Clinical trial · Interventional
Phase Ⅲ Trial of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With N2-3 Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Phase Ⅲ Trial of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy Followed by Adjuvant Chemotherapy (GP Versus PF) in Patients With N2-3 Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
NCT03321539CI-TRIAL-00066585unknownPhase 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 if a combination of concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by different adjuvant chemotherapy in treating patients with N2-3 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+GP | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| CCRT+PF | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- CCRT+GP
- description
- Patients receive concurrent cisplatin 100mg/m2 every 21 days for three cycles during radiotherapy followed by adjuvant gemcitabine (1000mg/m2 on day 1 and day 8) and cisplatin (80mg/m2 on day 1) every 21days for three cycles
- interventionNames
- Drug: CCRT+GP
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- CCRT+PF
- description
- Patients receive concurrent cisplatin 100mg/m2 every 21 days for three cycles during radiotherapy followed by adjuvant cisplatin (80mg/m2 on day 1) and 5-fluorouracil (1000mg/m2 civ 96h) every 28 days for three cycles
- interventionNames
- Drug: CCRT+PF
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Progress-free survival(PFS)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 65 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with newly histologically confirmed non-keratinizing (according to World Health Organization (WHO) histologically type). * Original clinical staged as any T、N2-3M0（according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer(AJCC) 7th edition） * 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 \>65 years. * 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)
- BACKGROUNDBlanchard 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
- BACKGROUNDZhang L, Huang Y, Hong S, Yang Y, Yu G, Jia J, Peng P, Wu X, Lin Q, Xi X, Peng J, Xu M, Chen D, Lu X, Wang R, Cao X, Chen X, Lin Z, Xiong J, Lin Q, Xie C, Li Z, Pan J, Li J, Wu S, Lian Y, Yang Q, Zhao C. Gemcitabine plus cisplatin versus fluorouracil plus cisplatin in recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2016 Oct 15;388(10054):1883-1892. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31388-5. Epub 2016 Aug 23. PMID 27567279
- BACKGROUNDChen L, Hu CS, Chen XZ, Hu GQ, Cheng ZB, Sun Y, Li WX, Chen YY, Xie FY, Liang SB, Chen Y, Xu TT, Li B, Long GX, Wang SY, Zheng BM, Guo Y, Sun Y, Mao YP, Tang LL, Chen YM, Liu MZ, Ma J. Concurrent chemoradiotherapy plus adjuvant chemotherapy versus concurrent chemoradiotherapy alone in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a phase 3 multicentre randomised controlled trial. Lancet Oncol. 2012 Feb;13(2):163-71. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70320-5. Epub 2011 Dec 7. PMID 22154591
- BACKGROUNDTwu CW, Wang WY, Chen CC, Liang KL, Jiang RS, Wu CT, Shih YT, Lin PJ, Liu YC, Lin JC. Metronomic adjuvant chemotherapy improves treatment outcome in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with postradiation persistently detectable plasma Epstein-Barr virus deoxyribonucleic acid. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2014 May 1;89(1):21-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.01.052. PMID 24725686
- RESULTRibassin-Majed L, Marguet S, Lee AWM, Ng WT, Ma J, Chan ATC, Huang PY, Zhu G, Chua DTT, Chen Y, Mai HQ, Kwong DLW, Cheah SL, Moon J, Tung Y, Chi KH, Fountzilas G, Bourhis J, Pignon JP, Blanchard P. What Is the Best Treatment of Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma? An Individual Patient Data Network Meta-Analysis. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Feb 10;35(5):498-505. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2016.67.4119. Epub 2016 Dec 5.