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Esophageal CancerPhase 3NCT00416858

Radiation Therapy and Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Surgery in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer That Can Be Removed By Surgery

A Phase 3 study testing cisplatin, fluorouracil and adjuvant therapy in people with Esophageal Cancer, run by Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive.

Completed

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

Official record
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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fluorouracil and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age
Conditions the study is for
Esophageal Cancer
What is being tested?
cisplatin, fluorouracil and adjuvant therapy
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
40 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Start not givento Apr 2007
Phase
Phase 3
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 Any age
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed epidermoid or glandular cancer of the esophagus meeting the following criteria:
  • Tumor volume with or without mediastinal adenopathy, celiac, or subclavicular involvement
  • T3, N0-N1 disease
  • Tumor extends into fifth stratum by endosonographic scan
  • Resectable disease (palliative or curative)
  • No cervical tumor
  • No T1, T2, or T4 tumors
  • No tracheo-esophageal fistula or tracheal invasion
  • No gastric cardia cancer by gastroscopy
  • No visceral (e.g., lung, bone, brain, liver), ganglion, or clavicular metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • WHO performance status 0-2
  • Creatinine normal
  • WBC ≥ 3,000/mm^3
  • Neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3
  • Transaminases ≥ 60%
  • Bilirubin ≤ 2.0 mg/dL
  • No cirrhosis
  • DLCO ≥ 1.5 L with or without hypoxemia at rest
  • No progressive coronary insufficiency
  • Weight loss ≤ 15%
  • No other malignancy in the past 2 years
  • Must be able to maintain sufficient enteral nutrition (2,000 calories/day)
  • Laser photodestruction, dilation, or gastric balloon allowed
  • No contraindication to radiotherapy
  • No recurring left paralysis

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • No concurrent nephrotoxic or myelotoxic drugs

About this study

Official title: Randomized Study of Adjuvant Radiochemotherapy After Surgery Versus Radiochemotherapy Alone in Patients With Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fluorouracil and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving radiation therapy together with combination chemotherapy before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. Giving these treatments after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying radiation therapy together with combination chemotherapy to see how well they work with or without surgery in treating patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer that can be removed by surgery.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare the survival of patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer treated with neoadjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy comprising fluorouracil and cisplatin followed by surgery or radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
  • Compare the quality of life of patients treated with these regimens.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to gender, histology (epidermoid vs glandular), response to induction therapy (complete vs partial), and tumor differentiation (little differentiated vs undifferentiated/good vs moderately differentiated).

  • Induction therapy: All patients receive induction therapy comprising fluorouracil IV continuously over 24 hours on days 1-5 and cisplatin IV over 1 hour on days 1-5 or on day 2. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo radiotherapy twice daily on days 1-5 and 22-26 or once daily 5 days a week for 4½ weeks. Patients achieving complete or partial response are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
  • Arm I: Patients undergo surgery. Patients may receive 1 course of adjuvant chemotherapy (as in induction therapy) and undergo additional radiotherapy.
  • Arm II: Patients receive additional fluoroucacil and cisplatin as in induction therapy. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo additional radiotherapy once daily 5 days a week for 2 weeks.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline, after treatment on arms I or II, and then every 2 months (arm I) or every 6 months (arm II) thereafter.

After completion of study therapy, patients are followed periodically.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 40 patients will be accrued for this study.

Keywords
stage III esophageal cancer
Medical subject headings
Esophageal Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

Timeline

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

  1. First posted28 Dec 2006 (estimated)
  2. Primary completionApr 2007
  3. Study completionApr 2007

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 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Enrolment
40 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00416858
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000453783
Other IDs
FFCD-9102, EU-20539, ESSAI-FFCD-9102
Status last verified
Apr 2007
First submitted
27 Dec 2006
Last updated
4 Mar 2014
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Burtin P, Bouche O, Giovannini M, Pelletier M, Conroy T, Ruget O, Arsene D, Milan C, Bedenne L. Endoscopic ultrasonography is an independent predictive factor of prognosis in locally advanced esophageal cancer. Results from the randomized FFCD 9102 study from the Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive. Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2008 Mar;32(3):213-20. doi: 10.1016/j.gcb.2007.12.026. Epub 2008 Mar 26.

    PubMed 18372134

  • Bedenne L, Michel P, Bouche O, Milan C, Mariette C, Conroy T, Pezet D, Roullet B, Seitz JF, Herr JP, Paillot B, Arveux P, Bonnetain F, Binquet C. Chemoradiation followed by surgery compared with chemoradiation alone in squamous cancer of the esophagus: FFCD 9102. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Apr 1;25(10):1160-8. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.04.7118.

    PubMed 17401004

  • Crehange G, Maingon P, Peignaux K, N'guyen TD, Mirabel X, Marchal C, Verrelle P, Roullet B, Bonnetain F, Bedenne L; Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive 9102. Phase III trial of protracted compared with split-course chemoradiation for esophageal carcinoma: Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive 9102. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Nov 1;25(31):4895-901. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.12.3471.

    PubMed 17971585

  • Bonnetain F, Bouche O, Michel P, Mariette C, Conroy T, Pezet D, Roullet B, Seitz JF, Paillot B, Arveux P, Milan C, Bedenne L. A comparative longitudinal quality of life study using the Spitzer quality of life index in a randomized multicenter phase III trial (FFCD 9102): chemoradiation followed by surgery compared with chemoradiation alone in locally advanced squamous resectable thoracic esophageal cancer. Ann Oncol. 2006 May;17(5):827-34. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdl033. Epub 2006 Mar 8.

    PubMed 16524973

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing cisplatin, fluorouracil and adjuvant therapy in people with Esophageal Cancer, run by Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive.

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

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Mar 2014. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

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 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

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.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00416858, which also lists 4 linked publications.

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 4 Mar 2014.

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