Cisplatin Plus Docetaxel Versus Cetuximab, Cisplatin, and Docetaxel in Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Sun Yat-sen University

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 3

Conditions: Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Treatments: Drug: Capecitabine; Drug: Docetaxel; Radiation: Radiotherapy; Drug: Cisplatin; Drug: Cetuximab

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02633176

CSWOG0103

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a Phase Ⅲ randomized, controlled, multi-center, trial comparing cisplatin plus docetaxel to cetuximab, cisplatin, and docetaxel induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiation in previously untreated patients metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (mNPC) to determine whether the addition of cetuximab to induction chemotherapy and chemoradiation could improve therapeutic efficacy in mNPC, and investigate predictive and prognostic factors for mNPC.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Histologically or cytologically confirmed nasopharyngeal carcinoma
• Untreated metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (stage ⅣC according to the 7th American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system and stage ⅣB according to the Chinese 2008 staging system for nasopharyngeal carcinoma)
• Patients must have measurable disease based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
• Life expectancy of at least 6 months
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >=1.5×10^9/L
• Platelets >= 80×10^9/L
• Hemoglobin >= 90 g/l
• Bilirubin <= 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN)
• Aminopherases ( alanine transaminase and aspartate aminotransferase) <= 2.5 × ULN (without liver metastasis) or <= 5.0 × ULN (with liver metastasis)
• Creatinine <=ULN
• International normalized ratio (INR) of prothrombin time (PT) <= 1.5 × ULN
• The pregnancy tests of women of childbearing potential should be negative before treatment
• Women of childbearing potential and sexually active males must adopt efficient contraception methods while on treatment and for six months after the completion of the treatment
• Patients should understand and are willing to participate in the study. Inform consent form is supposed to obtained before treatment

Exclusion criteria

• Prior radiotherapy of target lesions
• Prior systemic chemotherapy and/or targeted therapy
• Brain metastasis
• Concurrent other malignancies
• Severe or active infectious disease requiring systemic antibiotics or antiviral, antifungal treatment
• Active tuberculosis
• Severe cardiovascular disease, including uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina, myocardial infarction in the past 6 months, congestive heart failure with cardiac function grade Ⅲ to Ⅳ based on New York Heart Association cardiac functional grading, serious arrhythmia, or pericardial effusion
• Co-existing mental disease that would preclude full compliance with the study
• Females are pregnant or breast feeding

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

cisplatin and docetaxel

Active Comparator group

Description:

Induction chemotherapy: Patients receive cisplatin and docetaxel intravenously on day 1 repeated every 3 weeks for 6 cycles. Concurrent chemoradiation: Patients who achieve complete response or partial response receive radiotherapy for primary and/or metastatic lesions with concurrent cisplatin 30mg/m\^2 intravenously every week. Maintenance treatment: Capecitabine will be given at a dose of 1000mg/m\^2 orally twice a day starting on day 1 and continuing for days 1 to 14 of each 21 day cycle for at least 2 years or until progression.

Treatment:

Drug: Cisplatin

Drug: Capecitabine

Radiation: Radiotherapy

Drug: Docetaxel

cetuximab, cisplatin, and docetaxel

Experimental group

Description:

Induction chemotherapy: Patients receive cetuximab 400mg/m\^2 intravenously over at least 120 minutes on day 1 followed by 250 mg/m\^2 intravenously over at least 60 minutes every week. Cisplatin and docetaxel will be administered intravenously on day 2 repeated every 3 weeks for 6 cycles. Concurrent chemoradiation: Patients who achieve complete response or partial response receive radiotherapy for primary and/or metastatic lesions with concurrent cetuximab 250mg/m\^2 intravenously followed by cisplatin 30mg/m\^2 intravenously every week. Maintenance treatment: Capecitabine will be given at a dose of 1000mg/m\^2 orally twice a day starting on day 1 and continuing for days 1 to 14 of each 21 day cycle for at least 2 years or until progression.

Treatment:

Drug: Cisplatin

Drug: Capecitabine

Drug: Cetuximab

Radiation: Radiotherapy

Drug: Docetaxel