Maintenance Immunotherapy With Deferred Salvage Radiotherapy After Response to Chemoimmunotherapy in Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

NCT07528183 | Recruiting Phase 2

• 1 other identifier: B2025-628
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 62
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 4

Brief Summary

Re-irradiation is the most common clinical treatment for recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma; however, it is associated with severe complications which seriously affect patients' quality of life. Exploring deferred salvage radiotherapy until nasopharyngeal or cervical progression after PD 1 plus GP chemotherapy and immunotherapy maintenance is of great significance for improving the long-term survival and quality of life of patients with unresectable locally recurrent NPC. Thus, the investigators plan to conduct a multicenter, prospective, single-arm phase II clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of maintenance Immunotherapy with deferred salvage radiotherapy with an objective response to chemoimmunotherapy in patients with unresectable locally recurrent NPC .

Conditions

Nasopharyngeal Cancinoma (NPC)

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Overall survival

  the time from the date of maintenance treatment initiation to the date of death due to any cause.

  3 years

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Progression free-survival

  3 years

• Locoregional progression-free survival

  3 years

• Distant progression-free survival

  3 years

• Incidence of acute and late toxicity

  3 years

• Quality of life (QoL)

  3 years

Interventions

Maintenance Immunotherapy With Deferred Salvage Radiotherapy DRUG

1. Gemcitabine + Cisplatin Chemotherapy: Gemcitabine 1000 mg/m² on days 1 and 8 + Cisplatin 80 mg/m² on day 1, every 3 weeks, for 4-6 cycles. PD-1 Monoclonal Antibody Immunotherapy: Toripalimab 240 mg on day 1, every 3 weeks, or Tislelizumab 200 mg on day 1, every 3 weeks, or Camrelizumab 200 mg on day 1, every 3 weeks, for 4-6 cycles. 2. PD-1 Maintenance Therapy: Toripalimab 240 mg on day 1, every 3 weeks, or Tislelizumab 200 mg on day 1, every 3 weeks, or Camrelizumab 200 mg on day 1, every 3 weeks, until disease progression (according to RECIST v1.1; If progression is confined to the nasopharynx and/or neck without new metastatic lesions, salvage radiotherapy to these regions will be given, followed by continued immunotherapy maintenance until further progression), unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of patient consent, or completion of a cumulative 2 years of treatment.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age 18-70 years, any gender.
• primary tumour recurrent T classificationT2-T4, regional lymph nodes recurrent N classificationN0-N2, no distant metastasis (recurrent M0); overall recurrent stage II-III according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer Union for International Cancer Control 9th edition stage-classification system.
• Local recurrence (with or without regional recurrence) more than one year after radical treatment and unsuitable for surgery.
• Pathologically confirmed non-keratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma (WHO type II or III).
• Achieved complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) after 4-6 cycles of chemotherapy plus PD-1 inhibitor therapy.
• ECOG performance status 0-1.
• Expected survival ≥ 3 months.
• No prior radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or biological therapy for recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma
• No contraindications to immunotherapy, chemotherapy, or re-irradiation.
• Adequate organ function within 14 days before first dose, defined as:
• Hematology：Hemoglobin ≥ 90 g/L，ANC ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L，Platelet count ≥ 100 × 10⁹/L Renal Function：Creatinine ≤ 1.5 × ULN, or creatinine clearance (CrCl) / eGFR ≥ 50 mL/min Liver Function：Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN，AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 × ULN.
• INR or PT ≤ 1.5 × ULN, unless on therapeutic anticoagulation and values within therapeutic range，APTT ≤ 1.5 × ULN, unless on therapeutic anticoagulation and values within therapeutic range.

You may not qualify if:

• known pre-existing radiation-induced complications, including soft tissue necrosis, brain injury, neck fibrosis, or other radiation-induced complications of grade 3 or above
• Prior anti-tumor therapy for recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, surgery, or immunotherapy.
• Prior treatment with PD-1/PD-L1 or CTLA-4 inhibitors.
• History of other malignancies within the past 5 years, except adequately treated basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell skin cancer, or in-situ cervical cancer.
• Active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment (e.g., corticosteroids, immunosuppressants) within the past 2 years, except for stable hypothyroidism, type 1 diabetes mellitus, or resolved childhood asthma/atopy.
• Known history of active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Suspected active TB must be excluded by chest X-ray, sputum examination, and assessment of clinical signs and symptoms.
• Hepatitis B: HBsAg positive with peripheral blood HBV DNA more than 1000 copies/mL or 200 IU/mL
• Hepatitis C: HCV antibody positive, eligible only if HCV RNA is negative
• HIV infection
• Clinically significant cardiovascular disease (e.g., uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina, myocardial infarction within 6 months, congestive heart failure ≥ NYHA class II, or serious arrhythmia).
• Interstitial lung disease, non-infectious pneumonitis, or history of ≥ grade 2 pneumonitis.
• Major surgery within 4 weeks before enrollment, or unhealed surgical wound.
• Pregnant or breastfeeding women, or those planning pregnancy during the study period.
• Known allergy or hypersensitivity to study drugs or their excipients.
• Any condition that, in the investigator's judgment, would interfere with trial participation or interpretation of results.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Sun Yat-sen University: lead

Study Sites (4)

Fujian Cancer Hospital

Fuzhou, Fujian, China

NOT YET RECRUITING

Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center

Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China

RECRUITING

Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital

Nanning, Guangxi, China

NOT YET RECRUITING

Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Wuhan, Hubei, China

NOT YET RECRUITING

Central Study Contacts

Haiqiang Mai

CONTACT

+86-20-87343380; maihq@sysucc.org.cn

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 7, 2026
• First Posted: April 14, 2026
• Study Start: July 22, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 22, 2032
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 22, 2034
• Last Updated: July 23, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-07

Locations

CN (4)