Chemoradiotherapy Plus Anti-PD1 in Recurrent NPC: A Multicenter, Open-label, Randomised, Controlled, Phase III Trial

This is an interventional treatment trial for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma focused on measuring locoregional relapse, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, chemoradiotherapy, PD-1 antibody, efficacy, toxicity Read More

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosed as local with or without regional recurrence after ≥1 year of radical treatment;
• Not suitable for surgery;
• Histologic diagnosis of NPC (WHO II/III);
• TNM stage rII-IVa (AJCC/UICC 8th);
• ECOG 0-1 point;
• No treatment to rNPC prior, such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy or biotherapy;
• No contraindications to immunotherapy or chemoradiotherapy;
• Adequate marrow function: WBC count ≥ 3×10E9/L, NE count ≥ 1.5×10E9/L, HGB ≥ 90g/L, PLT count ≥ 100×10E9/L;
• Adequate liver function: ALT/AST ≤ 2.5×ULN, TBIL ≤ 2.0×ULN;
• Adequate renal function: BUN/CRE ≤ 1.5×ULN or endogenous creatinine clearance ≥ 60ml/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula);
• Take effective contraceptions during and two months after treatment;
• Patients must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and give written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Treated with anti-tumor Chinese medicine treatment;
• Have recurrence with local necrosis;
• Have ≥G3 late toxicities, except for skin, subcutaneous tissue or mucosa;
• Unexplained fever > 38.5, except for tumor fever;
• Treated with ≥ 5 days antibiotics one month before enrollment;
• Have active autoimmune disease (e.g., uveitis, enteritis, hepatitis, hypophysitis, nephritis, vasculitis, hyperthyroidism, and asthma requiring bronchodilator therapy); Have a known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), active Hepatitis B (HBV-DNA ≥10E3copiers/ml) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody positive; Have previously treated with PD-1 antibody or other immunotherapy for PD-1/PD-L1 pathway;
• Have New York Heart Association (NYHA) class 3 or 4, unstable angina, myocardial -infarction within 1 year, or clinically meaningful arrhythmia that requires treatment;
• Have known allergy to large molecule protein products or any compound of study therapy;
• Pregnant or breastfeeding;
• Prior malignancy except adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, and papillary thyroid carcinoma;
• Have received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study therapy Has psychiatric drug or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial;
• Any other condition, including mental illness or domestic/social factors, deemed by the investigator to be likely to interfere with a patient's ability to sign informed consent, cooperate and participate in the study, or interferes with the interpretation of the results.