Gefitinib in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer

Sponsor
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT00100945
Collaborator
National Cancer Institute (NCI) (NIH)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Gefitinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well gefitinib works in treating patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
Phase 2

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the 1-year overall survival rate in patients with previously treated locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the esophagus or gastroesophageal junction treated with gefitinib as maintenance therapy.

Secondary

  • Determine disease-free survival and time to disease recurrence in patients treated with this drug.

  • Determine the toxicity of this drug in these patients.

  • Determine the quality of life of patients treated with this drug.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive oral gefitinib once daily on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease recurrence or unacceptable toxicity.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline, 4 weeks, every 12 weeks during study treatment, and then at the end of study treatment.

Patients are followed every 3 months for up to 5 years.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
70 participants
Allocation:
N/A
Intervention Model:
Single Group Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
A Phase II Study Of Maintenance ZD1839 (IRESSA) In Patients With Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer After Treatment Given With Curative Intent
Study Start Date :
Jul 1, 2005
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Aug 1, 2007
Actual Study Completion Date :
Oct 1, 2009

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: gefitinib

Patients receive oral gefitinib once daily on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease recurrence or unacceptable toxicity. Quality of life is assessed at baseline, 4 weeks, every 12 weeks during study treatment, and then at the end of study treatment. Patients are followed every 3 months for up to 5 years.

Drug: gefitinib

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. 1-year overall survival rate [Up to 12 months]

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Survival time [Up to 5 years]

  2. Disease-free survival [Up to 5 years]

  3. Time to disease recurrence [Up to 5 years]

  4. Time to treatment failure [Up to 5 years]

  5. Quality of life [Up to 5 years]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the esophagus or gastroesophageal junction

  • Locally advanced disease

  • T3 or T4 tumor with no lymph node involvement OR any T stage with local lymph node involvement

  • Celiac node involvement allowed

  • No supraclavicular lymph node involvement

  • Received potentially curative chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and/or surgery within the past 1-3 months

  • Patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy after surgery are eligible provided last treatment was administered within the past 3 months

  • No evidence of residual tumor or metastatic disease after undergoing potentially curative therapy

  • No positive margins at the time of prior surgery

  • No measurable or evaluable disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 18 and over

Performance status

  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy

  • At least 12 weeks

Hematopoietic

  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm^3

  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin ≤ 2.0 mg/dL

Renal

  • Creatinine ≤ 2 times upper limit of normal

Cardiovascular

  • No New York Heart Association class III or IV heart disease

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing

  • Negative pregnancy test

  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

  • Able to swallow study drug

  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or noninvasive carcinoma

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics

Surgery

  • See Disease Characteristics

Other

  • No prior gefitinib

  • No concurrent CYP3A4 inducing agents, including any of the following:

  • Carbamazepine

  • Oxcarbazepine

  • Modafinil

  • Ethosuximide

  • Griseofulvin

  • Nafcillin

  • Phenobarbital

  • Phenylbutazone

  • Phenytoin

  • Primidone

  • Rifampin

  • Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort)

  • Sulfinpyrazone

  • No concurrent antacids 4 hours before or after study drug administration

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Mobile Infirmary Medical Center Mobile Alabama United States 36652-2144
2 Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville Jacksonville Florida United States 32224
3 Rush-Copley Cancer Care Center Aurora Illinois United States 60507
4 St. Joseph Medical Center Bloomington Illinois United States 61701
5 Graham Hospital Canton Illinois United States 61520
6 Memorial Hospital Carthage Illinois United States 62321
7 Eureka Community Hospital Eureka Illinois United States 61530
8 Galesburg Clinic Galesburg Illinois United States 61401
9 Galesburg Cottage Hospital Galesburg Illinois United States 61401
10 Mason District Hospital Havana Illinois United States 62644
11 Hopedale Medical Complex Hopedale Illinois United States 61747
12 Joliet Oncology-Hematology Associates, Limited - West Joliet Illinois United States 60435
13 Kewanee Hospital Kewanee Illinois United States 61443
14 McDonough District Hospital Macomb Illinois United States 61455
15 BroMenn Regional Medical Center Normal Illinois United States 61761
16 Community Cancer Center Normal Illinois United States 61761
17 Community Hospital of Ottawa Ottawa Illinois United States 61350
18 Oncology Hematology Associates of Central Illinois, PC - Ottawa Ottawa Illinois United States 61350
19 Cancer Treatment Center at Pekin Hospital Pekin Illinois United States 61554
20 Proctor Hospital Peoria Illinois United States 61614
21 CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association Peoria Illinois United States 61615
22 Oncology Hematology Associates of Central Illinois, PC - Peoria Peoria Illinois United States 61615
23 Methodist Medical Center of Illinois Peoria Illinois United States 61636
24 OSF St. Francis Medical Center Peoria Illinois United States 61637
25 Illinois Valley Community Hospital Peru Illinois United States 61354
26 St. Margaret's Hospital Spring Valley Illinois United States 61362
27 Carle Cancer Center at Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana Illinois United States 61801
28 CCOP - Carle Cancer Center Urbana Illinois United States 61801
29 St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers - Beech Grove Campus Beech Grove Indiana United States 46107
30 Saint Anthony Memorial Health Centers Michigan City Indiana United States 46360
31 Reid Hospital & Health Care Services, Incorporated Richmond Indiana United States 47374
32 McFarland Clinic, PC Ames Iowa United States 50010
33 Cedar Rapids Oncology Associates Cedar Rapids Iowa United States 52403
34 Mercy Capitol Hospital Des Moines Iowa United States 50307
35 CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association Des Moines Iowa United States 50309
36 John Stoddard Cancer Center at Iowa Methodist Medical Center Des Moines Iowa United States 50309
37 Medical Oncology and Hematology Associates at John Stoddard Cancer Center Des Moines Iowa United States 50309
38 Medical Oncology and Hematology Associates at Mercy Cancer Center Des Moines Iowa United States 50314
39 Mercy Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines Des Moines Iowa United States 50314
40 John Stoddard Cancer Center Des Moines Iowa United States 50316-2301
41 Siouxland Hematology-Oncology Associates, LLP Sioux City Iowa United States 51101
42 Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City Sioux City Iowa United States 51104
43 St. Luke's Regional Medical Center Sioux City Iowa United States 51104
44 Medical Oncology and Hematology Associates - West Des Moines West Des Moines Iowa United States 50266
45 Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Chanute Chanute Kansas United States 66720
46 Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Dodge City Dodge City Kansas United States 67801
47 Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - El Dorado El Dorado Kansas United States 67042
48 Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Kingman Kingman Kansas United States 67068
49 Southwest Medical Center Liberal Kansas United States 67901
50 Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Newton Newton Kansas United States 67114
51 Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Parsons Parsons Kansas United States 67357
52 Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Pratt Pratt Kansas United States 67124
53 Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Salina Salina Kansas United States 67042
54 Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Wellington Wellington Kansas United States 67152
55 Associates in Womens Health, PA - North Review Wichita Kansas United States 67203
56 Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Medical Arts Tower Wichita Kansas United States 67208
57 Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Wichita Wichita Kansas United States 67214
58 CCOP - Wichita Wichita Kansas United States 67214
59 Via Christi Cancer Center at Via Christi Regional Medical Center Wichita Kansas United States 67214
60 Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Winfield Winfield Kansas United States 67156
61 Hickman Cancer Center at Bixby Medical Center Adrian Michigan United States 49221
62 Haematology-Oncology Associates of Ohio and Michigan, PC Lambertville Michigan United States 48144
63 Community Cancer Center of Monroe Monroe Michigan United States 48162
64 Mercy Memorial Hospital - Monroe Monroe Michigan United States 48162
65 MeritCare Bemidji Bemidji Minnesota United States 56601
66 Fairview Ridges Hospital Burnsville Minnesota United States 55337
67 Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital Coon Rapids Minnesota United States 55433
68 Fairview Southdale Hospital Edina Minnesota United States 55435
69 Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Unity Hospital Fridley Minnesota United States 55432
70 Hutchinson Area Health Care Hutchinson Minnesota United States 55350
71 Meeker County Memorial Hospital Lichfield Minnesota United States 55355
72 HealthEast Cancer Care at St. John's Hospital Maplewood Minnesota United States 55109
73 Minnesota Oncology Hematology, PA - Maplewood Maplewood Minnesota United States 55109
74 Virginia Piper Cancer Institute at Abbott - Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis Minnesota United States 55407
75 Hennepin County Medical Center - Minneapolis Minneapolis Minnesota United States 55415
76 Hubert H. Humphrey Cancer Center at North Memorial Outpatient Center Robbinsdale Minnesota United States 55422-2900
77 Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Rochester Minnesota United States 55905
78 CCOP - Metro-Minnesota Saint Louis Park Minnesota United States 55416
79 St. Francis Cancer Center at St. Francis Medical Center Shakopee Minnesota United States 55379
80 HealthEast Cancer Care at St. Joseph's Hospital St Paul Minnesota United States 55102
81 Park Nicollet Cancer Center St. Louis Park Minnesota United States 55416
82 Regions Hospital Cancer Care Center St. Paul Minnesota United States 55101
83 United Hospital St. Paul Minnesota United States 55102
84 Ridgeview Medical Center Waconia Minnesota United States 55387
85 HealthEast Cancer Care at Woodwinds Health Campus Woodbury Minnesota United States 55125
86 Minnesota Oncology Hematology, PA - Woodbury Woodbury Minnesota United States 55125
87 CCOP - MeritCare Hospital Fargo North Dakota United States 58122
88 MeritCare Broadway Fargo North Dakota United States 58122
89 Wood County Oncology Center Bowling Green Ohio United States 43402
90 Grandview Hospital Dayton Ohio United States 45405
91 Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton Ohio United States 45406
92 Samaritan North Cancer Care Center Dayton Ohio United States 45415
93 Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton Dayton Ohio United States 45428
94 CCOP - Dayton Dayton Ohio United States 45429
95 Blanchard Valley Medical Associates Findlay Ohio United States 45840
96 Fremont Memorial Hospital Fremont Ohio United States 43420
97 Kenton Oncology, Incorporated Kenton Ohio United States 43326
98 Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital Kettering Ohio United States 45429
99 Lima Memorial Hospital Lima Ohio United States 45804
100 Northwest Ohio Oncology Center Maumee Ohio United States 43537
101 St. Luke's Hospital Maumee Ohio United States 43537
102 Middletown Regional Hospital Middletown Ohio United States 45044
103 St. Charles Mercy Hospital Oregon Ohio United States 43616
104 Toledo Clinic - Oregon Oregon Ohio United States 43616
105 Firelands Regional Medical Center Sandusky Ohio United States 44870
106 North Coast Cancer Care, Incorporated Sandusky Ohio United States 44870
107 Flower Hospital Cancer Center Sylvania Ohio United States 43560
108 Mercy Hospital of Tiffin Tiffin Ohio United States 44883
109 Toledo Hospital Toledo Ohio United States 43606
110 St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center Toledo Ohio United States 43608
111 Medical University of Ohio Cancer Center Toledo Ohio United States 43614
112 CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Toledo Ohio United States 43623
113 Toledo Clinic, Incorporated - Main Clinic Toledo Ohio United States 43623
114 UVMC Cancer Care Center at Upper Valley Medical Center Troy Ohio United States 45373-1300
115 Fulton County Health Center Wauseon Ohio United States 43567
116 Ruth G. McMillan Cancer Center at Greene Memorial Hospital Xenia Ohio United States 45385
117 Morgan Cancer Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest Allentown Pennsylvania United States 18105
118 Rapid City Regional Hospital Rapid City South Dakota United States 57701
119 Franciscan Skemp Healthcare - La Crosse Campus La Crosse Wisconsin United States 54601

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Aminah Jatoi, MD, Mayo Clinic

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00100945
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • NCCTG-N0342
  • NCI-2012-02644
  • CDR0000407534
First Posted:
Jan 10, 2005
Last Update Posted:
Dec 13, 2016
Last Verified:
Dec 1, 2016
Keywords provided by Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
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Study Results

No Results Posted as of Dec 13, 2016