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Not yet recruitingNCT06987123Updated May 23, 2025

TC as Adjuvant Therapy After Surgery for Locally Recurrent Resectable Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: a Single-arm Clinical Trial

A Phase 2 interventional study of Toripalimab and Capecitabine in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC), sponsored by Sun Yat-sen University. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-05-23.

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

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
62
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Regarding the application value of capecitabine metronome chemotherapy's regulatory effect on the immune microenvironment in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, many studies in recent years have confirmed that metronome chemotherapy and immunotherapy are safe and effective in resectable recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Therefore, the investigators plan to conduct a "single-arm clinical study on adjuvant therapy of toripalimab combined with capecitabine after Surgery for locally recurrent resectable nasopharyngeal carcinoma" to explore the efficacy and safety of toripalimab combined with capecitabine as adjuvant therapy after salvage surgery for resectable recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma. If this study is confirmed, it is expected to provide a new treatment model for patients with resectable recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

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Regarding the application value of capecitabine metronome chemotherapy's regulatory effect on the immune microenvironment in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, many studies in recent years have confirmed that metronome chemotherapy and immunotherapy are safe and effective in resectable recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Therefore, the investigators plan to conduct a "single-arm clinical study on adjuvant therapy of toripalimab combined with capecitabine after Surgery for locally recurrent resectable nasopharyngeal carcinoma" to explore the efficacy and safety of toripalimab combined with capecitabine as adjuvant therapy after salvage surgery for resectable recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma. If this study is confirmed, it is expected to provide a new treatment model for patients with resectable recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma.The diagnosis was pathologically confirmed as locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma. According to the TNM staging of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma (AJCC, 8th Edition, 2018), resectable nasopharyngeal diseases: rT1 (the tumor was confined to the nasopharynx, oropharynx and/or nasal cavity, and did not involve the parapharynx); rT2 (The tumor is confined to the superficial septum beside the pharynx, more than 0.5 cm away from the internal carotid artery) and rT3 (the tumor is confined to the basal wall of the sphenoid sinus, more than 0.5 cm away from the internal carotid artery and the cavernous sinus); Resectable recurrent regional lymph nodes (rN1-3), without involvement of the anterior vertebral fascia, cervical vertebrae or common carotid artery/internal carotid artery.

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Conditions studied

  • Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)

Keywords

  • recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  • salvage surgery
  • Toripalimab
  • capecitabine
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In context

Carcinoma

6,745 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma; 1,163 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 62 is above the median of 45 across 5,174 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma.

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Lead sponsor

Sun Yat-sen University is the lead sponsor of 1,644 studies on the registry; 602 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Pathologically confirmed as locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma, according to the TNM staging of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma (AJCC, 8th Edition, 2018), resectable nasopharyngeal diseases: rT1 (the tumor is confined to the nasopharynx, oropharynx and/or nasal cavity, and does not involve the parapharynx); rT2 (The tumor is confined to the superficial septum beside the pharynx, more than 0.5 cm away from the internal carotid artery) and rT3 (the tumor is confined to the basal wall of the sphenoid sinus, more than 0.5 cm away from the internal carotid artery and the cavernous sinus); Resectable recurrent regional lymph nodes (rN1-3), without involvement of the anterior vertebral fascia, cervical vertebrae or common carotid artery/internal carotid artery.
  • It has been more than 6 months since the last radiotherapy
  • Age: 18-70 years old, gender not limited;
  • ECOG score: 0-1 point;
  • The functions of the major organs are normal, that is, the following standards are met; (1) The blood routine examination standards must meet (no blood transfusion or blood products within 14 days) : a. HB≥90 g/L; b. ANC≥1.5×109/L; c. PLT≥80×109/L; (2) Biochemical tests must meet the following standards: a. TBIL\<1.5× upper normal limit (ULN); b. ALT and AST\<2.5×ULN; c. Serum Cr≤1.5×ULN or endogenous creatinine clearance rate > 45 ml/min;
  • Women of childbearing age should agree to use contraceptive measures during the study period and within 6 months after the end of the study (e.g Intrauterine devices, contraceptive pills or condoms; The serum or urine pregnancy test must be negative within 7 days before enrollment in the study, and the patient must be a non-lactating patient. Male patients who should agree that contraceptive measures must be adopted during the study period and within 6 months after the end of the study period;
  • Sign the informed consent form and voluntarily participate in the clinical trial research project.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • The tumor broke through the dura mater at the base of the skull and severely involved the brain parenchyma, with distant metastasis and obvious complications, and the patient could not be under general anesthesia.
  • Patients with tumor recurrence or residual after re-radiotherapy.
  • The patient has any active autoimmune diseases or a history of autoimmune diseases (such as the following, but not limited to: interstitial pneumonia, uveitis, enteritis, hepatitis, pituitary inflammation, vasculitis, nephritis, hyperthyroidism; Vitiligo Asthma that requires medical intervention with bronchodilators;
  • Patients who are currently undergoing immunosuppressive therapy with immunosuppressants or systemic hormones to achieve the purpose of immunosuppression (dose >10mg/ day prednisone or other therapeutic hormones) and are still continuing to use them within 2 weeks before enrollment;
  • Have received immunotherapy within the past six months;
  • Patients with any severe and/or uncontrollable diseases, including: those with unsatisfactory blood pressure control (systolic) Patients with blood pressure >=160mmHg or diastolic blood pressure >=100 mmHg; Suffering from grade II or above myocardial ischemia or myocardial infarction, arrhythmia (including QT interval >=480ms), and grade II cardiac insufficiency; Active or uncontrolled severe infection; Liver diseases such as decompensated liver disease, active hepatitis B (HBV-DNA>=104 copy number /ml or 2000IU/ml) or hepatitis C (positive hepatitis C antibody and HCV-RNA higher than the detection limit of the analytical method);
  • Pregnant or lactating women; Patients with other malignant tumors within 8.5 years (except for cured basal cell carcinoma of the skin and cervical carcinoma in situ);
  • Those with a history of abuse of psychotropic drugs and who are unable to quit or those with mental disorders;
  • Patients who have participated in clinical trials of other similar drugs within three months;
  • According to the researcher's judgment, there are concomitant diseases that seriously endanger the patient's safety or affect the patient's completion of the study;
  • Those that the researchers consider unsuitable for inclusion.
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Experimental group

    Toripalimab in combination with capecitabine as adjuvant therapy after surgery for locally recurrent resectable nasopharyngeal carcinoma

    Drug: Toripalimab · Drug: Capecitabine · Procedure: salvage surgery

Interventions

  • DrugToripalimab

    Toripalimab 240 mg, administered on the first day, Q3W × 17 cycles

  • DrugCapecitabine

    Capecitabine 650 mg/m2 twice a day, oral administration, d1-21, Q3W × 17 cycles

  • Proceduresalvage surgery

    The specific steps of high-frequency electrosurgical knife treatment for localized recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma are as follows: 1. It must be performed under general anesthesia, with the complete resection of the nasopharyngeal tumor and its sufficient safe boundary through both nasal cavities under the guidance of nasal endoscopy. When marking the surgical margin, the anterior margin should reach 1-2cm in front of the posterior column of the nasal septum, and the upper margin can reach about 0.5-1cm to the upper margin of the posterior nostril. The lateral and lower margins are designed individually based on the size and location of the tumor. The basic principle is to ensure a safe margin of 0.5-1.0cm, and then use low-temperature plasma ablation. Ablate the tumor tissue and the normal tissue at the resection margin layer by layer from the upper resection margin to the lower resection margin until no obvious tumor residue was observed with the naked eye. 2. Rinse the surgical c

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. 2-year progression-free survival

    2-year progression-free survival

    Time frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 2 years.

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — Researchers who has been approveed can share.

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 May 23, 2025, 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
NCT06987123
Lead sponsor
Sun Yat-sen University
Responsible party
YiJun Hua (Chief Physician, Sun Yat-sen University) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 23, 2025
Start date
May 18, 2025 (estimated)
Primary completion
Jun 1, 2029 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 1, 2029 (estimated)
Last update
May 23, 2025

Study contacts

Yi-Jun Hua
Contact
huayj@sysucc.org.cn
18820019088

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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