Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Irinotecan/Cisplatin, Potentially Curative Surgery With or Without Floxuridine, Followed by Capecitabine for Stomach and Gastro-esophageal Junction (GEJ) Cancers

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Irinotecan/Cisplatin, Potentially Curative Surgery With or Without Floxuridine, Followed by Capecitabine for Stomach and Gastro-esophageal Junction (GEJ) Cancers

Official Title: A Randomized Phase-II Study of Patients With Locally Advanced Gastric of Gastro-Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Treated With Induction Irinotecan/Cisplatin, Potentially Curative Surgery With or Without Adjuvant Intraperitoneal Floxuridine, Followed by Prolonged Administration of Capecitabine

Study ID: NCT00848783

Conditions

Gastric Cancer

Gastric Adenocarcinoma

Esophageal Cancer

Interventions

Study Description

Brief Summary: This study is to determine whether intraperitoneal (IP) Floxuridine is effective in the patients with advanced stomach or gastro-esophageal junction cancers in the treatment consisting of pre- and post-surgery chemotherapies.

Detailed Description: A previous Phase-II trial conducted by the same principle investigator(s), utilizing preoperative chemotherapy and intraperitoneal consolidation, was conducted in patients with locally advanced, potentially resectable gastric cancer or cancer of the gastro-esophageal junction (GEJ), both staged as T3N0, T4N0, any TN1 or TN2 disease. The data suggest that for patients with locally advanced gastric or GEJ cancer, systemic induction therapy, curative surgery with high Ro resection rates, and IP adjuvant therapy, has acceptable toxicity and encouraging survival outcome. The Medical Research Council Adjuvant Gastric Infusional Chemotherapy (MAGIC) trial has also shown that perioperative chemotherapy - chemotherapy given both before and after surgery - can provide a significant survival benefit. The investigators hypothesize that adjuvant intraperitoneal salvage of cancer micrometastatic residues after surgery contributes to disease-free survival. The goal of this trial is to determine whether IP Floxuridine, added to adjuvant postoperative chemotherapy, prolongs patient's survival. This will be tested during the randomized open-label trial.