Clinical trials: Resectable Esophageal Cancer
Esophageal Cancer
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Esophageal Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00041262
- Testing
- cisplatin, epirubicin hydrochloride, fluorouracil
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,300 people
- Sponsor
- Medical Research Council
Esophageal Cancer
Value of Pleural Lavage Cytology in Resectable Esophageal Carcinoma Eastern Cooperative Thoracic Oncology Projects 2005, ECTOP-2005)
Disease recurrence and metastasis are common after curative treatment for patients with esophageal cancer. Thus, it is important to identify the risk factors to predict disease recurrence and metastasis.
- Trial name
- ECTOP-2005 (NCT05443841)
- Testing
- pleural lavage
- Where
- 11 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 385 people
- Sponsor
- Fudan University
Carcinoma of Esophagus
Pre-op Chemo-RT w/CDDP/5FU vs Chemo w/ Docetaxel/Irinotecan in PET Non Responder Resectable Esophagus Cancer
The purpose of this study is to improve their outcome by either changing the chemotherapy drugs or giving them radiation therapy with concurrent chemotherapy, hoping that this will improve their outcome.
- Trial name
- NCT01608464
- Testing
- irinotecan and docetaxel, Cisplatin, fluorouracil and concurrent radiation therapy
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 170 people
- Sponsor
- King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer
Surgery With or Without Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Cancer of the Esophagus
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not known whether combining chemotherapy with surgery is more effective than surgery alone.
- Trial name
- NCT00002883
- Testing
- cisplatin, fluorouracil, adjuvant therapy
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- UNICANCER
Esophageal Cancer
Surgery With or Without Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Esophageal Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving combination chemotherapy with radiation therapy before surgery may shrink the tumor so it can be…
- Trial name
- NCT00047112
- Testing
- cisplatin, fluorouracil, conventional surgery
- Where
- 73 sites in Belgium, France and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 195 people
- Sponsor
- Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive