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RecruitingNCT06730308Updated Dec 12, 2024

Glucocorticoids Combined With Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Unresectable Thymoma

A Phase 2 interventional study of Radiotherapy and Concurrent chemotherapy in Thymoma, sponsored by Sun Yat-sen University. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-12-12.

Sponsored by Sun Yat-sen University · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Nov 2024; still recruiting 1 year 11 months later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
45
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study aims to assess the efficacy of methylprednisolone combined with concurrent chemoradiotherapy in treating unresectable or recurrent thymoma.

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This study aims to assess the efficacy of methylprednisolone combined with concurrent chemoradiotherapy in treating unresectable or recurrent thymoma. Patients will receive hypofractionated radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy.

Methylprednisolone will be administered daily during radiotherapy at a dose of 2 mg/kg.

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Conditions studied

  • Thymoma

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Keywords

  • Thymoma
  • Concurrent chemoradiotherapy
  • Methylprednisolone
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In context

Thymoma

133 studies on the registry are indexed under Thymoma; 37 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 45 is close to the median of 44 across 108 interventional studies indexed under Thymoma.

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Lead sponsor

Sun Yat-sen University is the lead sponsor of 1,690 studies on the registry; 619 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  • confirmed type AB or B1-3 thymoma.
  • : Patients must have measurable disease as defined by (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors).
  • Unresectable or recurrent thymoma, with the tumor confined to the chest and neck area.
  • Between the ages of 18 and 70 years, regardless of sex.
  • performance status of 0 or 1.
  • No prior chest radiation.
  • Adequate organ Functions.
  • Written obtained.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • to Methylprednisolone.
  • History of or Concurrent .
  • Active infection, myocardial infarction within the last 6 months or symptomatic heart disease.
  • Pregnant or Lactating Women.
  • Bleeding Disorders.
  • Recent Participation in Other Clinical Trials.
  • Drug Abuse or Severe Alcoholism.
  • Uncontrolled Seizures or Mental Disorders.
  • Severe Allergies or Specific Sensitivities.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(7)

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Histologically or cytologically confirmed

The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).

Your pathology report is the document that shows this.

Measurable disease

The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.

The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.

RECIST

The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.

“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
45 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Study arm

    Methylprednisolone combined with concurrent chemoradiotherapy

    Radiation: Radiotherapy · Drug: Concurrent chemotherapy · Drug: Methylprednisolone

Interventions

  • RadiationRadiotherapy

    Hypofractionated radiotherapy

  • DrugConcurrent chemotherapy

    weekly albumin-bound paclitaxel (50 mg/m²) and cisplatin (25 mg/m²)

  • Methylprednisolone 2mg/kg, qd, concurrent with radiotherapy

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Objective response rate

    The percentage of patients who achieve complete remission or partial remission after chemoradiotherapy

    Time frame: 1-2 months after chemoradiotherapy

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression-free survival

    From the start date of initial treatment to progression, death or last follow-up

    Time frame: 2-year

  2. Overall survival

    From the start date of initial treatment to death or to last follow-up.

    Time frame: 2-year

  3. Toxicities using the CTCAE 5.0

    Toxicities were evaluated using the CTCAE 5.0

    Time frame: 1 year after treatment

  4. Quality of life scores

    Quality of life assessed by QLQ-C30

    Time frame: 1 year after treatment

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 12, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06730308
Responsible party
Hui Liu (Professor, Sun Yat-sen University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 12, 2024
Start date
Nov 20, 2024
Primary completion
Nov 19, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Nov 19, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 12, 2024

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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