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Brief Title: A Phase III Trail of Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Versus Adjuvant Radiotherapy in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Official Title: A Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label, Phase III Trail of Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Versus Adjuvant Radiotherapy in Patients Undergoing Radical Esophagectomy for Pathologic Lymph Node Positive Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Study ID: NCT02570893
Brief Summary: This is a multicenter, randomized, open-label, phase III trail comparing adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (Paclitaxel and carboplatin) to adjuvant radiotherapy in patients undergoing radical esophagectomy for pathologic lymph node positive esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Detailed Description: Patient Population: Age: 18-70y; Thoracic esophageal squamous cell cancer undergoing radical esophagectomy; Clinical stage T1-4, N1-3, M0; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score: 0-1; The patients are randomized to 2 arms. Arm A: Adjuvant radiotherapy (50.4gray/28fraction) followed by chemotherapy (Paclitaxel and carboplatin) 4 cycles. Arm B :Adjuvant radiotherapy (50.4gray/28fraction) only
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Name: Weimin Mao, MD.
Affiliation: Zhejiang Cancer Hospital
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR