Zheng BM, Feng XL, Gong XC, Li L, Shen CY, Xu JY, Guo Y, Chen YM, Zhang F, Lin L, Tang LL, Liu MZ, Ma J. Induction chemotherapy plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy versus concurrent chemoradiotherapy alone in locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a phase 3, multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Nov;17(11):1509-1520. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30410-7. Epub 2016 Sep 27. PMID 27686945
- RESULTChen C, Wang FH, An X, Luo HY, Wang ZQ, Liang Y, Zhang L, Li YH. Triplet combination with paclitaxel, cisplatin and 5-FU is effective in metastatic and/or recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2013 Feb;71(2):371-8. doi: 10.1007/s00280-012-2020-x. Epub 2012 Nov 10.