Radiation after surgery may keep tongue cancer at bay for High-Risk patients
NCT ID NCT07402525
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether giving radiation therapy after surgery can delay the return of early-stage tongue cancer in patients who have certain risk factors. About 190 adults aged 18 to 70 will be randomly assigned to either receive radiation or just be monitored. The goal is to see if radiation improves how long patients stay cancer-free and their overall survival, while also checking side effects and quality of life.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 190 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2031
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 70 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: 1. Age ≥ 18 years old and ≤ 70 years old, gender not limited; 2. Newly treated patients (who have not undergone radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or targeted therapy before); 3. Complete resection of the tumor with naked eye and no residual tumor observed in postoperative pathology; 4. The lesion is limited to the anterior 2/3 of the tongue (active part of the tongue); 5. Postoperative pathological diagnosis was squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue; 6. According to AJCC 8th edition, the pathological TNM staging is T1-2N0M0; 7. Having at least one risk factor: vascular cancer thrombus, nerve invasion, moderate or low differentiation; 8. The general status score of the Eastern Cancer Collaboration Group (ECOG) is 0-2 points; 9. Not participating in other clinical trials within the previous 4 weeks prior to screening; If other trials fail to screen cases, but meet the requirements of this trial, they can be enrolled. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who invade the oropharynx, mouth floor, cheeks, neck, and other organs; 2. Have received chemotherapy or other anti-tumor drugs; 3. Previously received radiation therapy for the head and neck area; 4. Patients with active autoimmune diseases that require systemic treatment in the past; 5. Pregnant or lactating women; 6. Individuals with acute infections that are difficult to control; 7. Patients with drug abuse, drug abuse, long-term alcoholism and AIDS; 8. The subjects also have other known invasive malignant tumors (excluding those with no evidence of tumor recurrence through treatment and a duration of more than 2 years); 9. Researchers believe that there are other conditions that hinder patients from participating in this trial.
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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
28 sites. 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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Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChaoyang, Beijing Municipality, 100020, China
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Cancer prevention and treatment center, sun yat-sen university
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGuandong, Guangdong, 510060, China
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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200032, China
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Fujian Cancer Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGFuzhou, Fujian, 350014, China
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Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHarbin, Heilongjiang, 150081, China
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Hunan Provincial People's Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChangsha, Hunan, 410005, China
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Hunan cancer hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChangsha, Hunan, 410008, China
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Huzhou Center Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHuzhou, Zhejiang, 313000, China
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Jiangxi Cancer Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNanchang, Jiangxi, 330029, China
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Ningbo Medical Center Lihuili Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNingbo, Zhejiang, 315040, China
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Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGWuhan, Hubei, 430060, China
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Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGQingdao, Shandong, 266000, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBengbu, Anhui, 233030, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGShenyang, Liaoning, 110001, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGDalian, Liaoning, 116011, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGFuzhou, 350005, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGWenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
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The First Hospital of Jilin University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChangchun, Jilin, 130033, China
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The Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200040, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGDalian, Liaoning, 116027, China
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The first affiliated hospital, college of medicinle, Zhejiang University
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, 310009, China
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Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGTianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300060, China
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Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGWuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChangsha, 410008, China
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Zhejiang Cancer Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, 310009, China
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the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGXi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, China
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the second affiliated hospital of Zhejiang University Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310009
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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