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Adenocarcinoma of OesophagusPhase 2NCT00220103

Pre-operative Epirubicin, Cisplatin, and Capecitabine in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Localised Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma

A Phase 2 study testing epirubicin, capecitabine, cisplatin and Surgical resection in people with Adenocarcinoma of Oesophagus, run by Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust at 1 site in United Kingdom.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

To investigate the efficacy and safety of epirubicin, cisplatin and capecitabine as neoadjuvant therapy prior to radical resection in patients with newly diagnosed operable oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Adenocarcinoma of Oesophagus
What is being tested?
epirubicin, capecitabine, cisplatin and Surgical resection
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
80 participants
Where
1 siteUnited Kingdom
Study dates
Nov 2002to not given
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age > 18 years.
  • Histologically verified adenocarcinoma of the thoracic oesophagus or type 1, 2 and 3 tumours of the oesophagogastric junction (type 1 refers to lower oesophageal, type 2 refers to cardial and type 3 refers to subcardinal cancers).
  • AJCC Stage II-III (T2-3 N0-1 M0) (28), as assessed by spiral or multi-slice CT and endoscopic ultrasound, where primary surgery would be considered with curative intent.
  • No previous chemotherapy, radiotherapy or other investigational drug treatment for this indication.
  • WHO performance status 0,1 or 2.
  • Adequate bone marrow function with platelets > 100 x 109/l; WBC > 3 x 109/l; neutrophils > 1.5 x 109/l at the time of study entry.
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  • Serum bilirubin < 35 mol/l.
  • Serum creatinine < 180 mol/l and measured creatinine clearance over 60ml/min.
  • No concurrent uncontrolled medical condition.
  • No previous malignant disease other than non-melanotic skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix in the last 10 years.
  • Life expectancy > 3 months.
  • Adequate contraceptive precautions if relevant.
  • Informed written consent.

Who cannot join

  • The presence of locally advanced or metastatic disease precluding curative surgical resection (T4 or Stage IV or M1a-b)
  • Total dysphagia (O'Rourke's swallowing function scoring system 5) precluding swallowing of capecitabine even when crushed
  • Medical or psychiatric conditions that compromise the patient's ability to give informed consent.
  • Patients with disease in any of the following areas on the basis of CT scan and/or endoscopic ultrasound:
  • Evidence of liver, lung or other distant metastases
  • Para-aortic/coeliac lymphadenopathy > 1cm diameter on CT, > 6mm diameter on EUS
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  • Invasion of airways, aorta, pericardium, or lung
  • New York Heart Association classification Grade III or IV.
  • Uncontrolled angina pectoris.
  • Pregnancy or breast feeding.
  • Impaired renal function with measured creatinine clearance less than 60 ml/min.
  • Known malabsorption syndromes.
  • Patients with a known hypersensitivity to 5-FU or with a dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United Kingdom1 site
  • Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

    Sutton, Surrey

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About this study

Official title: Pre-operative Epirubicin, Capecitabine (Xeloda) and Cisplatin in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Localised Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma

To investigate the efficacy and safety of epirubicin, cisplatin and capecitabine as neoadjuvant therapy prior to radical resection in patients with newly diagnosed operable oesophageal adenocarcinoma.

Being tested
epirubicin, capecitabine, cisplatin, Surgical resection
Medical subject headings
Adenocarcinoma Of Esophagus

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • epirubicin, capecitabine, cisplatinDrug

  • Surgical resectionProcedure or surgery

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Pathological complete response rate

Secondary outcomes (7)
  1. Progression free survival

  2. Overall survival

  3. Objective response rate assessed by CT and EUS

  4. Treatment related toxicity including peri-operative complications

  5. Time to improvement of dysphagia

  6. Pattern of treatment failure

  7. To assess the value of high resolution MRI to depict response to treatment and compare it with EUS and histopathology

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted22 Sep 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 2002

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
80 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00220103
Sponsor's protocol ID
2185
Status last verified
Dec 2009
First submitted
19 Sep 2005
Last updated
16 Dec 2009
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing epirubicin, capecitabine, cisplatin and Surgical resection in people with Adenocarcinoma of Oesophagus, run by Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust at 1 site in United Kingdom.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 13 inclusion and 13 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 16 Dec 2009. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Pathological complete response rate. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 16 Dec 2009.

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