Clinical trial · Interventional
Gemcitabine-based Induction Chemotherapy Combined With Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
A Multicenter and Prospective Clinical Trial of Gemcitabine-based Induction Chemotherapy Combined With Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
NCT04522050CI-TRIAL-00067931unknownPhase 1ClinicalTrials.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)
Researchers conduct the clinical trial (gemcitabine combined with cisplatin induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy with gemcitabine for locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma) to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of gemcitabine in patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| concurrent chemoradiotherapy with gemcitabine | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Gemcitabine combined with cisplatin induction chemotherapy | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Induction chemotherapy + IMRT and concurrent gemcitabine
- description
- Patients receive gemcitabine (1000mg/m² d1,8) and cisplatin (80mg/m²,d1) every 3weeks for 2 cycles before radiotherapy, and then receive intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) concurrently with gemcitabine. The initial dose of gemcitabine is 25mg/m² once a week for 6 times. Patients are divided into 9 groups (25mg/m², 50mg/m², 100mg/m², 200mg/m², 300mg/m², 350mg/m², 400mg/m², 450mg/m², 500mg/m²) with 6 patients in each group.
- interventionNames
- Drug: Gemcitabine combined with cisplatin induction chemotherapy
- Drug: concurrent chemoradiotherapy with gemcitabine
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Maximum tolerance dose(MTD)
- timeFrame
- 3 years
- description
- MTD is detemined by the dose that is immediately lower than the dose that produced dose limiting toxicity (DLT). If DLT occurs in more than half of patients at a certain dose level, the test will be terminated. If DLT occurs in 2 cases,another 6 patients will be treated with this dose. If DLT does not occur in 6 cases, the dose will continue to increase. If it still occurs, the next dose is MTD.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 60 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with newly histologically confirmed non-keratinizing carcinoma (according to WHO histological type) * Tumor staged as Ⅲ-Ⅳa (according to the 8th AJCC edition staging system) * Age :18-60 * Performance status: KPS \> 70 * 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 * Renal: creatinine clearance \> 60ml/min * Adequate marrow: leucocyte count \> 4×109/L, neutrophil count \> 2×109/L, and platelet count \> 100×109/L * Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * History of allergy to related drugs * Prior malignancy (except adequately treated carcinoma in-situ of the cervix or basal/squamous cell carcinoma of the skin) * History of previous RT (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 (16)
- BACKGROUNDJia WH, Huang QH, Liao J, Ye W, Shugart YY, Liu Q, Chen LZ, Li YH, Lin X, Wen FL, Adami HO, Zeng Y, Zeng YX. Trends in incidence and mortality of nasopharyngeal carcinoma over a 20-25 year period (1978/1983-2002) in Sihui and Cangwu counties in southern China. BMC Cancer. 2006 Jul 6;6:178. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-6-178. PMID 16822324
- BACKGROUNDZeng Q, Wang J, Lv X, Li J, Yin LJ, Xiang YQ, Guo X. Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Radiotherapy versus Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in elderly patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: finding from a propensity-matched analysis. BMC Cancer. 2016 Aug 30;16(1):693. doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2661-y. PMID 27577729
- BACKGROUNDMeng R, Wei K, Xia L, Xu Y, Chen W, Zheng R, Lin L. Cancer incidence and mortality in Guangdong province, 2012. Chin J Cancer Res. 2016 Jun;28(3):311-20. doi: 10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2016.03.05. PMID 27478316
- BACKGROUNDPeng G, Wang T, Yang KY, Zhang S, Zhang T, Li Q, Han J, Wu G. A prospective, randomized study comparing outcomes and toxicities of intensity-modulated radiotherapy vs. conventional two-dimensional radiotherapy for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Radiother Oncol. 2012 Sep;104(3):286-93. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.08.013. Epub 2012 Sep 17. PMID 22995588
- BACKGROUNDZhang MX, Li J, Shen GP, Zou X, Xu JJ, Jiang R, You R, Hua YJ, Sun Y, Ma J, Hong MH, Chen MY. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy prolongs the survival of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma compared with conventional two-dimensional radiotherapy: A 10-year experience with a large cohort and long follow-up. Eur J Cancer. 2015 Nov;51(17):2587-95. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2015.08.006. Epub 2015 Aug 26. PMID 26318726
- BACKGROUNDHuang PY, Zeng Q, Cao KJ, Guo X, Guo L, Mo HY, Wu PH, Qian CN, Mai HQ, Hong MH. Ten-year outcomes of a randomised trial for locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A single-institution experience from an endemic area. Eur J Cancer. 2015 Sep;51(13):1760-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2015.05.025. Epub 2015 Jun 17.