A Study of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma From Guangdong

Sun Yat-sen University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03003182

2016-FXY-098-Dept. of RT

Details and patient eligibility

About

This prospective cohort study aims to establish prognostic models, to discover toxicity associated predictors and to validate randomized trials in clinical practice.

Enrollment: 2,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• histological confirmed nasopharyngeal carcinoma;
• scanned by magnetic resonance imaging from calvaria vertex to clavicles before treatment;
• pretreatment Epstein-Barr virus deoxyribonucleic acid copy number is available;
• irradiated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy;

Exclusion criteria

• finishing anticancer therapy in two or more hospitals;
• pregnancy or lactation;
• diagnosed with other sort of cancer before or during the treatment.

Trial design

2,000 participants in 2 patient groups

in clinical trials

out of clinical trials