Molecular Phenotyping in Predicting Response in Patients With Stage IB-III Esophageal Cancer Receiving Combination Chemotherapy

Stage IIIB Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Clinical Trial

Official title: Pilot Study of Correlation Between Molecular Phenotype and Response to Two Independent Treatment Regimens, Carboplatin and Paclitaxel vs. 5-Fluorouracil and Oxaliplatin Chemotherapy in Patients With Localized Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Status Terminated

Clinical Trial Summary

This randomized pilot phase II trial studies how well molecular phenotyping works in predicting response in patients with stage IB-III esophageal cancer who are receiving carboplatin and paclitaxel or oxaliplatin, leucovorin calcium, and fluorouracil. Studying the genes in a patients tumor cells before and after chemotherapy may help in understanding if there are specific features of the tumor cells that make a person more or less likely to respond to treatment and how these features may be affected by treatment.

Clinical Trial Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate gene and micro ribonucleic acid (miRNA) expression levels in patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma prior to receiving chemotherapy and identify relative expression differences between patients responding and not responding to treatment with carboplatin and paclitaxel or 5-fluorouracil (fluorouracil) and oxaliplatin as measured by fluorodeoxyglucose F-18 ([18F] FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the impact of treatment on expression patterns of both genes and miRNAs in patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma following treatment with either carboplatin and paclitaxel or 5-fluorouracil and oxaliplatin, and identify expression patterns associated with treatment response and resistance as assessed by (18F) FDG-PET.

II. To evaluate the expression patterns of genes and miRNAs in patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma prior to and following a full neoadjuvant combined-modality treatment program with either carboplatin and paclitaxel or 5-fluorouracil and oxaliplatin chemotherapy plus radiation, and identify relative expression differences between patients achieving a pathologic complete response and patients not achieving a pathologic complete response.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

ARM I:

INDUCTION: Patients receive carboplatin (IV) and paclitaxel intravenously (IV) on days 1 and 8 of a 21 day cycle for two cycles (total of 6 weeks).

CHEMORADIATION THERAPY: Patients receive carboplatin (AUC=2) and paclitaxel (50 mg/m2) intravenously once weekly for five weeks throughout the duration of their radiation which is daily (Monday through Friday). This will be given in combination with radiation therapy to a total of 50.4Gy using 180cGy fractions.

ARM II:

INDUCTION: Patients receive mFOLFOX6 where they get oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2 intravenously on day 1, leucovorin 400 mg/m2 IV on day 1, 5-FU 400 mg/m2 IV on day 1 and then 5FU at 2400 mg/m2 IV to be administered over a 46 hour period. This is repeated every 2 weeks for 3 cycles (total of 6 weeks).

CHEMORADIATION THERAPY: Patients receive chemoradiation with oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2 IV on day 1 every 2 weeks for a total of 3 cycles (6 weeks) as well as 5FU 300 mg/m2/day over 96 hours via continuous infusion each week of radiation for a total of 6 weeks. This will be given in combination with radiation therapy to a total of 50.4Gy using 180cGy fractions.

SURGERY: In both arms, approximately 4-10 weeks after completion of chemoradiation therapy, patients undergo esophagectomy at the discretion of the treating team.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days and then periodically thereafter. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adenocarcinoma
• Esophageal Neoplasms
• Stage IB Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
• Stage IIA Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
• Stage IIB Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
• Stage IIIA Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
• Stage IIIB Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
• Stage IIIC Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

• NCT number: NCT02392377
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: February 2015
• Completion date: December 2015