Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Dose Escalation of Neoadjuvant Proton Beam Radiotherapy With Concurrent Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

Conditions:

Esophageal Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

Patients with esophageal cancer to be treated with concurrent preoperative proton therapy along with carboplatin and paclitaxel.

Detailed Description

1. To identify the maximally tolerated radiation dose (MTD) of dose-escalated proton radiotherapy in combination with carboplatin/paclitaxel in the preoperative setting for esophageal cancer. 2. To es...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with a histologic diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus located distal to the carina
  • Patients with AJCC 7th edition clinical stage IIB-IIIC
  • Patient must be \>18 years of age.
  • Patients must have an ECOG Performance Status of 0-1
  • Patients must be able to provide informed consent.
  • Patients must be surgical candidates with adequate hematologic, renal, hepatic and pulmonary function
  • serum AST and ALT \< 2 times the upper limit of normal
  • Patients must have bilirubin \< 1.5 × normal.
  • WBC \> 3000/mm3, platelets \> 100,000 mm3.
  • Hemoglobin \> 10 g/dL serum creatinine \< 1.5 times the upper limit of normal
  • Women of child-bearing potential as long as she agrees to use a recognized method of birth control (e.g. oral contraceptive, IUD, condoms or other barrier methods etc.). Hysterectomy or menopause must be clinically documented.

Exclusion

  • Patients with primary tumors exceeding 8 cm in length or 5 cm in width ( length should be measured by endoscopic findings, width should be measured by diagnostic CT or CT portion of PET/CT)
  • Patients with primary tumors located at or above the carina
  • Prior or simultaneous malignancies within the past two years (other than cutaneous squamous or basal cell carcinoma, melanoma in situ or thyroid carcinoma)
  • Pregnant women, women planning to become pregnant and women that are nursing

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02213497

Start Date

April 1 2014

End Date

December 31 2026

Last Update

January 8 2026

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Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104