New cocktail of drugs aims to shrink Hard-to-Treat throat cancer
NCT ID NCT06509009
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial is testing a combination of three drugs—nimotuzumab, toripalimab, and chemotherapy (gemcitabine/cisplatin)—as a first treatment for people whose nasopharyngeal cancer has come back or spread. The study will enroll 30 adults to see how well the combo shrinks tumors and how safe it is. It is currently recruiting participants in China.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- nimotuzumab, toripalimab, gemcitabine, cisplatin
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could offer a new first-line treatment option for people with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma, potentially improving tumor shrinkage and delaying disease progression.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase (phase 2) study with only 30 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Side effects from the drug combination could be significant, and the treatment may not work better than existing options.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Expected to finish
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May 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.
- Ages
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18 to 75 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: Signed written informed consent form. Age between 18 and 75 years, inclusive, without gender restriction. Histologically confirmed diagnosis of recurrent/distant metastasis nasopharyngeal carcinoma, first line patients and unsuitable for local operation treatment. EGFR expression positive. Presence of at least one measurable lesion as per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1, and patients who have not undergone definitive treatment. ECOG Performance Status (PS) score of 0 or 2. Expected survival duration of at least 3 months. White blood cell count ≥ 3 × 10\^9/L; absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 × 10\^9/L; platelet count ≥ 100 × 10\^9/L; hemoglobin level ≥ 90 g/L. Serum creatinine level ≤ 1.2 mmol/L or creatinine clearance ≥ 60 ml/min. Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN) (in case of liver metastasis, ≤ 3.0 × ULN); aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 2.5 × ULN (in case of liver metastasis, ≤ 5.0 × ULN). Female patients must have a negative urine pregnancy test prior to study enrollment (this criterion does not apply to patients with bilateral ovarian resection and/or hysterectomy or postmenopausal patients). \- Exclusion Criteria: Subjects who have received radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunosuppressive agents, monoclonal antibodies, oral epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs), or anti-angiogenic drugs within the past six months. Subjects who have participated in another interventional clinical trial, undergone major surgical procedures, or scheduled for surgery within 30 days prior to screening. Patients with severe underlying diseases that preclude tolerance to the treatment. History of other malignancies, except for cured cervical carcinoma in situ, skin basal cell carcinoma, or malignancies cured for more than 5 years without recurrence. Presence of uncontrolled comorbidities such as heart failure, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, thyroid disorders, psychiatric illnesses, etc. Subjects with contraindications to immunotherapy, including those with immune dysfunction diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, systemic lupus erythematosus, HIV infection, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, chronic use of steroids for autoimmune diseases), recipients of allogeneic transplants, patients with interstitial lung disease, or those with meningeal metastasis or progressive brain metastasis. Allergy to any of the drugs or their components used in the study protocol. Grade 2 or higher peripheral neuropathy or hearing loss according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) version 5.0. Pregnant women (confirmed by blood or urine human chorionic gonadotropin \[HCG\] test) or lactating mothers, or subjects of reproductive age who are unwilling or unable to adopt effective contraceptive measures until at least 6 months after the last treatment in the study. \-
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Conditions
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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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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medcial Science and Peking Union Medical College
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 1000000, China