A Phase II Clinical Trial of Chemotherapy With or Without Endostar® Continuous Intravenous Infusion in Refractory NPC

Summary

We define refractory nasopharyngeal carcinoma as the following: recurrence with radiation brain injury after radiotherapy, recurrence after the second or more courses of radiotherapy, standard treatment failure after recurrence, and first-line treatment failure after multiple distant metastasis. There is no standard treatment for refractory nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Platinum plus 5-Fu is the classic regimen for primary treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Endostatin is a multiple targeted angiogenesis inhibitor acting on tumor associated neovascular endothelial cells, normalizing the morphology and function of tumor vasculature, and indirectly leading to the quiescence or reduction of tumors. The purpose of this phase II clinical trial is to determine the efficacy and safety of nedaplatin plus continuous low dose 5-Fu intravenous infusion combined with endostar® (Recombinant Human Endostatin Injection) continuous intravenous infusion compared with nedaplatin plus continuous low dose 5-Fu intravenous infusion alone in refractory nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The study hypothesis is that nedaplatin plus continuous low dose 5-Fu intravenous infusion combined with endostar® continuous intravenous infusion is effective and safe in refractory nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Timeline

Start

2015-07

Primary completion

2018-12

Completion

2020-12

Publications

• Background Zhang F, Wu K, Gao F, Zhang W, Shi F, Li C. Refractory nasopharyngeal carcinoma: positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography-guided 125I seed implantation therapy after repeated traditional radiochemotherapy. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Sep;149(3):417-23. doi: 10.1177/0194599813491221. Epub 2013 May 28.
• Background Gao Y, Huang HQ, Bai B, Cai QC, Wang XX, Cai QQ. Treatment outcome of docetaxel, capecitabine and cisplatin regimen for patients with refractory and relapsed nasopharyngeal carcinoma who failed previous platinum-based chemotherapy. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2014 Feb;15(2):163-71. doi: 10.1517/14656566.2014.866652. Epub 2013 Dec 3.
• Background Peng PJ, Ou XQ, Chen ZB, Liao H, Peng YL, Wang SY, Zhang HY, Lin Z. Multicenter phase II study of capecitabine combined with nedaplatin for recurrent and metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients after failure of cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2013 Aug;72(2):323-8. doi: 10.1007/s00280-013-2203-0. Epub 2013 Jun 1.
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• Background Chen C, Wang FH, Wang ZQ, An X, Luo HY, Zhang L, Chen YC, Xu RH, Li YH. Salvage gemcitabine-vinorelbine chemotherapy in patients with metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma pretreated with platinum-based chemotherapy. Oral Oncol. 2012 Nov;48(11):1146-51. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2012.05.021. Epub 2012 Jun 27.
• Background Zheng J, Wang G, Yang GY, Wang D, Luo X, Chen C, Zhang Z, Li Q, Xu W, Li Z, Wang D. Induction chemotherapy with nedaplatin with 5-FU followed by intensity-modulated radiotherapy concurrent with chemotherapy for locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2010 May;40(5):425-31. doi: 10.1093/jjco/hyp183. Epub 2010 Jan 19.
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• Background Folkman J. Antiangiogenesis in cancer therapy--endostatin and its mechanisms of action. Exp Cell Res. 2006 Mar 10;312(5):594-607. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2005.11.015. Epub 2005 Dec 22.
• Background Peng F, Xu Z, Wang J, Chen Y, Li Q, Zuo Y, Chen J, Hu X, Zhou Q, Wang Y, Ma H, Bao Y, Chen M. Recombinant human endostatin normalizes tumor vasculature and enhances radiation response in xenografted human nasopharyngeal carcinoma models. PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e34646. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034646. Epub 2012 Apr 9.
• Background Kisker O, Becker CM, Prox D, Fannon M, D'Amato R, Flynn E, Fogler WE, Sim BK, Allred EN, Pirie-Shepherd SR, Folkman J. Continuous administration of endostatin by intraperitoneally implanted osmotic pump improves the efficacy and potency of therapy in a mouse xenograft tumor model. Cancer Res. 2001 Oct 15;61(20):7669-74.
• Background Hansma AH, Broxterman HJ, van der Horst I, Yuana Y, Boven E, Giaccone G, Pinedo HM, Hoekman K. Recombinant human endostatin administered as a 28-day continuous intravenous infusion, followed by daily subcutaneous injections: a phase I and pharmacokinetic study in patients with advanced cancer. Ann Oncol. 2005 Oct;16(10):1695-701. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdi318. Epub 2005 Jul 12.
• Background Rong B, Yang S, Li W, Zhang W, Ming Z. Systematic review and meta-analysis of Endostar (rh-endostatin) combined with chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for treating advanced non-small cell lung cancer. World J Surg Oncol. 2012 Aug 24;10:170. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-10-170.
• Background Ke QH, Zhou SQ, Huang M, Lei Y, Du W, Yang JY. Early efficacy of Endostar combined with chemoradiotherapy for advanced cervical cancers. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2012;13(3):923-6. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.3.923.
• Background Xu R, Ma N, Wang F, Ma L, Chen R, Chen R, Kebinu M, Ma L, Han Z, Ayixiamu, Mayier M, Su P, Naman Y, Jieensi H, Yang H, Adili A, Aili S, Liu J. Results of a randomized and controlled clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of combination therapy with Endostar and S-1 combined with oxaliplatin in advanced gastric cancer. Onco Targets Ther. 2013 Jul 25;6:925-9. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S46487. Print 2013.
• Background Jin T, Li B, Chen XZ. A phase II trial of Endostar combined with gemcitabine and cisplatin chemotherapy in patients with metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NCT01612286). Oncol Res. 2013;21(6):317-23. doi: 10.3727/096504014X13983417587401.

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