Rare sinus cancer study aims to clarify treatment outcomes
NCT ID NCT07652489
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows people with a rare and advanced cancer of the nasal cavity and sinuses called T4 sinonasal adenoid cystic carcinoma. All participants receive the standard treatment: surgery followed by radiation therapy. The goal is to measure how long people live without the cancer growing or spreading, and to track side effects and quality of life. The results will help doctors better counsel patients and design future research.
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 provide clearer survival expectations and guide treatment decisions for people with this rare cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a test of a new treatment. It cannot prove that surgery plus radiotherapy works better than other approaches.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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.
Who is studied
This study population consists of adults (aged 18-80 years) with newly diagnosed, histologically confirmed T4 stage sinonasal adenoid cystic carcinoma (SNACC) according to AJCC 8th edition. Eligible patients have ECOG PS 0-2, adequate organ function, and are deemed resectable by multidisciplinary team evaluation. Both M0 and selected M1 patients (with stable limited lung metastases) are included. Patients with other active malignancies, severe uncontrolled comorbidities, prior anticancer treatment, or unresectable disease (e.g., bilateral cavernous sinus involvement) are excluded. The study aims to enroll approximately 70 participants from six tertiary referral centers in China.
- Ages
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18 to 80 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 80 years, any gender; ECOG performance status 0 2; life expectancy ≥6 months. 2. Histologically confirmed primary sinonasal adenoid cystic carcinoma (cribriform, tubular, solid, or mixed type). Other malignancies excluded. 3. T4 stage (T4a or T4b) according to AJCC 8th edition, based on contrast enhanced MRI/CT. 4. N0 2 (operable lymph node metastasis allowed). 5. M0 (no distant metastasis on chest CT and abdominal ultrasound) OR M1 with stable limited lung metastases; (c) stable on two CT scans ≥3 months apart; (d) no respiratory symptoms. 6. Previously untreated (no radiotherapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, or tumor resection). MDT deems technically resectable (R0/R1 achievable, not diffusely unresectable). 7. Adequate organ function within 14 days before enrollment: ANC ≥1.5×10⁹/L, platelets ≥100×10⁹/L, Hb ≥90 g/L; ALT/AST ≤2.5×ULN, TBil ≤1.5×ULN, Cr ≤1.5×ULN or CrCl ≥50 mL/min; LVEF ≥50%, no uncontrolled arrhythmia. 8. Willing and able to provide written informed consent for clinical data collection (and optional biospecimen banking). Investigator judges good compliance. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Progressive lung metastases within 6 months (new lesions or \>20% increase); extrapulmonary metastases (liver, bone, brain); symptomatic lung metastases. 2. MDT judged unresectable, e.g., bilateral cavernous sinus invasion, brain parenchyma invasion, bilateral internal carotid artery encasement. 3. Primary tumor outside sinonasal cavity (e.g., major salivary glands, oropharynx); non ACC histology. 4. Other active malignancy within 5 years (except cured basal cell carcinoma, cervical carcinoma in situ, etc.). 5. Severe comorbidities: NYHA class III/IV heart failure, recent myocardial infarction or unstable angina, uncontrolled hypertension (≥160/100 mmHg); COPD requiring home oxygen or interstitial lung disease; decompensated cirrhosis; active hepatitis B/C without antiviral therapy; nephropathy requiring dialysis; active serious infection; active bleeding or coagulopathy (INR \>1.5×ULN without anticoagulation, or platelets \<50×10⁹/L). 6. Special populations: pregnant or breastfeeding; unwilling to use contraception (if childbearing potential); severe allergy to medications required for surgery/radiotherapy; severe psychiatric or cognitive disorder impairing cooperation; currently participating in another interventional trial. 7. Unable to undergo contrast enhanced MRI (metal implants, claustrophobia, gadolinium allergy); investigator judges inability to complete follow up (e.g., living abroad, substance abuse).
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
6 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200031, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGXi’an, Shanxi, 710032, 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 Wenzhou Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGWenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHarbin, Heilongjiang, 150001, China
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Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChangsha, Hunan, 410013, China
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