Pre-operative Chemotherapy Plus Bevacizumab With Early Salvage Therapy Based on PET Assessment of Response in Patients With Locally Advanced But Resectable Gastric and GEJ Adenocarcinoma

NCT00737438 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2016-02-03

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Summary

This study is being done to find out how effective a new treatment strategy is on your cancer. In this strategy, the response your tumor has to the first cycle of therapy will help select the next treatments. We also will find out the effects, both good and/or bad, a drug called bevacizumab has on you and your tumor when given with chemotherapy.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

epirubicin, cisplatin, capecitabine, bevacizumab, docetaxel and irinotecan

Patients with FDG avid locally advanced but resectable gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma will receive preoperative therapy with epirubicin, cisplatin, capecitabine (ECX), and bevacizumab. Each cycle of therapy is 21 days. Near the completion of cycle 1 of therapy (eg during week 3, target days 18-21), patients will undergo a second FDG-PET/CT scan. Note, patients will hold capecitabine for 48 hours prior to the FDG-PET/CT scan. Patients with a good metabolic response (eg. \> 35% reduction in FDG uptake at the primary tumor on the week 3 PET scan as compared with baseline FDG uptake) will continue ECX for 2 additional cycles (cycle 2 and 3). Cycle 2 will be administered with bevacizumab and cycle 3 will be administered without bevacizumab. Patients will then proceed to surgery approximately 4-6 weeks following the completion of cycle 3. There is a 10-12 week time interval (eg. 70-84 days) between the last bevacizumab treatment and surgery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • David Ilson, MD,PhD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-08-31
Primary Completion
2015-02-28
Completion
2015-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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