Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignant tumor that originates in nasopharyngeal epithelial cells. It is common in southern China and Southeast Asia, but the incidence rate is low in most parts of the world. According to the World Health Organization survey, 80% of nasopharyngeal carcinomas occur in China, with high incidence in southern China, as high as 30-50/100,000, such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, and Fujian. In 2015, Chinese cancer statistics showed that there were about 60,600 new cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in China, and the number of deaths was about 34,100. Radiation therapy is the main treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Early stage I and IIa achieved a 5-year survival rate (OS) of 90% and 84%, respectively . However, the treatment outcomes of most patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma are not ideal.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
92
induction chemotherapy with nab-paclitaxel and nedaplatin followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy
No. 156, North Road, Xierhuan Road
Fuzhou, Fujian, China
RECRUITINGObjective response rate (ORR)
To be determined by measurement of target lesions according to RECIST criteria
Time frame: 3 years
Progression-Free Survival(PFS)
From the date of enrollment to the date of either locally, regionally or distant failure or last follow-up
Time frame: 3 years
Overall survival(OS)
From the date of enrollment to the date of death is observed or to last follow-up visit
Time frame: 3 years
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