Multicentric Randomised Trial for Resectable Gastric Cancer

Summary

The CRITICS-II trial aims to identify the optimal preoperative regimen in resectable gastric cancer by comparing three investigational treatment arms: chemotherapy vs. chemotherapy and subsequent chemoradiotherapy vs. chemoradiotherapy. The rationale behind this trial design is based on the following concepts: * Preoperative treatment is associated with better patient compliance than postoperative regimens * Preoperative treatment increases the likelihood of disease downsizing/downstaging and radical R0 resections * Preoperative paclitaxel/carboplatin-based concurrent chemoradiotherapy and DOC chemotherapy are effective, feasible and safe regimens

Timeline

Start

2017-12-21

Primary completion

2025-04

Completion

2029-03

Publications

• Klute KA, Shah MA. Evolving Therapeutics for Resectable Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2025 May;23(5):e257044. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2025.7044.
• Slagter AE, Jansen EPM, van Laarhoven HWM, van Sandick JW, van Grieken NCT, Sikorska K, Cats A, Muller-Timmermans P, Hulshof MCCM, Boot H, Los M, Beerepoot LV, Peters FPJ, Hospers GAP, van Etten B, Hartgrink HH, van Berge Henegouwen MI, Nieuwenhuijzen GAP, van Hillegersberg R, van der Peet DL, Grabsch HI, Verheij M. CRITICS-II: a multicentre randomised phase II trial of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery versus neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and subsequent chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery versus neo-adjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery in resectable gastric cancer. BMC Cancer. 2018 Sep 10;18(1):877. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4770-2.

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