High-dose Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy and Concurrent Chemotherapy in Esophageal Cancer

NCT ID: NCT03535207

Last Updated: 2021-03-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 50 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-04-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-06-30

Brief Summary

To assess the efficacy and feasibility of high-dose intensity-modulated radiotherapy with concurrent weekly paclitaxel and cisplatin for patients with locoregionally advanced esophageal cancer

Detailed Description

The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 8501 has established concurrent radiochemotherapy as the standard of care for cancer of the esophagus.However, locoregional failure remains problematic, with 25% of patients having persistence and 20% relapse of locoregional disease following the standard dose (50-50.4 Gy) chemoradiotherapy . Our previous phase I radiation dose escalation trial established the maximum tolerated dose of 86 Gy with concurrent weekly paclitaxel and cisplatin in advanced esophageal cancer.The aim of this phase II study is to examine the efficacy of this regimen.

Conditions

Esophageal Cancer

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

high dose chemoradiotherapy

all eligible patients receive intensity-modulated radiotherapy 50 Gy in 25 fractions over 5 weeks and concurrent paclitaxel and cisplatin once weekly for 5 weeks，followed by hyperfractionated intensity-modulated radiotherapy boost to gross tumor volume concurrent with the same chemotherapy

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

high dose chemoradiotherapy

Intervention Type: RADIATION

Radiation therapy: 50 Gy at 2 Gy/Fx/d on weeks 1-5,followed by 36 Gy in 30 fractions of 1.2 Gy, twice per day,on weeks 6-8 to a total dose of 86 Gy.

concurrent chemotherapy: weekly carboplatin area under the curve (AUC) 1.5-2 and paclitaxel 45-50 mg/m2 over the duration (8 weeks) of radiation therapy.

Adjuvant chemotherapy after high dose chemoradiation is optional.

Interventions

high dose chemoradiotherapy

Radiation therapy: 50 Gy at 2 Gy/Fx/d on weeks 1-5,followed by 36 Gy in 30 fractions of 1.2 Gy, twice per day,on weeks 6-8 to a total dose of 86 Gy.

concurrent chemotherapy: weekly carboplatin area under the curve (AUC) 1.5-2 and paclitaxel 45-50 mg/m2 over the duration (8 weeks) of radiation therapy.

Adjuvant chemotherapy after high dose chemoradiation is optional.

Intervention Type: RADIATION

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Histologically confirmed primary squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus
• Age 1 8-75.
• Patients must be deemed unresectable disease or patient is not deemed operable due to medical reasons.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group （ECOG） performance status 0 to 2
• No prior radiation to the thorax that would overlap with the current treatment field.
• Patients with nodal involvement are eligible
• Adequate bone marrow, renal and hepatic functions as assessed by the following: Hemoglobin >/= 10.0 g/dl, Platelet count >/= 1 00,000/ mm^3,absolute granulocyte count (AGC) ≥2 × 10^9 cells/L,bilirubin and Aspartate transaminase ≤1.5 ×upper limit of normal (ULN), Creatinine </ =1 .5 times ULN.
• A signed informed consent must be obtained prior to therapy.
• Induction chemotherapy is allowed

Exclusion Criteria

• The presence of a fistula.
• Prior radiotherapy that would overlap the radiation fields.
• gastroesophageal junction cancer or the lower third esophageal cancer invading the gastric wall.
• Uncontrolled concurrent illness including, but not limited to: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD) exacerbation or other respiratory illness, serious uncontrolled infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure (CHF),unstable angina pectoris, uncontrolled hypertension,or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with the study requirements.
• Known hypersensitivity to paclitaxel.
• Any other condition or circumstance that would, in the opinion of the Investigator, make the patient unsuitable for participation in the study.
• Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
• Conditions precluding medical follow-up and protocol compliance

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 75 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Chen tingfeng

director, department of radiation

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Tingfeng Chen, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Locations

Shanghai Genernal Hospital

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

China

Central Contacts

Ningning Cheng

Role: CONTACT

ningcnn@163.com

37798364 ext. 8119

Yong Liu, MD

Role: CONTACT

drliuyrt@163.com

37798364 ext. 8119

Facility Contacts

Ningning Chen, MD

Role: primary

ningcnn@163.com

37798364 ext. 8119

yong Liu, MD

Role: backup

drliuyrt@163.com

37798364

References

Herskovic A, Martz K, al-Sarraf M, Leichman L, Brindle J, Vaitkevicius V, Cooper J, Byhardt R, Davis L, Emami B. Combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy compared with radiotherapy alone in patients with cancer of the esophagus. N Engl J Med. 1992 Jun 11;326(24):1593-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199206113262403.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 1584260 (View on PubMed)

Cooper JS, Guo MD, Herskovic A, Macdonald JS, Martenson JA Jr, Al-Sarraf M, Byhardt R, Russell AH, Beitler JJ, Spencer S, Asbell SO, Graham MV, Leichman LL. Chemoradiotherapy of locally advanced esophageal cancer: long-term follow-up of a prospective randomized trial (RTOG 85-01). Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. JAMA. 1999 May 5;281(17):1623-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.281.17.1623.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 10235156 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

SGH201802

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id