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Esophageal CancerPhase 2NCT00040859

Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine in Treating Patients With Advanced Esophageal Cancer or Stomach Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing capecitabine and oxaliplatin in people with Esophageal Cancer and Gastric Cancer, run by Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology at 6 sites in United States.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

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. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining oxaliplatin with capecitabine in treating patients who have advanced esophageal… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer
What is being tested?
capecitabine and oxaliplatin
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
48 participants
Where
6 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Sep 2002to Apr 2008
Phase
Phase 2
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 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, gastroesophageal junction, or gastric cardia for which no potentially curative or significant palliative therapy exists
  • Unresectable disease
  • Gastric cardia is defined as no more than 5 cm from the gastroesophageal junction into the stomach
  • Measurable disease
  • No known CNS metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • At least 12 weeks

Hematopoietic:

  • Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST no greater than 3 times ULN
  • Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2 times ULN

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN
  • Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

  • No New York Heart Association class III or IV heart disease

Other:

  • Able to swallow capecitabine
  • No unresolved gastrointestinal bleeding
  • No uncontrolled infection
  • No chronic debilitating disease
  • No peripheral neuropathy grade 2 or greater
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or adequately treated noninvasive carcinoma
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • No prior immunotherapy or biological therapy for recurrent or metastatic disease
  • No concurrent biologic agents

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior chemotherapy for recurrent or metastatic disease
  • Prior adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy (including combination chemotherapy and radiotherapy) allowed
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • See Chemotherapy
  • No prior radiotherapy for recurrent or metastatic disease
  • No prior radiotherapy to more than 25% of the bone marrow
  • Prior adjuvant or neoadjuvant radiotherapy allowed
  • More than 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy
  • No concurrent radiotherapy

Surgery:

  • More than 4 weeks since prior abdominal exploration with surgical resection
  • More than 3 weeks since prior abdominal exploration without surgical resection

Other:

  • No concurrent oral cryotherapy during oxaliplatin administration

Trial locations and contacts

6 sites in 1 country.

6 sites in 1 country

United States6 sites

  • Siouxland Hematology-Oncology Associates, LLP

    Sioux City, Iowa, 51101

  • Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City

    Sioux City, Iowa, 51104

  • St. Luke's Regional Medical Center

    Sioux City, Iowa, 51104

  • Avera Cancer Institute

    Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57105

  • Medical X-Ray Center, PC

    Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57105

  • Sanford Cancer Center at Sanford USD Medical Center

    Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57117-5039

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About this study

Official title: A Phase II Study of Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine in Patients With Measurable Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus, Gastroesophageal Junction, and Gastric Cardia

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.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining oxaliplatin with capecitabine in treating patients who have advanced esophageal cancer or stomach cancer.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the objective tumor response rate of patients with advanced adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, gastroesophageal junction, or gastric cardia treated with oxaliplatin and capecitabine.

Secondary

  • Determine the time to progression and overall survival of patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the toxic effects of this regimen in these patients.
  • Assess the quality of life of patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: Patients receive oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on day 1 and oral capecitabine twice daily on days 1-14. Treatment repeats every 21 days for at least 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with complete response (CR) receive 2 additional courses after CR.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline and then every 3 weeks (prior to each course of chemotherapy).

Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year and then every 6 months for 2 years.

Keywords
stage IV gastric cancer, recurrent gastric cancer, stage III esophageal cancer, stage IV esophageal cancer, recurrent esophageal cancer, adenocarcinoma of the stomach, adenocarcinoma of the esophagus
Medical subject headings
Esophageal Neoplasms, Stomach Neoplasms, Adenocarcinoma Of Esophagus

What participants receive

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

Study groups in NCT00040859
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
oxaliplatin + capecitabineExperimentalPatients receive oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on day 1 and oral capecitabine twice daily on days 1-14. Treatment repeats every 21 days for at least 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with complete response (CR) receive 2 additional courses after CR. Quality of life is assessed at baseline and then every 3 weeks (prior to each course of chemotherapy). Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year and then every 6 months for 2 years.
Receives: Drug: capecitabine; Drug: oxaliplatin

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Objective tumor response rate

    Measured: Up to 3 years

Secondary outcomes (3)

  1. Time to progression

    Measured: Up to 3 years

  2. Overall survival

    Measured: Up to 3 years

  3. Quality of life

    Measured: Up to 3 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2002
  3. Primary completionJan 2005
  4. Study completionApr 2008

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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
48 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00040859
Sponsor's protocol ID
NCCTG-N0149
Other IDs
NCI-2012-02471, CDR0000069413
Status last verified
Dec 2016
First submitted
8 Jul 2002
Last updated
7 Dec 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Jatoi A, Foster NR, Egner JR, Burch PA, Stella PJ, Rubin J, Dakhil SR, Sargent DJ, Murphy BR, Alberts SR. Older versus younger patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, gastroesophageal junction, and stomach: a pooled analysis of eight consecutive North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) trials. Int J Oncol. 2010 Mar;36(3):601-6. doi: 10.3892/ijo_00000535.

    PubMed 20126980

  • Jatoi A, Murphy BR, Foster NR, Nikcevich DA, Alberts SR, Knost JA, Fitch TR, Rowland KM Jr; North Central Cancer Treatment Group. Oxaliplatin and capecitabine in patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, gastroesophageal junction and gastric cardia: a phase II study from the North Central Cancer Treatment Group. Ann Oncol. 2006 Jan;17(1):29-34. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdj063. Epub 2005 Nov 22.

    PubMed 16303863

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing capecitabine and oxaliplatin in people with Esophageal Cancer and Gastric Cancer, run by Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology at 6 sites in United States.

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

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Dec 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 6 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

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 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

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.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Objective tumor response rate (time frame: Up to 3 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00040859, which also lists 2 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 7 Dec 2016.

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