GASC1 Inhibitor Caffeic Acid for Squamous Esophageal Cell Cancer (ESCC)

Esophagus Cancer, Stage III Clinical Trial

— GiCAEC  

Official title:

GASC1 Inhibitor Caffeic Acid for Advanced Squamous Esophageal Cell Cancer (ESCC): a Multicenter, Phase II Trial (GiCAEC)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04648917
• Other study ID #: GiCAEC-LY002
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: May 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: May 1, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: November 2020
• Source: The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology
• Contact: Shegan Gao, Ph.D
• Phone: +86 18638859977
• Email: gsg112258[@]163.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Caffeic acid can target inhibit GASC1 (gene amplified in squamous cell carcinoma 1, also known as KDM4C and JMJD2C) expression and GASC1 is confirmed to be a new oncogene in several cancers including esophageal cancer. This study aims to investigate the efficiency and safety of coffeic acid in chinese advanced esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC).

Description:

Background: More than half of global esophageal cancer cases came from China.80 percentage patients were diagnosed with advanced disease and suffered from the poor outcome.With the development of target therapy among cancers,the overall survival and life quality of patients has been continuous improved recently.However,there had little reports focusing on target therapy in esophageal cancer . Caffeic acid as an ordinary drug is used for thrombocytopenia when patient received chemotherapy. Newly studies shown caffeic acid can target inhibit GASC1 expression, and GASC1 is confirmed to be a new oncogene in esophageal cancer.

Aim: to investigate the efficiency and safety of caffeic acid in chinese advanced esophageal squamous cell cancer.

Methods: 80 advanced ESCC patients who failed to the chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy (1 or 2 line) will be randomized to two arms: arm A and arm B. In arm A, 40 patients will receive coffeic acid treatment: 100-200mg, tid, po, 2 weeks treated then 1 week black interval(weight >50kg, 200mg per time, weight < or =50kg, 100mg per time; in arm B, 40 patients will receive the placebo tablets. 1 years follow-up for all patients in this trial. Patients in both arms can receive any other ways of anti cancer therapy in the same time.

Primary endpoints: OS; Second endpoints: PFS

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: May 1, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: May 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Chinese

2. esophageal squamous cell cancer

3. stage IV or recurrence disease

4. chemotherapy, or radiotherapy, or palliative care is going on

Exclusion Criteria:

1. PS (performance status): = 3

2. severe hepatic and renal dysfunction

3. hypercoagulability

4. thrombocytosis

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Esophageal Neoplasms
• Esophagus Cancer, Stage III

Intervention

Drug:
• Caffeic acid
40 patients will receive coffeic acid treatment: 100-200mg, tid, po, 2 weeks treated then 1 week black interval(weight >50kg, 200mg per time, weight < or =50kg, 100mg per time)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Anyang Tumor Hospital	Anyang	Henan
China	The Clinical Medical College, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology	Luoyang	Henan
China	Nanyang Central Hospital	Nanyang	Henan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

References & Publications (11)

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Yang ZQ, Imoto I, Fukuda Y, Pimkhaokham A, Shimada Y, Imamura M, Sugano S, Nakamura Y, Inazawa J. Identification of a novel gene, GASC1, within an amplicon at 9p23-24 frequently detected in esophageal cancer cell lines. Cancer Res. 2000 Sep 1;60(17):4735- — View Citation

Yuan X, Kong J, Ma Z, Li N, Jia R, Liu Y, Zhou F, Zhan Q, Liu G, Gao S. KDM4C, a H3K9me3 Histone Demethylase, is Involved in the Maintenance of Human ESCC-Initiating Cells by Epigenetically Enhancing SOX2 Expression. Neoplasia. 2016 Oct;18(10):594-609. do — View Citation

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	overall survival (OS)	The percentage of 1 year overall survival (OS) after random allocation. The follow-up will be done every 3 months through phone call, investigator visiting, and medical recording review.	1 year
Secondary	progression-free survival (PFS)	The percentage of 3 months progression-free survival (PFS) after random allocation. PFS was defined as the time from randomisation to disease progression or death as assessed by the treating physicians in the study through CT scan, gastroscopy and biopsy pathology, X-ray barium meal.	1 year