NCT02461043

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.

Trial Health

43
At Risk

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
386

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for phase_3

Timeline
Completed

Started Apr 2015

Longer than P75 for phase_3

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

April 1, 2015

Completed
2 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

May 30, 2015

Completed
4 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

June 3, 2015

Completed
5.5 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 1, 2020

Completed
3 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 1, 2023

Completed
Last Updated

September 1, 2015

Status Verified

August 1, 2015

Enrollment Period

5.7 years

First QC Date

May 30, 2015

Last Update Submit

August 29, 2015

Conditions

Keywords

esophageal canceradjuvant chemotherapyesophageal surgerypaclitaxel

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • 3 year relapse free survival

    5 years

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • 3 year overall survival

    5 years

Other Outcomes (1)

  • 5 year overall survival

    8 years

Study Arms (2)

Arm A

EXPERIMENTAL

chemotherapy and radiotherapy

Drug: paclitaxel; cisplatinRadiation: radiation

Arm B

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

radiotherapy

Radiation: radiation

Interventions

The adjuvant chemotherapy regimen consisted of paclitaxel 150mg/m2 intravenously (IV) over 3 hours on day 1, followed by cisplatin 50mg/m2 IV on day 2 every 14 days for 4 to 6 cycles.

Arm A
radiationRADIATION

radiation

Arm AArm B

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • 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

You may not qualify if:

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

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Beijing, 100021, China

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Esophageal Neoplasms

Interventions

TP protocolRadiation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Gastrointestinal NeoplasmsDigestive System NeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteNeoplasmsHead and Neck NeoplasmsDigestive System DiseasesEsophageal DiseasesGastrointestinal Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Physical Phenomena

Central Study Contacts

Jing Huang

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 3
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
MD.,PhD

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

May 30, 2015

First Posted

June 3, 2015

Study Start

April 1, 2015

Primary Completion

December 1, 2020

Study Completion

December 1, 2023

Last Updated

September 1, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-08

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