This trial aimed to evaluate the efficacy of anlotinib hydrochloride combined with benmelstobart, induction chemotherapy, and concurrent chemoradiotherapy (IC+CCRT), versus a regimen of benmelstobart plus IC+CCRT, in patients with high-risk locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (LANPC).
This trial will enroll patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (LANPC) staged as T4N2 or T1-4N3 (AJCC 9th edition). Participants will be randomized 1:1 to either the control or experimental regimen. The control regimen consists of three cycles of induction chemotherapy (gemcitabine, cisplatin, and benmelstobart), followed by concurrent cisplatin-based chemoradiotherapy and 9 cycles of benmelstobart as adjuvant therapy. The experimental group will receive the same regimen plus anlotinib hydrochloride during the induction chemotherapy phase. All patients will receive intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). In the experimental group, anlotinib hydrochloride will be administered on days 1-14 of each 3-week induction cycle for three cycles.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
412
Anlotinib hydrochloride (10mg, d1-d14) will be given every 3 weeks for 3 cycles in induction chemotherapy.
Gemcitabine 1g/m2, d1 \& 8 of every cycle, every 3 weeks for 3 cycles before radiation.
Induction cisplatin 80mg/m2, every 3 weeks for 3 cycles before radiation; Concurrent cisplatin 100mg/m2, every 3 weeks for 2 cycles during radiation
Failure-free survival (FFS)
From date of randomization until the date of first documented locoregional recurrence, distant metastasis, or death from any cause, whichever occurred first
Time frame: 3 year
Tumor response
Evaluation of tumor response as CR, PR, SD, PD, NA by clinicians
Time frame: the time of completion of induction chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and adjuvant immunotherapy; from the date of enrollment until the date of the last time that tumorimaging and assessment of disease has been done, assessed up to 62 weeks
Overall survival (OS)
From date of randomization until the date of death from any cause, whichever came first
Time frame: 3 years
Distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS)
From date of randomization until the date of first documented distant metastasis, whichever occurred first.
Time frame: 3 years
Locoregional recurrence-free survival (LRRFS)
From date of randomization until the date of first documented locoregional recurrence, whichever occurred first.
Time frame: 3 years
Adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs)
Graded according to CTCAE V5.0.
Time frame: 3 years
Quality of life (QoL)
The change of QoL from randomization to the start of radiotherapy, the end of radiotherapy, 13-16 weeks after radiotherapy, 2 years and 3 years after randomization. The EORTC QoL questionnaire-C30 (EORTC QLQ-C30)version 3.0 will be used. This questionnaire comprises 30 questions, 24 of which are aggregated into nine multi-question scales, that is, five functioning scales (e.g., physical), three symptom scales (e.g., fatigue) and one global health status scale. The remaining six single-question (e.g., dyspnoea) scales assess symptoms. These 15 scales will be scored according to the official Scoring Manual. For the functional scales and the global health status scale, a higher score represents a better level of functioning or quality of life. For the symptom scales, a higher score indicates a greater severity of symptoms.
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Definitive intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) of 6996cGy will be given in 33 fractions.
Benmelstobart 1200mg will be given every 3 weeks for 3 cycles in induction chemotherapy and for 9 cycles in adjuvant chemotherapy, started on day 1 of induction chemotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy, respectively.
Time frame: week 1, 6, 24, 60, 72
Failure-free survival (FFS) within different subgroups
analyses for FFS will be performed within the following subgroups: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA (≤4000copies/ml vs. \>4000copies/ml), different PD-L1 expression levels, age, gender, performance status, T category, N category, and stage.
Time frame: 3 years