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CompletedNCT00040859

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

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

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
48 (actual)
Sponsor
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

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 cancer or stomach cancer.

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.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGcapecitabine
DRUGoxaliplatin

Timeline

Start date
2002-09-01
Primary completion
2005-01-01
Completion
2008-04-01
First posted
2003-01-27
Last updated
2016-12-07

Locations

6 sites across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00040859. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.