Status:

UNKNOWN

Preoperative Image-guided Identification of Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Esophageal Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

UMC Utrecht

Collaborating Sponsors:

University Medical Center Groningen

The Netherlands Cancer Institute

Conditions:

Esophageal Cancer

Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Rationale: For locally advanced esophageal cancer the standard treatment consists of 5 weeks of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) followed by surgery. Surgery is currently performed independent of ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma of the esophagus or gastroesophageal junction (i.e. tumors involving both cardia and esophagus on endoscopy)
  • Potentially resectable locally advanced esophageal tumor (cT1b-4a N0-3 M0): based on standard primary staging by EUS and 18F-FDG PET-CT
  • Scheduled to receive neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy according to CROSS-regimen1: weekly administration of carboplatin and paclitaxel for 5 weeks and concurrent radiotherapy (41.4 Gray in 23 fractions, 5 days per week) followed by esophagectomy
  • Age \> 18 years

Exclusion

  • Patients who meet exclusion criteria for MRI
  • Patients who meet exclusion criteria for intravenous gadolinium-based contrast:
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) of \<30 mL/min/1.73m2
  • Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (strict contra-indication for gadolinium-based contrast)
  • Known allergy for gadolinium-based contrast
  • Patients with a blood plasma glucose concentration \>10 mmol/L or poorly controlled diabetes mellitus
  • Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) or endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of primary tumor prior to start of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding patients

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 9 2018

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 1 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

200 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03474341

Start Date

April 9 2018

End Date

January 1 2022

Last Update

November 16 2020

Active Locations (4)

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Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Academic Medical Center

Amsterdam, Netherlands

2

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek - Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI-AVL)

Amsterdam, Netherlands

3

University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)

Groningen, Netherlands

4

University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU)

Utrecht, Netherlands, 3584 CX