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A Multicenter Trial Comparing Multi-course Chemotherapy in Locoregionally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

NCT00705627 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2014-05-28

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Summary

Locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)(stage III, IV in UICC 2002 Classification) can be divided into two groups according to the risk of metastasis: high-risk metastasis group (T4 or N2-3) and low-risk metastasis group (T3N0-1). In low-risk metastasis group, concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) might decrease local recurrence and distance metastasis, which benefits overall survival. On the other hand, neoadjuvant chemotherapy is also associated with lower distance metastasis of advanced stage NPC. Nevertheless, CCRT alone or neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone leads to unsatisfactory results regarding to distance metastasis in patients with high-risk metastasis group. In this case, it is utmost important to investigate the new treatment combining neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus CCRT in order to improve overall survival of locoregionally advanced NPC with high-risk metastasis.

In our study, in order to investigate the effect and adverse reaction of neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus CCRT on distance metastasis and locoregionally relapse, four hundred patients with high risk of distance metastasis will be randomly divided into two groups, comparing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (DDP+5FU) plus CCRT (DDP) and CCRT (DDP) alone. We aim to find out the best therapeutic regimen with lowest adverse reaction for NPCS with high risk of distance metastasis.

Conditions

  • Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Interventions

DRUG

neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Drug: cisplatin,fluorouracil. Patients received cisplatin 80mg/m2 on day 1,fluorouracil 4000mg/m2 civ 120 hours every three weeks for two cycles, then received radical radiotherapy, and cisplatin (80mg/m2 on day 1) every three weeks for three cycles during RT.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sun Yat-sen University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Minghuang Hong, MD · Sun Yet sen Cancer Center, China

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-06-30
Primary Completion
2015-02-28
Completion
2017-06-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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