Apatinib as First -Line Treatment for Advanced Esophagus Cancer

An Exploratory and Open Clinical Study of Apatinib Mesylate as First-line Treatment for Advanced Esophagus Cancer.

An Exploratory study of Amapinib for patients with advanced esophagus cancer .

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

An Exploratory study of Amapinib for patients with advanced esophagus cancer .

Eligible are patients with advanced esophagus cancer. Apatinib (500mg) is given daily as follows:

Metastasis after primary treatment : Apatinib + yew + platinum. Local recurrence after previous surgery/radiotherapy: Apatinib alone or in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy One therapy cycle has 28 days. Tumor response is evaluated every 2 cycles.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

50

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

  • Name: Daiyuan Ma
  • Phone Number: +86 139 9088 9661
  • Email: mdylx@163.com

Study Locations

    • Sichuan
      • Nanchong, Sichuan, China, 600000
        • Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 1. Age: 18 to 75 years old, men and women;
  • 2. Patients diagnosed with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by histopathology and immunohistochemistry;
  • 3. ECOG performance status: 0-2;
  • 4. Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks;
  • 5. Clinical stage IIIb-IV; metastatic patients who have not initially received chemotherapy or patients who have local recurrence after surgery or radiochemotherapy (no local treatment indication) ;
  • 6. Function of the major organs is normal, criteria referred are as follow:

    1. blood routine examination: HB ≥ 90g/L (no blood transfusion within 14 days); ANC ≥ 1.5 × 109/L; PLT ≥ 80 × 109/L;
    2. biochemical examination: ALB ≥ 29 g / L (AlB did not lose within 14 days); ALT and AST <5 ULN; TBIL ≤ 1.5 ULN;
    3. plasma examination Cr ≤ 1.5 ULN;
  • 7. Subjects voluntarily participated in the study, signed informed consent, have good compliance and cooperate with follow-up;
  • 8. Patients that the investigator believes can benefit.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • 1. Those who have had other malignant tumors in the past or at the same time;
  • 2. Pregnant or lactating women;
  • 3. Patients with high blood pressure and can't get a good control after antihypertensive drug therapy (systolic blood pressure>150mmHg, diastolic blood pressure>100mmHg); patients with grade Ⅱ or more myocardial ischemia or myocardial infarction, poorly controlled arrhythmia (including QTC interval≥450ms) and Ⅲ~Ⅳ grade cardiac insufficiency according to NYHA; cardiac color Doppler ultrasonography: LVEF <50%;
  • 4. Unable to swallow, chronic diarrhea, and intestinal obstruction, which significantly affects drug taking and absorption;
  • 5. Have a clear risk of gastrointestinal bleeding concerns (such as local active ulcer lesions, fecal occult blood + or more), a history of gastrointestinal bleeding within 6 months;
  • 6.With coagulation abnormalities (PT>16 s, APTT>43 s, TT>21 s, Fbg <2 g/L), hemorrhagic tendency or receiving thrombolysis or anticoagulant therapy;
  • 7. Have a mental illness, or history of abuse of psychotropic substances;
  • 8. With anastomotic recurrence and tracheal fistula;
  • 9. Patients who participated in other drug clinical trials within 4 weeks;
  • 10. Patients who have concomitant diseases that are seriously compromise the patient's safety or affect the patient to complete the study according to the researcher's judgment;
  • 11. Researchers believe that it is not suitable for inclusion.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Apatinib
Apatinib 500 mg,po,qd,continuous dosing until PD, death or not tolerated toxicity.
Metastasis after primary treatment : Apatinib + yew + platinum. Local recurrence after previous surgery/radiotherapy: Apatinib alone or in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy.
Other Names:
  • platinum
  • yew

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Progress free survival(PFS)
Time Frame: 12months
Time subject into the group to tumor objective progression.
12months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Overall Survival
Time Frame: up to12months
Time subject into the group to die
up to12months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

June 30, 2018

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2018

Study Completion (Anticipated)

May 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 18, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 18, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

May 31, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 14, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 12, 2018

Last Verified

June 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • AHEAD-EC-201804

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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