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Brief Title: New Approach of Assessing Drug Response for Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Cancer
Official Title: Prospective Evaluation of Plasma EBV DNA Half-life and PET-CT Scanning as a New Tool in Assessing Early Response to Chemotherapy in Patients With Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Study ID: NCT01365208
Brief Summary: The combination of pEBV DNA (half-life) and PET-CT following 1 course of chemotherapy allow earlier and more detection of drug response in advanced NPC than RECIST method, in patients with previously untreated advanced NPC who will receive platinum-based chemotherapy. This study will also determine if this new method can predict survival in these patients. This study may have far-reaching impact on drug development in NPC as it may offer a more optimal way of evaluating drug efficacy in clinical trials and also in clinical management.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, , Hong Kong
Name: Brigette Ma, MD, FRCP
Affiliation: Chinese University of Hong Kong
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR