NCT03002064

Brief Summary

This is a phase III clinical trial to compare the efficacy of docetaxel plus cisplatin versus 5-Fu plus cisplatin in the first line chemotherapy for advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous carcinoma patients.

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
358

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for phase_3

Timeline
Completed

Started Dec 2016

Typical duration 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

December 1, 2016

Completed
15 days until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

December 16, 2016

Completed
7 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

December 23, 2016

Completed
2.9 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 1, 2019

Completed
1 year until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 1, 2020

Completed
Last Updated

December 26, 2016

Status Verified

December 1, 2016

Enrollment Period

3 years

First QC Date

December 16, 2016

Last Update Submit

December 23, 2016

Conditions

Keywords

Esophagus squamous carcinomaFirst-line chemotherapyDocetaxelCisplatin5-fluorouracil

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Progression free survival

    From the date of randomization until the date of first documented relapse of disease or date of death from any cause, whichever came first

    36 months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

  • Overall survival

    36 months

  • Response rate

    36 months

  • Grade 3 and 4 toxicities

    36 months

  • Quality of life--Score of the questionnaire

    36 months

Study Arms (2)

DP group

EXPERIMENTAL

Docetaxel plus cisplatin. Docetaxel: 60mg per square metre on day 1 and Cisplatin: 60mg per square metre on day 1, repeated every 3 weeks till progression or at most 6 cycles.

Drug: DocetaxelDrug: Cisplatin

PF group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Cisplatin plus 5-fluorouracil. Cisplatin: 60mg per square metre on day 1 and 5-fluorouracil 3750mg per square metre, civ 120 hours every 3 weeks till progression or at most 6 cycles.

Drug: FluorouracilDrug: Cisplatin

Interventions

60mg per square metre on day 1, repeated every 3 weeks till progression or at most 6 cycles.

Also known as: Docetaxol
DP group

5-fluorouracil 3750mg per square metre, civ 120 hours every 3 weeks till progression or at most 6 cycles

Also known as: 5-Fu
PF group

Cisplatin: 60mg per square metre on day 1, repeated every 3 weeks till progression or at most 6 cycles

Also known as: DDP
DP groupPF group

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 75 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Patients must give written informed consent signed voluntarily by patients themselves or their supervisors witted by doctors.
  • Patients must have histologically confirmed esophageal squamous cell carcinoma without prior treatments including surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and targeting treatment. Patients were allowed to have palliative radiotherapy 3 months before the enrollment and the target lesions should not be within the radiotherapy region. The last date of adjuvant therapy should be over 6 months before the enrollment.
  • With measurable or evaluable disease according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria.
  • With an expected life expectancy of ≥ 3 months.
  • With a performance status of 0-1 on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scale.
  • Without serious system dysfunction and could tolerate chemotherapy.
  • Patients must have normal bone marrow function with a hemoglobin (HGB) of ≥90g/L, an white blood cell (WBC) counts of ≥4.0×10\^9/L,a neutrophil count of ≥2.0×10\^9/L, , a platelet count of ≥100×10\^9/L.
  • Patients must have normal liver and renal function with a total bilirubin (TBil) of ≤1.5 upper normal limitation (UNL), a creatinine (Cr) of ≤ 1.0 UNL, alanine aminotransferase (ALAT) and aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT) of ≤2.5 UNL.
  • Patients must have normal electrocardiogram results and no history of congestive heart failure.
  • Women of childbearing age should voluntarily take contraceptive measures. Without drug addition
  • Patients must be with good compliance and agree to accept follow-up of disease progression and adverse events.

You may not qualify if:

  • Allergic to known drug
  • Patients who have received prior treatment including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery for the advanced or metastatic diseases.
  • Receive docetaxel within 6 months as adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
  • Brain metastasis.
  • Without measurable or evaluable disease.
  • With history of other tumors except for those of cervical carcinoma in situ or skin basal cell carcinoma who had been completely treated and without relapse in last 5 years.
  • With serious diseases such as congestive heart failure, uncontrolled myocardial infarction and arrhythmia, liver failure and renal failure.
  • With neurological or psychiatric abnormalities that affect cognitive.
  • Pregnant or lactated women (premenopausal women must give urine pregnancy test before enrollment)

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Cancer center of Sun Yat-sen University

Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Esophageal Neoplasms

Interventions

DocetaxelFluorouracilCisplatin

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

TaxoidsCyclodecanesCycloparaffinsHydrocarbons, AlicyclicHydrocarbons, CyclicHydrocarbonsOrganic ChemicalsDiterpenesTerpenesUracilPyrimidinonesPyrimidinesHeterocyclic Compounds, 1-RingHeterocyclic CompoundsChlorine CompoundsInorganic ChemicalsNitrogen CompoundsPlatinum Compounds

Study Officials

  • Rui-Hua Xu, MD, PhD

    Sun Yat-sen University

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Rui-Hua Xu, MD, PhD

CONTACT

Miao-Zhen Qiu, MD, PhD

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
Professor

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

December 16, 2016

First Posted

December 23, 2016

Study Start

December 1, 2016

Primary Completion

December 1, 2019

Study Completion

December 1, 2020

Last Updated

December 26, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-12

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

Locations