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Can zapping liver and lung tumors boost treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer?

NCT ID NCT07824856

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First seen Sep 17, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

Researchers are testing whether adding CT-guided thermal ablation of liver or lung metastases to standard systemic therapy improves tumor response in people with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The trial enrolls 138 adults whose primary tumor was cured but who later developed up to five small metastases in the liver or lungs. Participants are randomly assigned to receive systemic therapy alone or systemic therapy plus ablation, and researchers measure how well tumors shrink.

What this could mean

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Active substance
CT-guided percutaneous thermal ablation of liver and lung metastases
What this could lead to
If it works, adding ablation to standard systemic therapy could improve tumor response for people whose nasopharyngeal carcinoma has spread to a few spots in the liver or lungs.
What could go wrong
This is a single-center phase II trial, so results may not hold in larger or more diverse groups. Ablation carries risks such as bleeding, infection, or damage to nearby tissue, and it may not add benefit beyond systemic therapy alone.

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Study facts

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Phase

Phase 2

Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.

Participants

About 138 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Expected to start

Oct 2026

An estimate. Start dates often move.

Expected to finish

Feb 2029

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Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 to 75 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Written informed consent to participate in the trial * Age 18 to 75 years, any sex * Histologically or cytologically confirmed nasopharyngeal carcinoma, with clinically diagnosed liver and/or lung metastases * Primary nasopharyngeal tumor cured after curative treatment, with no lymph node metastasis and no metastases outside the liver and lung (metachronous metastasis: distant metastasis detected at least 6 months after curative treatment of the primary tumor) * No more than 5 liver and/or lung metastases, each 3 cm or smaller in diameter * Liver and/or lung metastases amenable to ablation * ECOG performance status 0 or 1 * Adequate hematologic and organ function: absolute neutrophil count ≥1.5×10\^9/L; hemoglobin ≥70 g/L; platelet count ≥50×10\^9/L; white blood cell count ≥3.0×10\^9/L; serum albumin ≥28 g/L; total bilirubin ≤3.0 mg/dL; AST and ALT ≤5×ULN; serum creatinine ≤1.5×ULN; INR ≤2.3 (without anticoagulant therapy) * No prior systemic therapy for metastatic disease (e.g., gemcitabine plus cisplatin chemotherapy or PD-1 inhibitor) Exclusion Criteria: * History of hypersensitivity or intolerance to any study drug * Severe hepatic insufficiency, pulmonary fibrosis, or pulmonary hypertension * Poorly controlled infectious or radiation-induced inflammation around the lesion, skin infection at the puncture site, systemic infection, or fever \>38.5 °C * Estimated life expectancy less than 3 months * Poorly controlled malignant pleural effusion * Clinically significant bleeding within 30 days before study entry * Uncorrectable coagulopathy or marked hematologic abnormality with evident bleeding tendency * Severe hepatic, renal, cardiac, pulmonary, or cerebral dysfunction; severe anemia, dehydration, or nutritional/metabolic disturbance that cannot be corrected in the short term; left ventricular ejection fraction \<45% * History of congenital long QT syndrome, or corrected QT interval \>480 ms (Fridericia) * Psychiatric disorder in an active episode * Poorly controlled hypertension: systolic blood pressure \>150 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure \>100 mmHg * Urine protein ≥1 g/24 h (participants with ≥1+ proteinuria on dipstick must have 24-hour urine protein measured); prior organ transplantation * Anticoagulant and/or antiplatelet therapy (except novel oral anticoagulants such as dabigatran and rivaroxaban) not discontinued for more than 5-7 days before ablation * Other malignancy within the previous 3 years or concurrently * Prior gemcitabine plus cisplatin chemotherapy or PD-1 inhibitor therapy * Any other condition that, in the investigator's judgment, makes the patient unsuitable for the trial

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  • Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center

    Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China

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