Status:

COMPLETED

Symptom Control With or Without Docetaxel in Treating Patients With Relapsed Esophageal Cancer or Stomach Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Conditions:

Adenocarcinoma of the Gastroesophageal Junction

Esophageal Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Analgesics, antiemetics, steroids, and radiation therapy are effective in helping to control symptoms caused by cancer. It is not yet known whether these treatments are more effective when ...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * To compare overall survival of patients with relapsed adenocarcinoma of the esophagus or stomach after treatment with docetaxel and active symptom control vs active symptom con...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the esophagus or stomach, including adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction
  • Advanced disease not amenable to curative treatment
  • Documented progressive disease while receiving or within 6 months of completion of first-line chemotherapy with a platinum- and fluoropyrimidine-based therapy either for advanced disease or as neoadjuvant/perioperative therapy
  • No cerebral or leptomeningeal metastasis
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • ECOG performance status 0-2
  • Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL
  • WBC ≥ 3.0 x 10\^9/L
  • ANC ≥ 1.5 x 10\^9/L
  • Platelets ≥ 100 x 10\^9/L
  • Creatinine normal OR creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min
  • Total bilirubin normal
  • ALT ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 5 times ULN
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective barrier contraception during and for 3 months after completion of treatment
  • No clinically significant peripheral neuropathy (grade 2-4)
  • No prior malignancy except for curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
  • No medical or psychiatric condition that would influence the ability of patients to provide informed consent
  • No other serious or uncontrolled illness that, in the opinion of the investigator, makes it undesirable for the patient to enter the trial
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior chemotherapy with taxanes
  • ≤ 1 prior chemotherapy regimen in advanced setting allowed

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    April 1 2008

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    October 1 2010

    Estimated Enrollment :

    320 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00978549

    Start Date

    April 1 2008

    End Date

    October 1 2010

    Last Update

    August 7 2013

    Active Locations (8)

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    1

    Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre

    Bristol, England, United Kingdom, BS2 8ED

    2

    Addenbrooke's Hospital

    Cambridge, England, United Kingdom, CB2 2QQ

    3

    Warwick Medical School Clinical Trials Unit

    Coventry, England, United Kingdom, CV4 7AL

    4

    St. Luke's Cancer Centre at Royal Surrey County Hospital

    Guildford, England, United Kingdom, GU2 7XX