NCT03070262

Brief Summary

Caffeic acid can target inhibit GASC1 (gene amplified in squamous cell carcinoma 1, also known as KDM4C and JMJD2C) expression and GASC1 is confirmed to be a new oncogene in several cancers including esophageal cancer. This study aims to investigate the efficiency and safety of coffeic acid in chinese advanced esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC).

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
300

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for phase_3

Timeline
Completed

Started Jan 2017

Longer than P75 for phase_3

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

January 1, 2017

Completed
2 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

February 28, 2017

Completed
3 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

March 3, 2017

Completed
3.8 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 1, 2020

Completed
1 year until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 1, 2021

Completed
Last Updated

November 27, 2020

Status Verified

April 1, 2020

Enrollment Period

3.9 years

First QC Date

February 28, 2017

Last Update Submit

November 24, 2020

Conditions

Esophagus Cancer

Keywords

esophageal cancercaffeic acid

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • overall survival (OS)

    The percentage of 1 year overall survival (OS) after random allocation. The follow-up will be done every 3 months through phone call, investigator visiting, and medical recording review.

    1 year

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • progression-free survival (PFS)

    1 year

Study Arms (2)

CA group

EXPERIMENTAL

caffeic acid (300mg, tid, po) continue given until progression of disease or death, or patients are unable to bear the side effects

Drug: CA

placebo group

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

the same shape placebo tablets continue given until progression of disease or death, or patients are unable to bear the side effects

Drug: placebo group

Interventions

CADRUG

caffeic acid, 300mg, tid, po

CA group
placebo groupDRUG

placebo tablet, 3 tablets, tid, po

placebo group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

  • Chinese
  • esophageal squamous cell cancer
  • stage IV or disease recurrence
  • chemotherapy, or radiotherapy, or palliative care is going on

You may not qualify if:

  • PS (performance status): ≥ 3
  • severe hepatic and renal dysfunction
  • hypercoagulability
  • thrombocytosis

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

The Clinical Medical College, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology

Luoyang, Henan, 471003, China

Location

Related Publications (17)

  • Li S, Zhang W, Yang Y, Ma T, Guo J, Wang S, Yu W, Kong L. Discovery of oral-available resveratrol-caffeic acid based hybrids inhibiting acetylated and phosphorylated STAT3 protein. Eur J Med Chem. 2016 Nov 29;124:1006-1018. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.10.028. Epub 2016 Oct 15.

    PMID: 27783972BACKGROUND

  • Pedersen MT, Kooistra SM, Radzisheuskaya A, Laugesen A, Johansen JV, Hayward DG, Nilsson J, Agger K, Helin K. Continual removal of H3K9 promoter methylation by Jmjd2 demethylases is vital for ESC self-renewal and early development. EMBO J. 2016 Jul 15;35(14):1550-64. doi: 10.15252/embj.201593317. Epub 2016 Jun 6.

    PMID: 27266524RESULT

  • Movassaghian S, Xie Y, Hildebrandt C, Rosati R, Li Y, Kim NH, Conti DS, da Rocha SR, Yang ZQ, Merkel OM. Post-Transcriptional Regulation of the GASC1 Oncogene with Active Tumor-Targeted siRNA-Nanoparticles. Mol Pharm. 2016 Aug 1;13(8):2605-21. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.5b00948. Epub 2016 Jun 27.

    PMID: 27223606RESULT

  • Sudo G, Kagawa T, Kokubu Y, Inazawa J, Taga T. Increase in GFAP-positive astrocytes in histone demethylase GASC1/KDM4C/JMJD2C hypomorphic mutant mice. Genes Cells. 2016 Mar;21(3):218-25. doi: 10.1111/gtc.12331. Epub 2016 Jan 25.

    PMID: 26805559RESULT

  • Ye Q, Holowatyj A, Wu J, Liu H, Zhang L, Suzuki T, Yang ZQ. Genetic alterations of KDM4 subfamily and therapeutic effect of novel demethylase inhibitor in breast cancer. Am J Cancer Res. 2015 Mar 15;5(4):1519-30. eCollection 2015.

    PMID: 26101715RESULT

  • Ozaki Y, Fujiwara K, Ikeda M, Ozaki T, Terui T, Soma M, Inazawa J, Nagase H. The oncogenic role of GASC1 in chemically induced mouse skin cancer. Mamm Genome. 2015 Dec;26(11-12):591-7. doi: 10.1007/s00335-015-9592-9. Epub 2015 Aug 7.

    PMID: 26248577RESULT

  • Sun LL, Wu JY, Wu ZY, Shen JH, Xu XE, Chen B, Wang SH, Li EM, Xu LY. A three-gene signature and clinical outcome in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Int J Cancer. 2015 Mar 15;136(6):E569-77. doi: 10.1002/ijc.29211. Epub 2014 Sep 24.

    PMID: 25220908RESULT

  • Uimonen K, Merikallio H, Paakko P, Harju T, Mannermaa A, Palvimo J, Kosma VM, Soini Y. GASC1 expression in lung carcinoma is associated with smoking and prognosis of squamous cell carcinoma. Histol Histopathol. 2014 Jun;29(6):797-804. doi: 10.14670/HH-29.797. Epub 2013 Dec 27.

    PMID: 24371038RESULT

  • Sun LL, Holowatyj A, Xu XE, Wu JY, Wu ZY, Shen JH, Wang SH, Li EM, Yang ZQ, Xu LY. Histone demethylase GASC1, a potential prognostic and predictive marker in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Am J Cancer Res. 2013 Nov 1;3(5):509-17. eCollection 2013.

    PMID: 24224128RESULT

  • Berdel B, Nieminen K, Soini Y, Tengstrom M, Malinen M, Kosma VM, Palvimo JJ, Mannermaa A. Histone demethylase GASC1--a potential prognostic and predictive marker in invasive breast cancer. BMC Cancer. 2012 Nov 14;12:516. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-516.

    PMID: 23148692RESULT

  • Liu G, Bollig-Fischer A, Kreike B, van de Vijver MJ, Abrams J, Ethier SP, Yang ZQ. Genomic amplification and oncogenic properties of the GASC1 histone demethylase gene in breast cancer. Oncogene. 2009 Dec 17;28(50):4491-500. doi: 10.1038/onc.2009.297. Epub 2009 Sep 28.

    PMID: 19784073RESULT

  • Yuan X, Kong J, Ma Z, Li N, Jia R, Liu Y, Zhou F, Zhan Q, Liu G, Gao S. KDM4C, a H3K9me3 Histone Demethylase, is Involved in the Maintenance of Human ESCC-Initiating Cells by Epigenetically Enhancing SOX2 Expression. Neoplasia. 2016 Oct;18(10):594-609. doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2016.08.005. Epub 2016 Sep 19.

    PMID: 27742014RESULT

  • Tyszka-Czochara M, Konieczny P, Majka M. Caffeic Acid Expands Anti-Tumor Effect of Metformin in Human Metastatic Cervical Carcinoma HTB-34 Cells: Implications of AMPK Activation and Impairment of Fatty Acids De Novo Biosynthesis. Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Feb 21;18(2):462. doi: 10.3390/ijms18020462.

    PMID: 28230778RESULT

  • Bonuccelli G, De Francesco EM, de Boer R, Tanowitz HB, Lisanti MP. NADH autofluorescence, a new metabolic biomarker for cancer stem cells: Identification of Vitamin C and CAPE as natural products targeting "stemness". Oncotarget. 2017 Mar 28;8(13):20667-20678. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.15400.

    PMID: 28223550RESULT

  • Chung LC, Chiang KC, Feng TH, Chang KS, Chuang ST, Chen YJ, Tsui KH, Lee JC, Juang HH. Caffeic acid phenethyl ester upregulates N-myc downstream regulated gene 1 via ERK pathway to inhibit human oral cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2017 Sep;61(9). doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201600842. Epub 2017 Mar 20.

    PMID: 28181403RESULT

  • Dziedzic A, Kubina R, Kabala-Dzik A, Tanasiewicz M. Induction of Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptotic Response of Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma Cells (Detroit 562) by Caffeic Acid and Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester Derivative. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2017;2017:6793456. doi: 10.1155/2017/6793456. Epub 2017 Jan 12.

    PMID: 28167973RESULT

  • Sirota R, Gibson D, Kohen R. The timing of caffeic acid treatment with cisplatin determines sensitization or resistance of ovarian carcinoma cell lines. Redox Biol. 2017 Apr;11:170-175. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2016.12.006. Epub 2016 Dec 7.

    PMID: 27951496RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Esophageal Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

  • Shegan Gao, PhD

    The Clinical Medical College, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Science and Technology

    STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 3
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

February 28, 2017

First Posted

March 3, 2017

Study Start

January 1, 2017

Primary Completion

December 1, 2020

Study Completion

December 1, 2021

Last Updated

November 27, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-04

Locations

CN(1)