NEOadjuvant Trial in Adenocarcinoma of the oEsophagus and oesophagoGastric Junction International Study (Neo-AEGIS)

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a multicentre phase III open-labelled, randomised controlled trial. Eligible patients will be randomised in a 1:1 fashion between neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy (Investigator's choice modified MAGIC (ECF/ECX or EOF/EOX) or FLOT regimen) and surgery or Arm B (CROSS protocol: chemotherapy with radiation therapy and surgery as per multimodal protocol).

Primary Objective:

To evaluate one, two and three year survival of patients treated with resection plus neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy versus resection plus neoadjuvant chemo radiotherapy.

Secondary Objective(s):

To evaluate the effect of both neoadjuvant regimens on clinical and pathological response rate (in particular relief of dysphagia, improvement in health related quality of life (HRQL), endoscopic regression, and CT-PET evidence of tumour response), tumour regression grade, node-positivity, post-operative pathology, disease-free survival, time to treatment failure, toxicity, post-operative complications and Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL).

Exploratory Objective(s):

Translational Research: The collection of blood and tissue samples for storage in the bio bank for future research.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Cancer Trials Ireland
• Collaborators: Centre Hospitalier Régional, Universitaire de Lille; Region H Rigshospitalet; Southampton Clinical Trials Unit
• Treatments: Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel; Capecitabine; Carboplatin; Cisplatin; Docetaxel; Epirubicin; Fluorouracil; Leucovorin; Oxaliplatin; Paclitaxel

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Histologically verified adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus or oesophago-gastric junction based on endoscopy (OGD)

2. CT-18FDG-PET performed in all patients for disease staging.

3. EUS in all patients unless luminal obstruction precludes sensitivity of the test.

4. Staging laparoscopy performed at the investigator's discretion for locally advanced AEG II and AEG III tumours .

5. Pre-treatment stage cT2-3, N0-3, M0.

6. Maximum tumour length should be no more than 8cm (equal to 8 cm is acceptable)

7. Male/female patients aged ≥18 years

8. ECOG Performance Status 0, 1 or 2 (Appendix F).

9. ASA I-II (Appendix F).

10. Adequate cardiac function. For all patients, an ejection fraction of > 50% is required. If patients have a known cardiac history (e.g. known ischemic disease, cardiomyopathy) an ejection fraction > 50% and cardiac clearance by a consultant cardiologist for major surgery and cancer therapies is required.

11. Adequate respiratory function. Patients should have pulmonary function tests completed with a minimum FEV1 ≥ 1.5L. CPEX acceptable

12. Adequate bone marrow function: absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >1.5x109/l; white blood cell count >3x109/l; platelets >100x109/l; haemoglobin (Hb) >9g/dl (can be post-transfusion).

13. Adequate renal function: glomerular filtration rate >60ml/minute calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault Formula (Appendix O).

14. Adequate liver function: serum bilirubin <1.5x ULN; AST <2.5x ULN and ALP <3x ULN (ULN as per institutional standard).

15. Written informed consent must be obtained from the patient before any study-trial specific procedures are performed.

16. Women of child-bearing potential and male subjects must agree to use an effective barrier method of contraception for up to 6 months following discontinuation of therapy. Effective contraception is defined as any medically recommended (or combination of methods) as per standard of care.

17. Women of childbearing potential must have pregnancy excluded by urine or serum beta-HCG testing within 7 days prior to treatment.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Tumours of squamous histology.

2. Patients with advanced inoperable or metastatic oesophageal, junctional or gastric adenocarcinoma.

3. Disease length (total length of tumour plus node) greater than 10cm (up to 10 cm will be allowed) -as measured by any modality or, if appropriate, combination of modalities-, unless in the opinion of the investigator in discussion with national RT lead, it is felt that OAR constraints are likely to be achievable.

4. Any prior chemotherapy for gastrointestinal cancer.

5. Prior abdominal or thoracic, chest wall or breast radiotherapy.

6. Patients who are unfit for surgery or cancer treatments based on cardiac disease.

7. Patients with acute systemic infections.

8. Patients who are receiving treatment with sorivudine or its chemical related analogues, such as brivudine which is contraindicated with capecitabine and 5-fluorouracil administration.

9. Clinical COPD with significant obstructive airways disease classified by FEV1 < 1.5 L or PaO2 less than 9kPa on room air

10. Known peripheral neuropathy >Grade 1 (absence of deep tendon reflexes as the sole neurological abnormality does not render the patient ineligible).

11. Known positive tests for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, acute or chronic active hepatitis B infection.

12. Any other malignancies within the last 5 years (other than curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin and/or in situ carcinoma of the cervix)

13. Participation in other clinical trials of investigational or marketed agents for the treatment of oesophageal cancer or other diseases within 30 days from registration. UK sites please refer to Group Specific Appendix

14. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.

15. Psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.