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Status unknownNCT03403829Updated Jul 8, 2019

Maintenance Chemotherapy in High-metastatic Risk Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients of N3 Stage

A Phase 3 interventional study of Gemcitabine and standard chemoradiotherapy in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, sponsored by Fudan University. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 60 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-07-08.

Sponsored by Fudan University · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jul 2019), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
360
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Up to now, IMRT has largely improved the local control of locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), leaves the distant metastasis as the main treatment failure modality of patients with bulky lymph nodes (especially N3 stage). Although concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) continues to stand as the standard treatment of these patients, the role of adjuvant chemotherapy remains controversial due to its relatively severe toxicities and inferior compliance. However, our retrospective study of 2D-RT and IMRT era had proved adjuvant chemotherapy played key role in N3 NPC patients in terms of reducing distant metastasis and improving overall survival. Maintenance chemotherapy of gemicitabine single drug is promising with adequate efficacy and moderate toxicities. So we aim to conduct "A Phase III Randomized Trial of Maintenance Chemotherapy in High-metastatic Risk Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients of N3 Stage" to evaluate the effectiveness and compliance of gemicitabine as maintenance chemotherapy in N3 nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

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We aim to conduct "A Phase III Randomized Trial of Maintenance Chemotherapy in High-metastatic Risk Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients of N3 Stage" to evaluate the effectiveness and compliance of gemicitabine as maintenance chemotherapy in N3 nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

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Conditions studied

  • Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 60 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • AJCC/UICC 8th edition N3 nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  • Pathology: WHO II/II
  • No prior anti-tumor treatment
  • Age 18-60
  • KPS≥70
  • Adequate blood supply
  • Informed consent obtained

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pathology: WHO I
  • Pregnant
  • Combined with other malignant tumor
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
360 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    maintenance arm

    Gemcitabine maintenance treatment

    Drug: Gemcitabine · Radiation: standard chemoradiotherapy

  • Sham comparator
    control arm

    observe and follow-up

    Radiation: standard chemoradiotherapy

Interventions

  • DrugGemcitabine

    Gemcitabine maintenance chemotherapy

    Also known as: standard chemoradiotherapy

  • Radiationstandard chemoradiotherapy

    standard chemoradiotherapy

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Distant metastatic free survival

    from enrollment to distant metastatis

    Time frame: 5 year

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Fudan Universtiy Shanghai Cancer Centre
    Shanghai, Shanghai 200032, China
    Recruiting
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03403829
Lead sponsor
Fudan University
Responsible party
Chaosu Hu (Professor, Fudan University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 19, 2018
Start date
Jan 1, 2018
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2020 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 8, 2019

Study contacts

Chaosu Hu
Contact
hucsu62@163.com
862164175590
Chaosu Hu, M.D
principal investigator · Fudan University Shanghai cancer centre

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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