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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12611000835943
ACTRN12611000835943
Recruiting
Phase 2

The efficacy and safety of combined neoadjuvant chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin and 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) [TPF regimen] and concurrent chemoradiation in treating patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences0 sites50 target enrollmentAugust 9, 2011

Overview

Phase
Phase 2
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Enrollment
50
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
August 9, 2011
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Pathologically proven nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
  • 2\. No prior therapy
  • 3\. No clinical or imaging evidence of distant metastasis at the time of study enrollment
  • 4\. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
  • 5\. Written informed consent
  • 6\. Normal or acceptable liver, kidney and bone marrow function (Absolute neutrophil count greater than or equal to 1,500/mm3
  • Platelet count greater than or equal to 100,000/mm3
  • Bilirubin \< 1\.5 times the upper limit of the normal range
  • Alkaline phosphatase and transaminases \< 2\.5 times the upper limit of the normal range
  • Serum creatinine \< 1\.7 mg/dL)

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Prior therapy 2\. Clinical or imaging evidence of distant metastasis 3\. Patients with a known contraindication (such as allergy to taxan drugs,
  • 5\. Patients must have
  • normal cardiac function \[Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) assessed by Multigated radionuclide angiography (MUGA) or echocardiography (ECHO) and clinically satisfactory 12\-lead electrocardiography (ECG)
  • No serious cardiac illness or medical condition within the past 6 months including, but not limited to, any of the following:
  • History of documented congestive heart failure
  • High\-risk uncontrolled arrhythmias
  • Angina pectoris requiring antianginal medication
  • Clinically significant valvular heart disease
  • Evidence of transmural infarction on ECG
  • Poorly controlled hypertension (e.g., systolic blood presure (BP) \> 180 mm Hg or diastolic BP \> 100 mm Hg)]

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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