A Phase II Trial of S-1 as Maintenance Treatment After Gemcitabine Plus Cisplatin Regimen Chemotherapy in Patients With Recurrent and/or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

A Phase II Trial of S-1 as Maintenance Treatment After Gemcitabine Plus Cisplatin Regimen Chemotherapy in Patients With Recurrent and/or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Zhejiang Cancer Hospital
• Treatments: Gemcitabine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• all proven to have locoregional recurrence after curative treatment and unsuitability for further local treatment, distant metastases at presentation or acquired metastases after curative treatment. the presence of at least one measurable disease, which was defined as lesion that could be measured at least 20 mm in one dimension by conventional computed tomography (CT) or at least 10 mm by spiral CT scan; KPS≥70, and a life expectancy of at least 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

• other malignancy prior to study entry; bone-only metastasis;previous radiotherapy within 4 weeks; previous exposure to gemcitabine;patients with any active, non-controlled infection or other severe systemic diseases, such as congestive heart failure, angina pectoris, respiratory insufficiency and arrhythmia were all rejected at enrollment. Other exclusion criteria included concurrent treatment with other investigational drugs, hypersensitivity to platinum compounds,and current pregnancy or breastfeeding.