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A phase III randomized comparison of surgery alone vs. surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with curatively resected esophageal cancer

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Neoplasms
Registration Number
KCT0003636
Lead Sponsor
Samsung Medical Center
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
338
Inclusion Criteria

1) Patients must have histologically or cytologically documented esophageal cancer (squamous cell carcinoma) including esoophgeal squamous cell cancer of the esophagogastric junction
2) Patients who underwent curative surgical resection for esophageal ca (postop. 3-8 wks)
3) T 2-3 or N1
4) Age: 18-70
5) ECOG performance status: 0-2
6) No previous history of chemotherapy or radiation therapy
7) Adequate bone marrow, liver, kidney function
8) Signed written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1) Cervical esophageal cancer
2) Subject who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy, biologic therapy or radiation therapy
3) Evidence of brain metastasis
4) Concurrent serious medical or major psychiatric illness
5) Active or uncontrolled infection
6) Pregnant or lactating woman
7) Gastroesophageal junction involvement of stomach cancer
8) Synchronous or metachronous double primary cancer
9) History of other malignancy

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional Study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
disease free survival
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
overall survival;pattern of failure;toxicity profile;predictive markers
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