eoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy plus surgery versus active surveillance for oesophageal cancer
- Conditions
- carcinoma of the oesophagusoesophageal cancer1001799010017991
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 738
Patients who are planned to undergo or who recently underwent neoadjuvant
chemoradiotherapy according to CROSS, followed by surgical resection for
histologically proven oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma of
the oesophagus or oesophago-gastric junction;, Age >=18;, Written, voluntary,
informed consent.
Language difficulty, dementia or altered mental status prohibiting the
understanding and giving of informed consent and to complete quality of life
questionnaires;, Non-FDG-avid tumour at baseline PET-CT scan.
Previous treatment with endoscopic resection.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The main study parameter is overall survival</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary endpoints include the percentage of patients who do not undergo<br /><br>surgery, quality of life, clinical irresectability (cT4b) rate, radical<br /><br>resection rate, postoperative complications, progression free survival, distant<br /><br>dissemination rate, and cost-effectiveness</p><br>