Status:

COMPLETED

Capecitabine, Oxaliplatin, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Northwestern University

Conditions:

Esophageal Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-120 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as capecitabine and oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Ra...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the pathologic complete response in patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagus or gastroesophageal junction treated with neoadjuvant therapy comprising capecitabin...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the esophagus or gastroesophageal junction
  • Stage I-IVA disease
  • No distant metastatic disease (other than regional lymph nodes)
  • No evidence of CNS metastases
  • CNS metastases stable for \> 3 months allowed
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • ECOG performance status 0-2
  • Consuming ≥ 1,500 calories daily
  • ANC ≥ 1,500/mm³
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • SGOT ≤ 2.5 times ULN
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN OR creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No pre-existing neuropathy
  • No prior unanticipated severe reaction to fluoropyrimidine therapy
  • No known hypersensitivity to fluorouracil
  • No known DPD deficiency
  • No known hypersensitivity to any of the components of oxaliplatin
  • No significant active infection or other severe complicated medical illness
  • No clinically significant cardiac disease (e.g., congestive heart failure, symptomatic coronary artery disease, or cardiac arrhythmias not well controlled with medication)
  • No myocardial infarction within the past 12 months
  • No history of uncontrolled seizures, CNS disorders, or psychiatric disability judged by the investigator to be clinically significant, precluding informed consent, or interfering with compliance of oral drug intake
  • No malabsorption syndrome
  • No other active malignancy within the past 3 years except cervical carcinoma in situ or nonmelanoma skin cancer
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • More than 4 weeks since prior participation in any investigational drug study
  • No prior pelvic or thoracic radiotherapy

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    May 31 2006

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    January 30 2013

    Estimated Enrollment :

    44 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00711412

    Start Date

    May 31 2006

    End Date

    January 30 2013

    Last Update

    July 18 2018

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    Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University

    Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611-3013