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A) Study Title: Durvalumab (MEDI4736) as maintenance treatment following chemoradiation for locally advanced unresectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (DESC)
B) Protocol Number: ESR-17-12757
C) Clinical Phase: 2
D) Study Duration: 36 months
E) Investigational Product(s) and Reference Therapy:
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To determine if overall survival (OS) is improved with proton beam radiation therapy (PBT) treatment as compared to intensity modulated photon radiation therapy (IMRT) as part of planned protocol treatment for patients with esophageal cancer.
II. To determine if OS with PBT is
It's randomized, open-label study. Locally advanced esophageal cancer patients who give consent to participate in this study and meet all other inclusion and exclusion criteria will be eligible to enroll into this study. The eligible patients will be randomized into one of two study arms: 1) the
The prospective, randomized controlled unblinded study with 61 consecutive outpatients. All patients were stratified according to primary disease (esophageal-, gastric- or gynecological cancer). Patients were randomised using tin foil-lined sealed envelopes by the authors. The sample size was
BACKGROUND
Much of the clinical practice of oncology involves palliative care. In this setting ,the emphasis is on alleviation of symptoms and preservation or improvement of quality of life. A large body of clinical evidence documents the effectiveness of local-field external beam radiotherapy in
Study Groups:
If you are eligible to take part in this study, you will be randomly assigned (as in the roll of dice) to join 1 of 4 groups. You will have an equal chance of being in any group.
- Group 1 will take armodafinil and a placebo.
- Group 2 will take minocycline and a placebo.
- Group 3
1. Introduction and Study Rationale
1.1 Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma Esophageal cancer is the seventh most common cancer in Korea, with almost 400,000 new patients diagnosed annually worldwide. There are large variations in the predominant histological type throughout the world but the
Patients with untreated measurable metastatic esophageal cancer were included in this trial. Patients received this combination chemotherapy repeated every 28 days until progression disease. Starting dose (dose level 1) were docetaxel 50 mg/m2 on day 1, fixed dose intravenously cisplatin (15
Patients with pre-treated measurable metastatic esophageal cancer were included in this trial. Patients received this combination chemotherapy repeated every 28 days until progression disease. Starting dose (dose level 1) were docetaxel 30 mg/m2 on day 1, fixed dose intravenously cisplatin (15