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Clinical Trials/NCT02133612
NCT02133612
Completed
Phase 2

Phase 2 Study of Adjuvant Chemotherapy With Paclitaxel and Cisplatin in Patients With Advanced Esophageal Cancer

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences1 site in 1 country43 target enrollmentDecember 2007

Overview

Phase
Phase 2
Intervention
paclitaxel; cisplatin
Conditions
Esophageal Cancer
Sponsor
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Enrollment
43
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
3 year overall survival
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

Esophageal cancer is a highly aggressive malignancy with a poor overall outcome.

  • Five year survival rate after radical esophagectomy is modest at about 40%.The patients with regional lymph node metastases have worse outcome than those without lymph node metastases.
  • No standard postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy has ever been established.
Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
December 2007
End Date
May 2014
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Single Group
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Jing Huang

M.D

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • ability to give informed consent
  • histological proof of thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with negative proximal and distal margins
  • node-positive and pathologic stage M0 .
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1
  • Patients were enrolled 4 to 10 weeks after surgery.
  • Adequate organ function was required in 2 weeks of registration and was defined as: serum creatinine within normal institutional limit, and creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥60ml/minute. Aspartate aminotransferase and bilirubin\<2 times of upper normal institutional limits.

Exclusion Criteria

  • prior chemotherapy or concurrent radiation therapy before esophagectomy
  • R1 or R2 resection
  • clinically significant hearing loss or symptomatic peripheral neuropathy during initial examination

Arms & Interventions

single arm paclitaxel and cisplatin

Intervention: paclitaxel; cisplatin

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

3 year overall survival

Time Frame: 5 year

Secondary Outcomes

  • 3 year disease-free survival(5 year)

Study Sites (1)

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