Sintilimab (PD-1 Antibody) in Combination With Chemoradiotherapy in High-risk Locoregionally-advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: a Single-arm, Multicentre, Phase 2 Trial
The program aims to enroll patients with stage high risk (AJCC 8th, T3-4N2-3M0) . Patients will receive 3 cycles of induction chemotherapy with gemcitabine and cisplatin and concurrent cisplatin-radiation plus Sintilimab, and then receive 11 cycles of Sintilimab after intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). All patients will receive IMRT. Sintilimab will begin on day 1 of induction chemotherapy and continue every 3 weeks for 17 cycles.
• Patients with histologically confirmed Non-keratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
• Tumor staged as III-IVA (AJCC 8th, T3-4N2-3M0).
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ≤1.
• Adequate marrow function: neutrocyte count≥1.5×10e9/L, hemoglobin ≥90g/L and platelet count ≥100×10e9/L.
• Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT)/Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) ≤2.5×upper limit of normal (ULN), and bilirubin ≤ 1.5×ULN.
• Adequate renal function: creatinine clearance rate ≥ 60 ml/min (Cockcroft-Gault formula).
• Patients must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and give written informed consent.
• Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) who are sexually active must be willing to adhere to effective contraception during treatment and for 1 year after the last dose of study drug. Men who are sexually active with WOCBP must be willing to adhere to effective contraception during treatment and for 1 year after the last dose of the study drug.