Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Radiotherapy Alone or Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (IRCNPC)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03015727 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : January 10, 2017
Last Update Posted : January 10, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma | Drug: Docetaxel Drug: Cisplatin Radiation: IMRT/TOMO Drug: Chemotherapy | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 440 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Induction Chemotherapy With Docetaxel and Cisplatin Followed by Radiotherapy Alone or Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma |
Study Start Date : | December 2016 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2022 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2024 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: IC+RT group
3 cycles of TP neoadjuvant chemotherapy at day1,22 and 43 with docetaxel 75mg/m2 and cisplatin 75mg/m2. And then radiation using IMRT/TOMO without concurrent chemotherapy.
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Drug: Docetaxel
3 cycles of DOC neoadjuvant chemotherapy at day1,22 and 43 with docetaxel 75mg/m2.
Other Name: DOC Drug: Cisplatin 3 cycles of DDP neoadjuvant chemotherapy at day1,22 and 43 with cisplatin 75mg/m2.
Other Name: DDP Radiation: IMRT/TOMO intensity modulated radiation therapy or tomotherapy |
Active Comparator: IC+CCRT group
3 cycles of TP neoadjuvant chemotherapy at day1,22 and 43 with docetaxel 75mg/m2 and cisplatin 75mg/m2.And then chemoradiation using IMRT/TOMO with 2 cycles of cisplatin concurrent chemotherapy at 100mg/m2.
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Drug: Docetaxel
3 cycles of DOC neoadjuvant chemotherapy at day1,22 and 43 with docetaxel 75mg/m2.
Other Name: DOC Drug: Cisplatin 3 cycles of DDP neoadjuvant chemotherapy at day1,22 and 43 with cisplatin 75mg/m2.
Other Name: DDP Radiation: IMRT/TOMO intensity modulated radiation therapy or tomotherapy Drug: Chemotherapy 2 cycles of cisplatin concurrent chemotherapy at day 64 and 85 with cisplatin 100mg/m2.
Other Name: concurrent chemotherapy |
- Progress Free Survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: 3 years after the inception assignment ]PFS means assignment to the date of any local or distant progress of the disease.
- Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: 3 years and 5 years after the inception of the assignment ]The overall survival denote to assignment to date of death from any cause.
- Adverse Events [ Time Frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 100 days and every 3 months thereafter for 5 years ]Observe and record the toxicity profile (including but not limit to mucositis, liver and kidney function, et al.) according NCI-CTCAE (3rd edition) during the neoadjuvant chemotherapy, chemoradiation and follow-up.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with newly histologically confirmed non-keratinizing carcinoma.
- Tumor staged as N2-3 or T3-4 (according to the 7th AJCC staging system)
- No evidence of distant metastasis (M0)
- Performance status: KPS>70
- With normal liver function test (ALT, AST <1.5ULN)
- Renal: creatinine clearance >60ml/min
- Without hematopathy,marrow: WBC >4*109/L, HGB>80G/L, and PLT>100*109/L.
- With controlled blood glucose for diabetes patients
- Written informed consent
- satisfactory tumor response (complete response or partial response) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT)
Exclusion Criteria:
- WHO type I squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma
- Age >65 or <18
- With a history of renal disease
- Prior malignancy (except adequately treated carcinoma in-situ of the cervix or basal/squamous cell carcinoma of the skin)
- Previous chemotherapy or radiotherapy (except non-melanomatous skin cancers outside the intended RT treatment volume)
- Patient is pregnant or lactating
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Emotional disturbance

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03015727
Contact: Xiaozhong Chen | cxzfyun@sina.com |
China, Zhejiang | |
Xiaozhong Chen | Recruiting |
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310022 | |
Contact: Xiaozhong Chen, MD +86-571-88128202 cxzfyun@sina.com |
Study Chair: | Xiaozhong Chen | Zhejiang Cancer Hospital |
Responsible Party: | Zhejiang Cancer Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03015727 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
ZhejiangCH 01536224 |
First Posted: | January 10, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 10, 2017 |
Last Verified: | December 2016 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
nasopharyngeal carcinoma Induction chemotherapy radiotherapy chemoradiotherapy |
Carcinoma Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms Pharyngeal Neoplasms Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms Head and Neck Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site |
Nasopharyngeal Diseases Pharyngeal Diseases Stomatognathic Diseases Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases Docetaxel Antineoplastic Agents Tubulin Modulators Antimitotic Agents Mitosis Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |