Proton Radiotherapy With Chemotherapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
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Official title
A Phase II Study of Proton Radiotherapy With Chemotherapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Brief summary
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Photon beam radiation is the standard type of radiation used to treat nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Photon beam radiation enters the body and passes through healthy tissue, encounters the tumor and leaves the body through healthy tissue. Proton beam radiation has been shown to have the same effect on tumors as photon beam radiation but it enters the body, passes through healthy tissue, and encounters the tumor but then stops. This means less healthy tissue is affected by proton beam treatment than by photon beam treatment. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of proton beam radiation in treating nasopharyngeal cancer and reducing the acute and long-term side effects from the treatment. This study will also test to see if the sparing of the healthy tissue can improve quality of life
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00592501
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 25 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Proton/Photon Radiotherapy Radiation
- Cisplatin Drug
- Fluorouracil Drug
Radiation · Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Oct 2006 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Apr 2019 (Actual)
- Completion
- Apr 2019 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Oct 26, 2021
2006 – 2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston | Massachusetts | 02114 | — |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston | Massachusetts | 02115 | — |
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- Last update posted Oct 26, 2021 · Synced Oct 3, 2026
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