Status:

UNKNOWN

Perioperative Chemoradiotherapy for Potentially Resectable Gastric Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Soroka University Medical Center

Conditions:

Stomach Neoplasms

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Rationale: Adjuvant chemoradiation considered as standard of care after curative surgery for adenocarcinoma of stomach and gastroesophageal cancer. Preoperative chemotherapy in the in locally advanced...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Histologically confirmed primary adenocarcinoma, poorly differentiated carcinoma, or carcinoma not otherwise specified, of stomach or gastro-esophageal junction.
  • T2-4 N0-3 M0. T1 tumors are eligible if T1N1-3
  • Disease must be clinically limited to the stomach or GEJ.
  • Pre-treatment Port-a-Cath insertion obligatory
  • No prior chemotherapy.
  • No prior radiotherapy.
  • Patients must be surgical candidates as determined by the treating surgeon.
  • Adequate organ function defined as:
  • Patients must have an ECOG Performance Status \< 1.
  • Patients must be able to sign the informed consent document.

Exclusion

  • Tis (in-situ carcinoma) and tumors determined to be TIN0 following endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound and CT scanning.
  • Patients with primary carcinomas of the esophagus.
  • Prior chest or upper abdomen radiotherapy, prior systemic chemotherapy within the past 5 years, or prior esophageal or gastric surgery.
  • Patients with evidence of metastatic disease are not eligible.
  • New York Heart Association Class III or IV heart disease.
  • Severe co-morbid conditions or nonmalignant illness whose control may be jeopardized by complications of the study treatment.
  • Pregnant or lactating women or men unable or unwilling to practice contraception are excluded.
  • Any history of prior malignancy (other than non-melanoma skin cancer, in-situ cervical cancer, or superficial transitional cell bladder cancer).
  • Clinically significant hearing loss.
  • Patients with a history of seizure disorder who are receiving phenytoin, phenobarbital, or other antiepileptic medication.
  • Patients who cannot fully comprehend the therapeutic implications of the protocol or comply with its requirements.
  • Patients with any medical or psychiatric condition or disease which, in the investigator's judgment, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00420394

Start Date

April 1 2007

Last Update

June 20 2007

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Soroka University Medical Center,Oncology Center

Beersheba, Israel