Concurrent Chemotherapy in Intermediate Risk Patients Treated With Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Currently, concurrent chemoradiotherapy with/without sequential chemotherapy is the standard treatment modality for intermediate risk NPC (stage II and T3N0M0) according to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guideline. However these recommendations were based on the evidence in the two-dimensional conventional radiotherapy (2DCRT) era. The introduction of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in NPC treatment has brought substantial better treatment outcomes than 2DCRT. It has been questioned whether additional concurrent chemotherapy is still necessary for intermediate risk NPC within the excellent framework of IMRT. hus, we jointly conduct the first non-inferior randomized trial to determine the value of concurrent chemotherapy with cisplatin for intermediate risk NPC patients treated with IMRT. Given the results of clinical studies mentioned above, we decide to adopt the concurrent regimen to be cisplatin 100 mg/m2 on day 1, 22, 43
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Detailed Description
Patients Patients with non-keratinizing NPC T1-2N1M0/T2-3N0M0 (UICC/AJCC 7th edition) are randomly assigned to receive CCRT or RT alone. Patients in CCRT group receive cisplatin 100 mg/m² every 3 weeks for 3 cycles, concurrently with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). IMRT is given as 2.0-2.30 Gy per fraction with five daily fractions per week for 6-7 weeks to a total dose of 66 Gy or greater to the primary tumor. Our primary endpoint is failure-free survival(FFS). Secondary end points include overall survival (OS), locoregional failure-free survival (LR-FFS), distant failure-free survival (D-FFS) rates and toxic effects. All efficacy analyses are conducted in the intention-to-treat population, and the safety population include only patients who receive their randomly assigned treatment.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: RT group intensity modulated-radiotherapy (IMRT) alone Patients receive intensity modulated-radiotherapy (IMRT) alone |
Radiation: IMRT
Intensity modulated-radiotherapy (IMRT) is given as 2.0-2.30 Gy per fraction with five daily fractions per week for 6-7 weeks to a total dose of 66 Gy or greater to the primary tumor
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Active Comparator: CCRT group IMRT and concurrent cisplatin Patients receive intensity modulated-radiotherapy (IMRT), concurrently with cisplatin 100 mg/m² every 3 weeks for 3 cycles |
Drug: Cisplatin
concurrently with cisplatin 100 mg/m² every 3 weeks for 3 cycles during IMRT
Radiation: IMRT
Intensity modulated-radiotherapy (IMRT) is given as 2.0-2.30 Gy per fraction with five daily fractions per week for 6-7 weeks to a total dose of 66 Gy or greater to the primary tumor
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Failure-free survival [3 Year]
Failure-free survival rate is calculated from the date of randomization to the date of treatment failure or death from any cause, whichever is first.
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Overall survival [3 Year]
Overall survival is calculated from randomization to death from any cause
- Locoregional failure-free survival [3 Year]
Locoregional failure-free survival is calculated from randomization to the first locoregional failure.
- Distant failure-free survival [3 Year]
Distant failure-free survival is calculated from randomization to the first remote failure.
- Number of participants with adverse events [3 Year]
Incidence of acute and late toxicity
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients with newly histologically confirmed non-keratinizing (according to WHO histologically type).
Tumor staged as T1-2N1/T2-3N0(according to the 7th AJCC edition). No evidence of distant metastasis (M0). Satisfactory performance status: Karnofsky scale (KPS) ≥ 70. Adequate marrow: leucocyte count ≥ 4000/μL, hemoglobin ≥ 90g/L and platelet count ≥ 100000/μL.
Normal liver function test: Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT), Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) < 1.5×upper limit of normal (ULN) concomitant with alkaline phosphatase (ALP) ≤ 2.5×ULN, and bilirubin ≤ ULN.
Adequate renal function: creatinine clearance ≥ 60 ml/min. Patients must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and give written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
Neck lymph node with extracapsular spread. Maximal axial diameter of neck lymph node ≥30mm, positive neck lymph node at level IV and/or Vb.
Pretherapy plasma EBV DNA level ≥4000 copy/ml. WHO Type keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma or basaloid squamous cell carcinoma.
Age > 70 or < 18. Treatment with palliative intent. Prior malignancy except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer.
Pregnancy or lactation (consider pregnancy test in women of child-bearing age and emphasize effective contraception during the treatment period).
History of previous RT (except for non-melanomatous skin cancers outside intended RT treatment volume).
Prior chemotherapy or surgery (except diagnostic) to primary tumor or nodes. Any severe intercurrent disease, which may bring unacceptable risk or affect the compliance of the trial, for example, unstable cardiac disease requiring treatment, renal disease, chronic hepatitis, diabetes with poor control (fasting plasma glucose > 1.5×ULN), and emotional disturbance.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center | Guangzhou | Guangdong | China | 510060 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Sun Yat-sen University
Investigators
- Study Chair: Jun Ma, M.D., Sun Yat-sen University
Study Documents (Full-Text)
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Publications
- Chen QY, Wen YF, Guo L, Liu H, Huang PY, Mo HY, Li NW, Xiang YQ, Luo DH, Qiu F, Sun R, Deng MQ, Chen MY, Hua YJ, Guo X, Cao KJ, Hong MH, Qian CN, Mai HQ. Concurrent chemoradiotherapy vs radiotherapy alone in stage II nasopharyngeal carcinoma: phase III randomized trial. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011 Dec 7;103(23):1761-70. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djr432. Epub 2011 Nov 4.
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- Xiao WW, Han F, Lu TX, Chen CY, Huang Y, Zhao C. Treatment outcomes after radiotherapy alone for patients with early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Jul 15;74(4):1070-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.09.008. Epub 2009 Feb 21.
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