QL1706 (PD-1/CTLA-4 Bi-specific Antibody) and Chemoradiotherapy in Locoregionally-advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorSun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center

About this trial

The trial aimed to compare QL1706 combined with induction chemotherapy plus concurrent chemoradiotherapy (IC+CCRT) versus IC+CCRT alone in High-risk Locoregionally-Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (LANPC).

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age ≥18 and ≤65 years

Patients with histologically confirmed non-keratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma according to WHO criteria.

Tumor staged as T4N1 and T1-4N2-3 (AJCC 9th)

Stage II: T1-3N2

Disqualifiers

Patients must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and give written informed consent, and be willing and able to comply with the study schedule, including follow-up visits, treatment procedures, laboratory testing, and other protocol-related requirements.

Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must be willing to adhere to effective contraception during treatment and for 1 year after the last dose of study drug (e.g., condoms, physician-guided regular use of oral contraceptives).

Positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) with hepatitis B virus DNA >1×103 copies/mL, positive for anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody , positive for anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody

Positive for anti-HIV antibody or diagnosed with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • QL1706

    Drug

    QL1706 5mg/kg 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.

  • Gemcitabine

    Drug

    Gemcitabine 1g/m2, d1 \& 8 of every cycle, every 3 weeks for 3 cycles before radiation.

  • Cisplatin

    Drug

    Induction cisplatin 80mg/m2, every 3 weeks for 3 cycles before radiation; Concurrent cisplatin 100mg/m2, every 3 weeks for 2 cycles during radiation

  • Intensity-modulated radiotherapy

    Radiation

    Definitive intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) of 6996cGy will be given in 33 fractions.

Treatment groups

580 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: QL1706 ArmExperimental treatment 4 interventions
Group B: Chemoradiation ArmActive comparator 3 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Failure-free survival (FFS) in intention-to-treat population

Multiple endpoint 1: calculated from randomization to the date of locoregional recurrence, distant metastasis, or death from any cause, whichever occurred first.

Time frame
3 years
2

Overall survival (OS) in intention-to-treat population

Multiple endpoint 2: calculated from randomization to the date of death from any cause.

Time frame
5 years

Secondary outcomes

1

Failure-free survival (FFS) in per-protocol population

calculated from randomization to the date of locoregional recurrence, distant metastasis, or death from any cause, whichever occurred first.

Time frame
3 years
2

Overall survival (OS) in per-protocol population

calculated from randomization to the date of death from any cause.

Time frame
3 years
3

Locoregional recurrence-free survival (LRRFS)

calculated from randomization to the date of locoregional persistence or 1st locoregional recurrence.

Time frame
3 years
4

Distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS)

calculated from randomization to the date of first distant metastasis.

Time frame
3 years

Other outcomes

1

Correlation between pre-treatment PD-L1 expression level and FFS

Pre-treatment PD-L1 expression level of tumor cell is evaluated centrally by means of immunohistochemical testing.

Time frame
3 years
2

Evaluate failure-free survival in the subgroup of plasma Epstein-Barr virus DNA level

Subgroup analysis

Time frame
3 years
3

Evaluate failure-free survival in the subgroup of clinical stage

Subgroup analysis

Time frame
3 years

Sponsors and contacts

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Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center

Lead sponsor

Sun Yat-sen University

Sponsor institution

Qilu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Collaborator