gastric cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Histologically confirmed gastric cancer 2) Patients who have local symptoms due to an unresectable primary advanced or locally recurrent gastric adenocarcinoma 3) Age between 20 to 80 at registration 4) ECOG PS 0 to 1 5) No or one history of chemotherapy for gastric cancer(adjuvant chemotherapy is excluded) 6) No history of chemotherapy with paclitaxel and cisplatin or chemotherapy including cisplatin(over 240mg/m2) 7) 3 weeks after other chemotherapy 8) No history of radiation therapy for left upper abdomen 9) Over 2 months survival is expected 10) adequate organ function 11) No other active malignancy 12) Written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Tumor localization is not detected by neither CT, endoscopy nor upper GI series 2) Serious comorbidities 3) Severe GI obstruction or gastrointestinal bleeding 4) Current inflammation or acute inflammatory disease 5) Allergy to cremophor EL 6) Brain metastasis with symptom 7) Female with present pregnancy or breast-feeding, or contemplating pregnancy. 8) Registered to other clinical trial 9) Patients judged inappropriate for the study by the physicians
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement of gastrointestinal obstruction and/or localized pain | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improved duration of gastrointestinal obstruction , survival time, adverse event | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kanagawa Cancer Center Department of Gastrointesitnal Surgery