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Prospective trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy to treat esophageal cancer using 5-FU, Oxaliplatin, and Docetaxel

Multicenter phase II trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of FLOT therapy for resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma - Preoperative FLOT PII

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCTs031200094
Enrollment
60
Registered
2020-08-24
Start date
2020-09-07
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-07-18

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Interventions

FLOT therapy for 4 cycles as neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by transthoracic esophagectomy

Sponsors

Kawakubo Hirofumi
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Histologically diagnosed as esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (squamous, adenosquamous, basaloid) 2. Primary tumor is located mainly in the thoracic esophagus 3. cT1N1-3M0-1 (only supraclavicular LN metastasis is included as M1), cT2-3N0-3M0-1 (only supraclavicular LN metastasis is included as M1) 4. Twenty years old or older as of registration 5. Performance status (PS) 0 or 1 6. Patients have target lesions 7. No previous history of esophageal cancer except for the followings 1) pT1a-LPM (M2) or deeper following EMR/ESD 2) pT1a-MM (M3) with vascular invasion following EMR/ ESD 8. No previous history of chemotherapy/radiotherapy/endocrine therapy except for hormone therapy for prostate cancer after 5 years interval 9. Patients who meet the following criteria 1) Neutrophil>1,500 /mm3 2) Platelet>10.0x10^4 /mm3 3) Hb>=9.0 g/dL 4) Total bilirubin=95 % 8) Creatinine clearance<=50 mL/min 10. Patients who can undergo esophagectomy 11. Agree with the participation to the current study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who received any treatment for cancer within 3 years 2. Patients who have active infectious diseases 3. HBs Ag positive or HIV Ab positive 4. Pregnant or breast feeding 5. Patients with psychological disorder 6. On systemic steroid therapy 7. Require flucytocine, phenytoin, warfarin 8. Allergic to iodine 9. Allergic to DTX, LOHP, polisorbate 80 10. Uncontrollable diabetes 11. Severe COPD or lung fibrosis 12. Severe hypertension 13. Unstable angina 14. Patients whom investigators evaluate as ineligible

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Histological response rate (Grade 2 or 3 in Japanese Classification of Esophageal Cancer, 11th Edition)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Response rate, histological complete response rate, treatment completion rate, curative resection rate, recurrence free survival, overall survival, incidence rate of adverse event during FLOT, perioperative complication rate, late phase complication rate, incidence rate of severe adverse event, incidence rate of all adverse event

Contacts

Public ContactSatoru Matsuda

Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine

s.matsuda.a8@keio.jp+81-3-5363-3802

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026