PD-1 Blockade Combined With Definitive Chemoradiation in Locoregionally-advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Summary

This trial plans to enroll 40 patients with stage III-IVA (AJCC 8th, except T3N0-1 or T4N0) locoregionally-advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Patients will receive 3 cycles of induction chemotherapy with gemcitabine and cisplatin and concurrent cisplatin-radiation. All patients will receive intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). Sintilimab will begin on day 1 of induction chemotherapy and continue every 3 weeks for 6 cycles.

Timeline

Start

2019-01

Primary completion

2019-10

Completion

2024-03

Publications

• Li XM, Zhang XM, Li JY, Jiang N, Chen L, Tang LL, Mao YP, Li WF, Zhou GQ, Li YQ, Liu N, Zhang Y, Ma J. The immune modulation effects of gemcitabine plus cisplatin induction chemotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cancer Med. 2022 Sep;11(18):3437-3444. doi: 10.1002/cam4.4705. Epub 2022 Mar 30.

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