Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stomach Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00003862 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : January 27, 2003
Last Update Posted : October 19, 2020
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation therapy in treating patients who have stomach cancer.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Gastric Cancer | Drug: cisplatin Drug: fluorouracil Drug: leucovorin calcium Drug: paclitaxel Procedure: conventional surgery Procedure: neoadjuvant therapy Radiation: radiation therapy | Phase 2 |
OBJECTIVES:
- Determine the feasibility of preoperative chemoradiotherapy in patients with potentially resectable adenocarcinoma of the stomach.
- Determine the pathologic response rate, curative resection rate, and survival in patients treated with this regimen.
- Determine the tolerability of this regimen in these patients.
OUTLINE: Patients receive fluorouracil IV over 24 hours on days 1-21, cisplatin IV over 1 hour on days 1-5, and leucovorin calcium IV over 15 minutes on days 1, 8, 15, and 22. A second course is administered beginning on day 29.
Chemoradiotherapy begins at the end of the second course of chemotherapy and 1 week of rest (day 57). Patients receive fluorouracil IV over 24 hours 5 days a week concurrently with radiotherapy for 5 weeks and paclitaxel IV over 3 hours once weekly during these 5 weeks on days 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29.
Approximately 4-5 weeks after chemoradiotherapy, patients with no evidence of metastatic disease undergo surgical resection.
Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 5 years, then annually thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 21-49 patients will be accrued for this study within 2.5 years.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase II Trial of Preoperative Chemotherapy and Chemoradiotherapy for Potentially Resectable Adenocarcinoma of the Stomach |
Study Start Date : | November 1999 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | November 2004 |


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Ages Eligible for Study: | 0 Years to 120 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
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Histologically proven adenocarcinoma of the stomach
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Stage IB, II, IIIA, IIIB, and IV (T2-3, any N, M0)
- No lymph node metastases outside the field of resection (e.g., supraclavicular, mediastinal, or paraaortic nodes)
- Potentially resectable
- May involve the gastroesophageal junction, but bulk of tumor must be in the stomach
- No distant metastases
- No pleural or pericardial effusion
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- No peritoneal disease diagnosed by laparoscopy
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age:
- Not specified
Performance status:
- Zubrod 0-2
Life expectancy:
- At least 16 weeks
Hematopoietic:
- Absolute granulocyte count greater than 2,000/mm^3
- Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm^3
Hepatic:
- Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL
Renal:
- Creatinine less than 1.5 mg/dL
Cardiovascular:
- No New York Heart Association class III or IV heart disease
- No hypertension
Neurologic:
- No cerebrovascular disease
- No diabetic neuropathy
- No mental status abnormalities
Other:
- No uncontrolled diabetes
- No infection
- No other malignancies within past 5 years except resected squamous cell or basal cell skin cancer
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy:
- No prior immunotherapy
Chemotherapy:
- No prior chemotherapy
Endocrine therapy:
- Not specified
Radiotherapy:
- No prior radiotherapy to stomach
Surgery:
- No prior surgery to stomach

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00003862

Study Chair: | Jaffer A. Ajani, MD | M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
Responsible Party: | Radiation Therapy Oncology Group |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00003862 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
RTOG-9904 CDR0000067026 |
First Posted: | January 27, 2003 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 19, 2020 |
Last Verified: | September 2003 |
stage I gastric cancer stage II gastric cancer stage III gastric cancer stage IV gastric cancer adenocarcinoma of the stomach |
Stomach Neoplasms Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Digestive System Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Digestive System Diseases Gastrointestinal Diseases Stomach Diseases Leucovorin Paclitaxel Fluorouracil Calcium Levoleucovorin Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic Antineoplastic Agents |
Tubulin Modulators Antimitotic Agents Mitosis Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Calcium-Regulating Hormones and Agents Physiological Effects of Drugs Antimetabolites Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Antidotes Protective Agents Vitamin B Complex Vitamins Micronutrients |