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PD-1 Inhibitor Plus Anti-EGFR Therapy And Radiotherapy in Locally Advanced NPC Resistant to Induction Chemotherapy

Phase 2
Recruiting
Conditions
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Interventions
Combination Product: Anti-EGFR and PD-1 inhibitor arm
Registration Number
NCT06156878
Lead Sponsor
Fudan University
Brief Summary

Because nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)is very sensitive to radiation and the specificity of the anatomical structure, radiotherapy has become the core treatment for NPC. Although induction chemotherapy combined with cisplatin-based concurrent chemoradiotherapy can effectively improve the overall survival and progression-free survival of NPC, such a sequential pattern can further exacerbate the toxic side effects of treatment, such as mucosal reactions and gastrointestinal toxicity. Therefore, it is particularly important to explore another treatment mode with high efficiency and low toxicity. Secondly, patients with poor response after induction chemotherapy indicate chemotherapy resistance. Whether patients can still benefit from concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy in the followed radiotherapy is doubtful. PD-1 inhibitor and anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody have proved to improve outcomes of head and neck cancers including EBV-related NPC, which have also showed relatively low toxicity. In this study, radiotherapy combined with PD-1 inhibitor and anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody were applied to treat patients with locally advanced NPC who were resistant to induction chemotherapy.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
41
Inclusion Criteria

Histologically confirmed locally advanced NPC; IHC EGFR positive; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1; Imaging assessment of MR after induction chemotherapy revealed the responses to induction chemotherapy are less than 50% Partial Response(PR) or EBVDNA copy number decreased by less than 50%; No prior anti-tumor treatment; Normal complete blood count; Normal hepatic function; Normal renal function (creatinine ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal). -

Exclusion Criteria

Previous radiotherapy; A history of any other type of malignancy; Pregnancy or lactation; Allergy to anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody; IHC EGFR negative; Allergy to PD-1 inhibitor; Obvious disfunction of liver, renal, cardiac or lung function; Un controlled infection; Systemic metastasis or distant metastasis; Patients with severe gastrointestinal diseases; Patients with mental disorders affecting patient participation in trial judgement; Cannot take contrast-MRI imaging.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Anti-EGFR and PD-1 inhibitor armAnti-EGFR and PD-1 inhibitor armTwo cycles of TP (docetaxel+cisplatin), TPF(docetaxel+cisplatin+5-FU), TPX (docetaxel+cisplatin+capecitabine) or GP regimen (gemcitabine+cisplatin) followed by radiotherapy (66-70.4Gy) combined with PD-1 inhibitor (every 3 weeks) and anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody (every 1 week) when responses to induction chemotherapy are less than 50% Partial Response (PR) or EBVDNA copy number decreased by less than 50%.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
OS3 years

Overall Survival

PFS3 years

Progression Free Survival

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
DCR3 years

Disease-free survival

Number and percentage of Participants With Treatment-Related Adverse Events as Assessed by CTCAE v5.0 and RTOG3 years

The detail number and percentage of adverse events by every systems Assessed by CTCAE v5.0 and RTOG.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

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