Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy With or Without Fluorouracil in Treating Patients With Cancer of the Stomach Who Have Undergone Surgery

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy such as cisplatin and paclitaxel 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. Cisplatin and paclitaxel may make the tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy and may kill any tumor cells remaining after surgery. PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to study the effectiveness of cisplatin, paclitaxel, and radiation therapy with or without fluorouracil in treating patients who have stage IB, stage IIB, or stage IIIB stomach cancer that has been removed during surgery.

Timeline

Start

2001-05

Primary completion

2006-05

Completion

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Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper the DFS failed to exceed the lower bound of 52.9% for the targeted 67% DFS at 2 years PMID 19273696 ↗

Publications

• Results Schwartz GK, Winter K, Minsky BD, Crane C, Thomson PJ, Anne P, Gross H, Willett C, Kelsen D. Randomized phase II trial evaluating two paclitaxel and cisplatin-containing chemoradiation regimens as adjuvant therapy in resected gastric cancer (RTOG-0114). J Clin Oncol. 2009 Apr 20;27(12):1956-62. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.3745. Epub 2009 Mar 9.
• Results Schwartz GK, Winter K, Minsky B, et al.: A randomized phase II trial comparing two paclitaxel (P)-cisplatin (C) containing chemoradiation (CRT) regimens as adjuvant therapy in resected gastric cancer (RTOG 0114). [Abstract] Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 66 (3 Suppl 1): A-1069, S169, 2006.

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