Radiation Therapy, Amifostine, and Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Newly Diagnosed Nasopharyngeal Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00274937 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : January 11, 2006
Results First Posted : January 19, 2017
Last Update Posted : July 12, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Stage I Lymphoepithelioma of the Nasopharynx Stage I Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nasopharynx Stage II Lymphoepithelioma of the Nasopharynx Stage II Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nasopharynx Stage III Lymphoepithelioma of the Nasopharynx Stage III Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nasopharynx Stage IV Lymphoepithelioma of the Nasopharynx Stage IV Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nasopharynx | Drug: amifostine trihydrate Drug: fluorouracil Drug: cisplatin Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Radiation: radiation therapy | Phase 3 |
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Determine the response rate, overall survival, and event-free survival of children with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma who are treated with induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy and amifostine.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Characterize the role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in the pathogenesis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children.
II. Investigate the predictive value of the detection of EBV DNA in the peripheral blood of children with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
III. Determine the incidence of NUT rearrangements in childhood nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
IV. Determine the radioprotective effect of amifostine when given daily prior to radiation therapy.
OUTLINE: This is a nonrandomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to stage of disease (I or IIA [stratum I] vs IIB-IV [stratum II]).
STRATUM I: Patients undergo radiotherapy 5 days a week for 8 weeks. Patients also receive amifostine subcutaneously on the same days they undergo radiotherapy.
STRATUM II:
INDUCTION THERAPY (weeks 1-9): Patients receive cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 1 and fluorouracil IV continuously on days 1-4. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with responding or stable disease proceed to consolidation therapy.
CONSOLIDATION THERAPY (weeks 10-18): Patients undergo radiotherapy and receive amifostine as in stratum I. Patients also receive cisplatin IV over 6 hours on days 1 and 22 (2 courses).
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for 10 years.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 111 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Treatment of Childhood Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Concomitant Chemoradiotherapy: A Groupwide Phase III Study |
Actual Study Start Date : | February 20, 2006 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 31, 2016 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Stratum I - AJCC Stages I-IIa
Patients undergo radiation therapy 5 days a week for 8 weeks. Patients also receive amifostine trihydrate subcutaneously on the same days they undergo radiation therapy.
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Drug: amifostine trihydrate
Given subcutaneously
Other Names:
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Correlative studies Radiation: radiation therapy Undergo radiotherapy
Other Names:
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Experimental: Stratum II - AJCC Stages IIb-IV
Patients receive cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 1 and fluorouracil IV continuously on days 1-4. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 3 courses. In weeks 10-18, patients undergo radiation therapy and receive amifostine trihydrate as in stratum I. Patients also receive 3 courses of cisplatin as before.
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Drug: amifostine trihydrate
Given subcutaneously
Other Names:
Drug: fluorouracil Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: cisplatin Given IV
Other Names:
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Correlative studies Radiation: radiation therapy Undergo radiotherapy
Other Names:
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- Two Year Event-free Survival (EFS) [ Time Frame: Up to Two Year After Enrollment ]The two-year event-free survival will be compared with a standard established from adult oncology data and the results of POG-9486. The two-year Kaplan-Meier estimate of event-free survival will be compared with 70% using a 1-sided test of size 0.05 using the asymptotic distribution of the complementary log-log distribution of the estimate.
- Predictive Value of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) DNA as Measured by Quantitative Detection at Enrollment on EFS 2 Years After Treatment [ Time Frame: At study enrollment ]Presence of EBV DNA in serum.
- Prognostic Significance of EBV Viral Load [ Time Frame: At study enrollment ]Viral load in blood.
- Predictive Value of the Detection of EBV DNA in the Peripheral Blood [ Time Frame: Up to 6 years ]The prognostic value of the presence of EBV DNA will be assessed using the log-rank test, adjusted by initial stage of disease, if appropriate. The proposed analysis will take place at the analytic endpoint of the clinical trial.
- Protective Effects of Amifostine Assessed Primarily by Sialometry [ Time Frame: At study enrollment ]Weight of stimulated saliva production in grams.
- Protective Effects of Amifostine Assessed Primarily by Sialometry: Weight of Unstimulated Saliva Production in Grams. [ Time Frame: At study enrollment ]Weight of unstimulated saliva production in grams.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | up to 18 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
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Histological diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma WHO type II or III
- Stage I-IV disease
- Newly diagnosed disease
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Performance status
- Patients ≤ 16 years of age: Lansky 60-100%
- Patients > 16 years of age: Karnofsky 60-100%
- Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate ≥ 70 mL/min
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Creatinine based on age/gender as follows:
- No greater than 0.4 mg/dL (for patients 1 month to < 6 months of age)
- No greater than 0.5 mg/dL (for patients 6 months to < 1 year of age)
- No greater than 0.6 mg/dL (for patients 1-2 years of age)
- No greater than 0.8 mg/dL (for patients < 6 years of age)
- No greater than 1.0mg/dL (for patients 6 to < 10 years of age)
- No greater than 1.2 mg/dL (for patients 10 to < 13 years of age)
- No greater than 1.4 mg/dL (for female patients 13 to ≥ 16 years of age)
- No greater than 1.5 mg/dL (for male patients 13 to < 16 years of age)
- No greater than 1.7 mg/dL (for male patients ≥ 16 years of age)
- Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
- AST or ALT < 2.5 times ULN for age
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- No prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy to the nasopharynx or neck for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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Principal Investigator: | Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD | Children's Oncology Group |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Children's Oncology Group |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00274937 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
ARAR0331 NCI-2009-00412 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) ) COG-ARAR0331 ( Other Identifier: Children's Oncology Group ) CDR0000454849 ( Other Identifier: Clinical Trials.gov ) U10CA098543 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | January 11, 2006 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | January 19, 2017 |
Last Update Posted: | July 12, 2021 |
Last Verified: | March 2021 |
Carcinoma Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Neoplasms, Squamous Cell Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms Pharyngeal Neoplasms Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms Head and Neck Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Nasopharyngeal Diseases Pharyngeal Diseases |
Stomatognathic Diseases Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases Fluorouracil Amifostine Antineoplastic Agents Antimetabolites Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Radiation-Protective Agents Protective Agents |