Chemotherapy With or Without Bevacizumab or Lapatinib to Treat Operable Oesophagogastric Cancer
- Conditions
- Oesophagogastric Cancer
- Interventions
- Biological: bevacizumabProcedure: adjuvant therapyProcedure: neoadjuvant therapyProcedure: conventional surgery
- Registration Number
- NCT00450203
- Lead Sponsor
- Professor David Cunningham
- Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as epirubicin, cisplatin, and capecitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, and small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors, such as lapatinib, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Bevacizumab may also stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Lapatinib targets a specific growth receptor, HER-2. Chemotherapy together with bevacizumab or lapatinib, in HER-2 positive tumours, may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase II/III trial is studying the side effects and how well giving combination chemotherapy together with bevacizumab works compared with combination chemotherapy alone in treating patients with previously untreated stomach cancer, gastroesophageal junction cancer or lower oesophageal cancer that can be removed by surgery. The feasibility study is studying the safety of adding lapatinib to chemotherapy in patients with HER-2 positive previously untreated stomach cancer, gastroesophageal junction cancer or lower oesophageal cancer that can be removed by surgery. The feasibility study will also assess the feasibility of timely HER-2 testing and estimate the HER-2 positivity rate in this patient population.
- Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
* Assess the safety and efficacy of neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy comprising epirubicin hydrochloride, cisplatin, and capecitabine with or without bevacizumab in patients with previously untreated, resectable gastric, gastroesophageal junction or lower oesophageal cancer.
* Assess the safety of neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy comprising epirubicin hydrochloride, cisplatin, and capecitabine with or without lapatinib in patients with HER-2 positive previously untreated, resectable gastric, gastroesophageal junction or lower oesophageal cancer.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter, randomized, open-label, controlled study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 4 treatment arms.
* Arm I and II: Patients receive epirubicin hydrochloride IV and cisplatin IV over 4 hours on day 1 and capecitabine orally twice daily on days 1-21. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients undergo surgery 5-6 weeks after completion of chemotherapy. Patients then receive 3 additional courses of chemotherapy beginning 6-10 weeks after surgery.
* Arm II: Patients receive bevacizumab IV over 30-90 minutes, epirubicin hydrochloride IV, and cisplatin IV over 4 hours on day 1 and capecitabine orally twice daily on days 1-21. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients undergo surgery 5-8 weeks after completion of chemotherapy. Patients then receive 3 additional courses of chemotherapy and bevacizumab beginning 6-10 weeks after surgery. Patients then receive maintenance therapy comprising bevacizumab IV over 30-90 minutes on day 1. Maintenance therapy repeats every 21 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
* Arm IV: Patients receive lapatinib orally once daily, epirubicin hydrochloride IV, and cisplatin IV over 4 hours on day 1 and capecitabine orally twice daily on days 1-21. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients undergo surgery 5-8 weeks after completion of chemotherapy. Patients then receive 3 additional courses of chemotherapy and lapatinib beginning 6-10 weeks after surgery. Patients then receive maintenance therapy comprising lapatinib orally once daily on days 1-21. Maintenance therapy repeats every 21 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Quality of life is assessed at baseline, during treatment, and during the follow-up period.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed at 9, 18, and 27 weeks after the start of course 4, 1 year post surgery, every 6 months for 2 years, and then annually thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 1063 patients were recruited to the bevacizumab comparison of the study (now closed to recruitment) and 40 patients with HER-2 positive tumours will be recruited into the ST03 feasibility study.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1103
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Epirubicin, Cisplatin and Capecitabine neoadjuvant therapy ECX chemotherapy ECX + Lapatinib Epirubicin ECX + Lapatinib ECX + Bevacizumab conventional surgery ECX + Bevacizumab ECX + Bevacizumab neoadjuvant therapy ECX + Bevacizumab ECX + Lapatinib adjuvant therapy ECX + Lapatinib ECX + Bevacizumab bevacizumab ECX + Bevacizumab ECX + Bevacizumab adjuvant therapy ECX + Bevacizumab Epirubicin, Cisplatin and Capecitabine adjuvant therapy ECX chemotherapy Epirubicin, Cisplatin and Capecitabine conventional surgery ECX chemotherapy ECX + Lapatinib conventional surgery ECX + Lapatinib ECX + Lapatinib neoadjuvant therapy ECX + Lapatinib ECX + Bevacizumab capecitabine ECX + Bevacizumab ECX + Bevacizumab cisplatin ECX + Bevacizumab ECX + Bevacizumab Epirubicin ECX + Bevacizumab Epirubicin, Cisplatin and Capecitabine cisplatin ECX chemotherapy Epirubicin, Cisplatin and Capecitabine capecitabine ECX chemotherapy Epirubicin, Cisplatin and Capecitabine Epirubicin ECX chemotherapy ECX + Lapatinib capecitabine ECX + Lapatinib ECX + Lapatinib cisplatin ECX + Lapatinib ECX + Lapatinib Lapatinib ECX + Lapatinib
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Overall survival end of trial Safety at the end of phase II and phase III Efficacy end of trial
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Treatment-related morbidity end of trial Feasibility end of trial Surgical resection rates end of trial Cost-effectiveness end of trial Quality of life end of trial Response rates to pre-operative treatment at phase II review and at end of trial Disease-free survival end of trial HER-2 Positivity Rate End of trial Feasibility of centralised HER-2 testing After 60 patients tested and then after 110 patients tested and then at end of trial
Trial Locations
- Locations (41)
Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre
🇬🇧Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
🇬🇧Huddersfield, West Yorks, England, United Kingdom
Cumberland Infirmary
🇬🇧Carlisle, England, United Kingdom
Rochdale Infirmary
🇬🇧Rochdale, England, United Kingdom
Royal Bournemouth Hospital
🇬🇧Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom
Bradford Royal Infirmary
🇬🇧Bradford, England, United Kingdom
Addenbrooke's Hospital
🇬🇧Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Doncaster Royal Infirmary
🇬🇧Doncaster, England, United Kingdom
Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital
🇬🇧Leeds, England, United Kingdom
St. Luke's Cancer Centre at Royal Surrey County Hospital
🇬🇧Guildford, England, United Kingdom
Lincoln County Hospital
🇬🇧Lincoln, England, United Kingdom
Aintree University Hospital
🇬🇧Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Saint Bartholomew's Hospital
🇬🇧London, England, United Kingdom
St. George's Hospital
🇬🇧London, England, United Kingdom
St. Mary's Hospital
🇬🇧London, England, United Kingdom
Mid Kent Oncology Centre at Maidstone Hospital
🇬🇧Maidstone, England, United Kingdom
Christie Hospital
🇬🇧Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology
🇬🇧Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
Northern Centre for Cancer Treatment at Newcastle General Hospital
🇬🇧Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Derriford Hospital
🇬🇧Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
Berkshire Cancer Centre at Royal Berkshire Hospital
🇬🇧Reading, England, United Kingdom
Dorset Cancer Centre
🇬🇧Poole Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Salisbury District Hospital
🇬🇧Salisbury, England, United Kingdom
Southampton General Hospital
🇬🇧Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Wexham Park Hospital
🇬🇧Slough, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Royal Marsden - Surrey
🇬🇧Sutton, England, United Kingdom
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
🇬🇧Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Velindre Cancer Center at Velindre Hospital
🇬🇧Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
🇬🇧Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
🇬🇧Birmingham, United Kingdom
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
🇬🇧Coventry, United Kingdom
Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre
🇬🇧Glasgow, United Kingdom
Leicester Royal Infirmary
🇬🇧Leicester, United Kingdom
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
🇬🇧Norwich, United Kingdom
Churchill Hospital
🇬🇧Oxford, United Kingdom
St James Hospital
🇬🇧Leeds, United Kingdom
Queens Hospital
🇬🇧Romford, United Kingdom
Great Western Hospital
🇬🇧Swindon, United Kingdom
Weston Park
🇬🇧Sheffield, United Kingdom
Musgrove Park Hospital
🇬🇧Taunton, United Kingdom
Castle Hill Hospital
🇬🇧Cottingham, United Kingdom