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Adenocarcinoma of the EsophagusPhase 2NCT02037048

FOLFOX-6 Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Esophagectomy and Post-operative Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

A Phase 2 study testing oxaliplatin, leucovorin calcium and fluorouracil in people with Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus and Adenocarcinoma of the Gastroesophageal Junction, run by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

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Trial summary

This phase II trial studies how well oxaliplatin, leucovorin calcium, and fluorouracil followed by surgery and response based concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy works in treating patients with cancer of the esophagus, gastroesophageal junction, or gastric cardia. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
oxaliplatin, leucovorin calcium and fluorouracil
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
63 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
10 Feb 2014to 1 Oct 2025
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

Who may be able to join

  • Patients must have a histologic diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus, GEJ, or GC based on biopsy material or adequate cytologic exam; tumors of the GC are defined as originating within 5 cm of the GEJ
  • Patients must be clinically staged according to the 7th edition (2010) of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system and must have either clinical T3-4a, or ≥ N1 disease; staging should include upper endoscopy with endoscopic ultrasound and a fludeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) scan (with diagnostic CT abdomen/pelvis preferred)
  • Patients must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/ul
  • Platelet count ≥100,000/ul
  • Serum creatinine (Scr) ≤ 1.5mg/dl; if the Scr > 1.5, patients may still be eligible if the calculated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) (Cockroft-Gault) is ≥ 40ml/minute
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  • Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5X the institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 3X the institutional ULN
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3X the institutional ULN
  • Patients with Gilbert's syndrome are eligible provided the total bilirubin is ≤ 3 and the remainder of the liver function tests (ALT, AST, alkaline phosphatase [ALK Phos]) are within the institutional normal range
  • Patients must have a forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV-1) and diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) > 50% predicted
  • Patients or their legal representatives must be able to read, understand, provide and sign informed consent to participate in the trial
  • Patients of childbearing potential must agree to use an effective form of contraception during this study and for 90 days following the last dose of chemotherapy; an effective form of contraception is an oral contraceptive or a double barrier method

Who cannot join

  • Patients with any other diagnosis except for adenocarcinoma (squamous cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma, mixed adenosquamous, lymphoma, sarcoma, etc.) will be ineligible
  • Patients with evidence of clinical T4b (unresectable) or M1 (distant metastasis) according to the AJCC 2010 staging system will be ineligible
  • No prior chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or surgery for this malignancy will be allowed; prior endoscopic procedures for superficial disease (endoscopic mucosal resection, cryotherapy, photodynamic therapy, etc.) will not exclude a patient; prior dilatation is also allowed
  • Patients with another active malignancy will not be eligible except for:
  • Resected basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, cervical or prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, and ductal or lobular carcinoma in situ of the breast
  • Patients with localized prostate cancer who have received curative intent therapy are also eligible provided:
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  • Surgically treated patients have an undetectable prostate specific antigen (PSA)
  • Patients treated with brachytherapy have a PSA within the institutional normal range
  • Patients who have received pelvic external beam radiotherapy are not eligible
  • Patients with a clinically apparent active infection will not be eligible (please note, an isolated elevation in the white blood cell count, by itself, does not constitute evidence of an infection)
  • Patients with known hypersensitivity to any component of the chemotherapy regimen will not be eligible
  • Patients with a baseline peripheral neuropathy ≥ grade 2 will not be eligible
  • Patients who are receiving any other concurrent investigational therapy, or who have received investigational therapy within 30 days of the first scheduled day of protocol treatment (investigational therapy as defined as treatment for which there is currently no regulatory authority approved indication) will not be eligible
  • Patients who are pregnant or lactating will not be eligible; pregnant patients are ineligible
  • Patients with angina, a cardiac ejection fraction < 50%, or ischemic heart disease are not eligible
  • Patients with any other medical condition, including mental illness or substance abuse, deemed by the investigator to be likely to interfere with the patient's ability to sign informed consent, cooperate and participate in the study, or interfere with the interpretation of the results, will not be eligible
  • Patients with any history of solid organ or bone marrow transplant will not be eligible
  • Patients with a known history of infection with hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus (active, previously treated, or both) will not be eligible due to the increased risk of hepatotoxicity and viral reactivation associated with systemic chemotherapy
  • Patients with known infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) will not be eligible

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-5065

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About this study

Official title: A Phase II Trial of Modified FOLFOX-6 Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Esophagectomy and Post-operative Response Based Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Locoregionally Advanced Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus, Gastro-esophageal Junction, and Gastric Cardia

This phase II trial studies how well oxaliplatin, leucovorin calcium, and fluorouracil followed by surgery and response based concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy works in treating patients with cancer of the esophagus, gastroesophageal junction, or gastric cardia. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as oxaliplatin, leucovorin calcium, fluorouracil, paclitaxel, and carboplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high energy x rays to kill tumor cells. Giving chemotherapy followed by surgery and response based chemotherapy and radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.

Read the detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To assess the ability of response adapted adjuvant chemoradiotherapy to improve the 1 year recurrence free survival (RFS) compared to historical data in patients with > 50% remaining viable tumor after induction chemotherapy.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To determine the rates of symptomatic, endoscopic, and pathologic response to induction chemotherapy.

II. To determine the rate of R0 resection after induction chemotherapy. III. To establish the toxicity profile of this tri-modality regimen. IV. To assess the recurrence free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) of this trimodality therapy regimen for the entire cohort and in patients who do and do not achieve a pathologic response.

  1. To assess patterns of failure and assess the rates of distant metastatic control (DMC) and locoregional control (LRC) of this tri-modality therapy regimen.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

  1. To evaluate the pattern of Ki-67 expression in patients with LRA esophageal cancer before and after induction chemotherapy.

II. To explore the relationship of Ki-67 expression to clinical and pathologic response parameters as well as survival outcomes.

III. To evaluate the relationship between human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) overexpression (based on immunohistochemistry) and gene amplification (based on fluorescence in situ hybridization) with clinical and pathologic response parameters and survival outcomes.

OUTLINE:

INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY: Patients receive oxaliplatin intravenously (IV) over 2 hours and leucovorin calcium IV over 2 hours on day 1, and fluorouracil IV continuously over 44 hours on days 1-3. Treatment repeats every 14 days for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

SURGERY: Approximately 4-5 weeks after completion of induction chemotherapy, patients undergo a surgical procedure. The choice of surgical procedure is at the discretion of the operating physician.

ADJUVANT THERAPY: Within 6-12 weeks after surgery, patients undergo radiation therapy for 28 days. Patients with a positive pathological response also receive oxaliplatin, leucovorin calcium, and fluorouracil as in the induction chemotherapy, beginning days 1, 15, and 29 concurrent with radiation therapy. Patients with a negative pathological response receive paclitaxel IV over 1 hour and carboplatin IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, and 36 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with locoregional disease only after induction therapy but do not undergo surgery may receive chemoradiotherapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel as determined by the primary oncologist.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years, every 4-5 months for 3 years, and then annually thereafter.

Medical subject headings
Adenocarcinoma Of Esophagus, Esophageal Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • oxaliplatinDrug

    Also called 1-OHP, Dacotin, Dacplat, Eloxatin

    Given IV

  • leucovorin calciumDrug

    Also called CF, CFR, LV

    Given IV

  • fluorouracilDrug

    Also called 5-fluorouracil, 5-Fluracil, 5-FU

    Given IV

  • therapeutic conventional surgeryProcedure or surgery

    Undergo therapeutic conventional surgery

  • radiation therapyRadiation

    Also called irradiation, radiotherapy, therapy, radiation

    Undergo radiation therapy

  • carboplatinDrug

    Also called Carboplat, CBDCA, JM-8, Paraplat

    Given IV

  • paclitaxelDrug

    Also called Anzatax, Asotax, TAX, Taxol

    Given IV

Study groups in NCT02037048
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Positive Pathologic ResponseActive comparatorPatients with ≤50% viable tumor cells remaining in the surgical specimen will receive postoperative chemo-radiotherapy with the mFOLFOX6 regimen
Receives: Drug: oxaliplatin; Drug: leucovorin calcium; Drug: fluorouracil; Procedure: therapeutic conventional surgery; Radiation: radiation therapy
Negative Pathologic ResponseExperimentalPatients with >50% viable tumor cells remaining in the surgical specimen, will receive postoperative chemo-radiotherapy with weekly carboplatin and paclitaxel.
Receives: Drug: oxaliplatin; Drug: leucovorin calcium; Drug: fluorouracil; Procedure: therapeutic conventional surgery; Radiation: radiation therapy; Drug: carboplatin; Drug: paclitaxel

What is being measured

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

  1. Recurrence Free Survival (RFS) compared to historical averages

    Compare the number of study patients who achieved RFS with >50% remaining viable tumor after response adapted adjuvant chemoradiotherapy to historical data among patients with >50% viable tumor after induction chemotherapy. A once sided test (p<=0.05) will be used to describe significance of change.

    Measured: 1 year

Secondary outcomes (9)
  1. Symptomatic response

    Symptomatic response is defined as improvement in dysphagia by 1 grade from baseline. Level 1 - No dysphagia. Level 2 - Minimal dysphagia, able to swallow liquids and most solid foods, experiencing occasional difficulty. Level 3 - Moderate dysphagia, able to swallow liquids and very soft foods. Level 4 - Severe dysphagia, unable to swallow liquids or solids. Significance of change will be calculated using 95% confidence intervals.

    Measured: Up to 5 years

  2. Endoscopic response

    Complete response = no residual abnormality (cyT0N0-Stage 0). Partial response = any improvement in the clinically determined T or N stage (without reciprocal deterioration in T or N) when compared to the pretreatment clinical stage as assessed by EGD/EUS. Stable disease = no change in the clinical T or N stage when compared to the pretreatment assessment. Progressive disease = any increase in the T or N stage (irrespective of any reciprocal improvement in the T or N stage) when compared to the pretreatment clinical stage as assessed by EGD/EUS. Endoscopic response will be estimated using exact 95% confidence intervals.

    Measured: Up to 5 years

  3. Pathologic response

    A positive pathologic response (+PR) will be defined as ≤ 50% residual tumor cells remaining. A negative pathologic response (-PR) will be defined as >50% residual tumor cells remaining. Pathologic response will be described using exact 95% confidence intervals.

    Measured: Up to 5 years

  4. Complete resection (R0) rate

    R0 resection is defined as the resection of all gross and microscopic tumor. R0 resections will be estimated using exact 95% confidence intervals.

    Measured: Up to 5 years

  5. Incidence of toxicity

    Toxicities will be graded according to National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0. The number of toxicities will be estimated using exact 95% confidence intervals.

    Measured: Up to 5 years

  6. RFS within study patients

    RFS will be compared between patients with ≤ 50% and > 50% viable tumor using the log-rank test. Outcomes will be calculated relative to the start of therapy. Log rank tests will be used to estimate the hazard ratio for RFS for patients with > 50% viable tumor relative to those with ≤ 50%. If there are a sufficient number of events, multivariable Cox analysis will be done to adjust for other prognostic factors.

    Measured: Time from start of treatment until first recurrence or death from any cause, assessed up to 5 years

  7. OS

    OS will be compared between patients with ≤ 50% and > 50% viable tumor using the log-rank test. Outcomes will be calculated relative to the start of therapy. Log rank tests will be used to estimate the hazard ratio for OS for patients with > 50% viable tumor relative to those with ≤ 50%. If there are a sufficient number of events, multivariable Cox analysis will be done to adjust for other prognostic factors.

    Measured: Time from start of treatment until death due to any cause, assessed up to 5 years

  8. Rate of Distant Metastatic Control (DMC)

    Kaplan Meier analysis will be used to estimate distant recurrence

    Measured: Up to 5 years

  9. Loco-regional control (LRC)

    Kaplan-Meier analysis will be used to estimate local recurrence

    Measured: Up to 5 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted15 Jan 2014 (estimated)
  2. Study start10 Feb 2014
  3. Primary completion18 Mar 2022
  4. Study completion1 Oct 2025 (estimated)

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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
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
63 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02037048
Sponsor's protocol ID
CASE6213
Status last verified
Jan 2024
First submitted
14 Jan 2014
Last updated
8 Jan 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing oxaliplatin, leucovorin calcium and fluorouracil in people with Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus and Adenocarcinoma of the Gastroesophageal Junction, run by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site 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?

The sponsor lists 13 inclusion and 19 exclusion criteria. 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Jan 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site 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?

Results are not available in the source record.

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?

Recurrence Free Survival (RFS) compared to historical averages (time frame: 1 year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 8 Jan 2024.

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