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Filter by:To determine the most efficacious of two combination regimens of sequential CPT-11 and MMC in patients with advanced and previously untreated esophageal and GE junction adenocarcinomas.
The purpose of the study is to verify non-inferiority of survival time between Isovorin/5-fluorouracil (1-LV/5FU) therapy and TS-1 therapy in patients with inoperable advanced or recurrent gastric cancer. Secondary endpoints include response rates, duration of responses, time to progression (TTP) safety and quality of life (QOL).
Open label single arm phase II study of Pemetrexed plus Oxaliplatin in patients with advanced gastric carcinoma not previously treated with palliative chemotherapy. 43 Patients will be enrolled in this local trial. The primary objective of this study is to determine the response rate of the treatment.Schedule for this study is as follows: 6 cycles/21 days of Pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 followed by Oxaliplatin 120 mg/m2. This study will also include pharmacogenomic and pharmacogenetic investigations in order to assess determinants of efficacy and toxicity of the treatment with Pemetrexed and Oxaliplatin in the study population.
Pemetrexed has shown an anti-tumor activity in advanced gastric cancer patients in a previous study, while cisplatin is widely used in the combination chemotherapy of gastric cancer. Pemetrexed has shown synergy with cisplatin in preclinical models and in various human cancers. The introduction of vitamin supplementation has made treatment with pemetrexed plus cisplatin safe and well tolerated. The present phase 2 study is an effort to determine the efficacy and safety of the combination of pemetrexed and cisplatin in Korean patients with gastric carcinoma who had no prior palliative chemotherapy for advanced disease. The patients, who will give their consent for participating in this study, will be screened for their eligibility and on meeting pre-defined study eligibility criteria, they will receive an intravenous therapy of the combination of pemetrexed and cisplatin for number of times that in the opinion of their treating physician is appropriate for them. A response rate of 30% is considered as the minimum activity level of interest for this patient population.
In 1991, the South West Oncology Group (SWOG) conducted a randomized study of adjuvant chemotherapy (5-fluorouracil and folinic acid) with concurrent radiation (4500 cGy/25 fractions) versus surgery alone for patients with completely resected gastric carcinoma. This landmark study showed the benefit of adjuvant treatment for gastric cancer and radically changed the treatment of this disease. However, the resulting standard treatment has severe acute toxicity, and despite this advance, 50% of patients still die of gastric cancer. The investigators hope to develop a modified protocol using active chemotherapy agents, but with reduced acute toxicity. Such an approach could ultimately be studied against the current SWOG approach to determine whether or not the addition of cisplatinum improves efficacy. Patients who decide to participate in the study will receive a chemotherapy drug called 5-Fluorouracil (5FU)through an intravenous catheter continuously over 12 weeks. Patients will not be admitted to hospital to receive the chemotherapy but will need to wear a waist pack to carry a small pump that will deliver the medication. They will however need to make regular visits to have their medication bags changed. Patients will also receive Cisplatin intravenously every 2 weeks for 4 doses. In addition, patients will also receive radiation to their stomach, lymph nodes, and the area where they had their surgery. This study also comprise of a questionnaire for us to see how patient's cancer and treatment is affecting their quality of life. Patients will have regular follow-up by their physicians.
This study is for people with advanced gastric or gastroesophageal cancer. This study is being done to find out how long it takes tumors to grow after receiving treatment with the drugs irinotecan (also known as CPT-11) and docetaxel (also known as Taxotere). Irinotecan is a drug that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Irinotecan has been approved for treatment of cancer of the colon and rectum. Docetaxel is another drug approved by the FDA. Docetaxel is approved for treatment of breast, prostate and lung cancer. However, the FDA has authorized the use of irinotecan and docetaxel in this study. This study will evaluate the effects of these drugs on participant's tumors. The side effects of the combination of irinotecan and docetaxel will also be evaluated. This study will also measure the levels of certain substances in participant's tumors. These substances, called genes (which are the cell's blueprint), affect how people's bodies react to the cancer drugs. Genes will also be measured in participant's blood. The researchers want to see if these substances can predict response to the study drugs.
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as S-1 and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells. Giving chemotherapy before surgery may shrink the tumor so that it can be removed. It is not yet known whether giving S-1 together with cisplatin before surgery is more effective than surgery followed by S-1 in treating stomach cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying how well giving S-1 together with cisplatin before surgery works compared to surgery followed by S-1 in treating patients with stage III stomach cancer.
In this study, the investigators will use P-HDFL, a regimen with high tumor remission rate (~ 60-70%) and with only modest treatment-associated toxicities, as induction chemotherapy for patients with non-resectable gastric cancer. For those patients who have achieved complete response (CR) or partial response (PR), DI will be used to "consolidate" the remission. For those patients who fail to achieve remission by P-HDFL, DI will be used as salvage chemotherapy. The efficacy and toxicities of DI in these two settings will be evaluated in this prospective study.
This is a phase II study of taxotere, cisplatin and irinotecan (CPT-11) used in combination to treat metastatic esophageal and gastric cancer in an effort to see what effects (good and bad) the combination may have on the patients cancer.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the response rate of Paclitaxel combination chemotherapy with UFT and Leucovorin in patients with advanced gastric cancer.