drugset / Trial / NCT00002984

Combination Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Cancer of the Esophagus

NCT00002984

NaSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

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 more than on drug and combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy plus radiation therapy in treating patients with advanced or metastatic cancer of the esophagus.

Timeline

Start
1997-03
Primary completion
2006-05
Completion
2007-01

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Cisplatin Other / unclassified 100 mg/m2 Intravenous
Subject Paclitaxel Small molecule 30 mg/m2
Subject Paclitaxel Small molecule 45 mg/m2
Subject fluorouracil Small molecule 500 mg/m2

Indications