Massive study aims to find best throat cancer treatment
NCT ID NCT04908696
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is tracking 1000 people with throat cancer to compare different treatments like surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. The goal is to see which treatments lead to the best survival rates and preserve the ability to speak and swallow. Participants are aged 18-90 with various stages of laryngeal or hypopharyngeal cancer.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help doctors choose the best treatment for each stage of laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer, improving survival and quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a controlled trial. It cannot prove one treatment is better than another, and results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
This cohort study involve laryngeal cancer and hypopharyngeal cancer patients with T1 -T4 stages, and we plan to observe the oncologic outcomes from different clinical treatments.
- Ages
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18 to 90 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Laryngeal cancer: glottic type, supraglottic type, and subglottic type; hypopharyngeal cancer: pyriform sinus type, postcri-coid type, and posterior pharyngeal wall type. * T1, T2, T3, and T4 stage. * Age 18 - 90. * Male or female. * Good compliance. * No other severe related diseases that may impact the treatment (such as other tumors, severe heart, lung and central nervous system diseases, etc.). * Negative pregnancy test (for female patients with fertility). * Male patients with fertility and female patients with fertility and pregnancy risk must agree to use contraceptive methods throughout the study period, and continued until at least 6 months after the last dose of cisplatin. Female patients do not have fertility. Female patients with postmenopausal status. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have previously been diagnosed with immunodeficiency or known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related diseases. * Patients with a known history of active tuberculosis (TB). * Pregnant women or lactating women. * The doctors believes that it is inappropriate for patients to participate in the trial: having, for example, severe acute or chronic medical conditions (including immune colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, non-infectious pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis) or mental illness (including recent time \[within the past year\] or active suicidal ideation or behavior).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Lei Tao
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200031, China
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