Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Before Definitive Concurrent Chemoradiation Therapy for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Summary

This Phase II randomized study is to determine the efficacy of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy before definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma(ESCC) by assessing their weight, nutritional status, performance status and treatment response.

Timeline

Start

2020-02-01

Primary completion

2022-03-15

Completion

2022-03-15

Publications

• Background Torre LA, Bray F, Siegel RL, Ferlay J, Lortet-Tieulent J, Jemal A. Global cancer statistics, 2012. CA Cancer J Clin. 2015 Mar;65(2):87-108. doi: 10.3322/caac.21262. Epub 2015 Feb 4.
• Background Cooper JS, Guo MD, Herskovic A, Macdonald JS, Martenson JA Jr, Al-Sarraf M, Byhardt R, Russell AH, Beitler JJ, Spencer S, Asbell SO, Graham MV, Leichman LL. Chemoradiotherapy of locally advanced esophageal cancer: long-term follow-up of a prospective randomized trial (RTOG 85-01). Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. JAMA. 1999 May 5;281(17):1623-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.281.17.1623.
• Background Bozzetti F, Mariani L, Lo Vullo S; SCRINIO Working Group; Amerio ML, Biffi R, Caccialanza G, Capuano G, Correja I, Cozzaglio L, Di Leo A, Di Cosmo L, Finocchiaro C, Gavazzi C, Giannoni A, Magnanini P, Mantovani G, Pellegrini M, Rovera L, Sandri G, Tinivella M, Vigevani E. The nutritional risk in oncology: a study of 1,453 cancer outpatients. Support Care Cancer. 2012 Aug;20(8):1919-28. doi: 10.1007/s00520-012-1387-x.
• Background Clavier JB, Antoni D, Atlani D, Ben Abdelghani M, Schumacher C, Dufour P, Kurtz JE, Noel G. Baseline nutritional status is prognostic factor after definitive radiochemotherapy for esophageal cancer. Dis Esophagus. 2014 Aug;27(6):560-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2012.01441.x. Epub 2012 Oct 26.
• Background Ma L, Luo GY, Ren YF, Qiu B, Yang H, Xie CX, Liu SR, Liu SL, Chen ZL, Li Q, Fu JH, Liu MZ, Hu YH, Ye WF, Liu H. Concurrent chemoradiotherapy combined with enteral nutrition support: a radical treatment strategy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients with malignant fistulae. Chin J Cancer. 2017 Jan 11;36(1):8. doi: 10.1186/s40880-016-0171-6.
• Background Birnstein E, Schattner M. Nutritional Support in Esophagogastric Cancers. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2017 Apr;26(2):325-333. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2016.10.003. Epub 2017 Feb 9.
• Background Yu FJ, Shih HY, Wu CY, Chuang YS, Lee JY, Li HP, Fang PT, Tsai DL, Chou SH, Wu IC. Enteral nutrition and quality of life in patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy for esophageal carcinoma: a comparison of nasogastric tube, esophageal stent, and ostomy tube feeding. Gastrointest Endosc. 2018 Jul;88(1):21-31.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2017.11.030. Epub 2017 Dec 7.
• Background Lin CH, Liu NJ, Lee CS, Tang JH, Wei KL, Yang C, Sung KF, Cheng CL, Chiu CT, Chen PC. Nasogastric feeding tube placement in patients with esophageal cancer: application of ultrathin transnasal endoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc. 2006 Jul;64(1):104-7. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2005.12.036.
• Background Margolis M, Alexander P, Trachiotis GD, Gharagozloo F, Lipman T. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy before multimodality therapy in patients with esophageal cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2003 Nov;76(5):1694-7; discussion 1697-8. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)04890-7.
• Background Sofue K, Takeuchi Y, Tsurusaki M, Shibamoto K, Sakamoto N, Kitajima K, Sone M, Sugimura K, Arai Y. Value of Percutaneous Radiologic Gastrostomy for Patients with Advanced Esophageal Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2016 Oct;23(11):3623-3631. doi: 10.1245/s10434-016-5276-2. Epub 2016 May 17.

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