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Radiation Therapy Alone Compared to Radiation Therapy Plus Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Cancer of the Nasopharynx

NCT00003637 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2013-12-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known whether radiation therapy alone is more effective than radiation therapy plus chemotherapy in treating cancer of the nasopharynx.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying how well radiation therapy and chemotherapy works compared to radiation therapy alone in treating patients with previously untreated cancer of the nasopharynx.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

cisplatin

DRUG

fluorouracil

RADIATION

radiation therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Centre, Singapore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eu J. Chua, MD · National Cancer Centre, Singapore

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1998-09-30

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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Drugs
Diseases

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