Effect of Standard Nutrition Therapy on Nutritional Status and Prognosis in Locoregionally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients With Malnutrition

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorSun Yat-sen University

About this trial

This is a multicenter, randomized controlled, phase III clinical trial. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of standard nutrition treatment versus conventional nutrition treatment in local advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Newly histologic diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma(WHO II/III);

All genders,range from 18~65 years old;

Karnofsky performance status(KPS) ≥ 80;

Clinical stage III~IVa(AJCC/UICC 8th);

Disqualifiers

Have some PEG/PEJ contraindications, such as coagulopathy, recent anticoagulant medications and aspirin, gastric ulcer or history of gastric bleeding, portal hypertension combined with abdominal and esophageal fundal varices, pyloric obstruction due to residual stomach under the costal arch after various major gastrectomy or various reasons;

Distance metastases;

Have or are suffering from other malignant tumors;

Participating in other clinical trials;

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Standardized nutrition therapy
  • Cisplatin
  • Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy

Treatment groups

266 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Sun Yat-sen University

Lead sponsor

Zhongnan Hospital

Collaborator

The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University

Collaborator

Fudan University

Collaborator

Jiangxi Provincial Cancer Hospital

Collaborator

Xijing Hospital

Collaborator

Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

Collaborator

Fujian Cancer Hospital

Collaborator

Zhejiang Cancer Hospital

Collaborator

Cancer Hospital of Guizhou Province

Collaborator