Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Conditions
Brief summary
Chemotherapy is the main treatment method for patients with Esophageal Cancer. However, Relapse remains the major cause of treatment failure.Biological therapies such as CIK stimulate the immune system and stop tumor cells from growing. A series of studies reported that cytokine-induced killer cells (CIK) have a broad anti-tumor spectrum. The investigators suppose that CIK will improve the prognosis. Combining chemotherapy with biological therapy may kill more tumor cells. In this study, the patients will be treated with CIK cells after chemotherapy. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of CIK for Esophageal Cancer.
Detailed description
About 2000 patients with staging I-III of Esophageal Cancer, after accepting chemotherapy, will be randomly divided into group A (receive CIK treatment) or group B (just regularly follow up), and the randomize ratio will be 1:1. Patients in group A will receive 3 cycles of CIK cells treatment (every 12 weeks). Patients in group B will have no anti-tumor therapy.
Interventions
BIOLOGICALCytokine-induced Killer Cells
chemotherapy plus 3 cycles of Cytokine-induced Killer Cells(CIK) treatment
Sponsors
The First People's Hospital of Changzhou
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients histologically confirmed esophageal carcinoma; * Patients with staging I-III of esophageal carcinoma; * Patients who had completed chemotherapy; * Patients who have a life expectancy of at least 12 weeks; * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status was 0-1; * The bone marrow functioned normally (WBC\>4.0×10\^9/L, Hb\>120 g/L, Platelet(PLT)\>100×10\^9/L); * The ECG results were normal, and the liver and kidney were functional.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who had distant metastases by imaging studies; * Patients with uncontrolled infection; underlying disease that was severe or life-threatening; * Patients who were lactating; * ECOG perform status ≥ 2; * Patients who are suffering from auto immune diseases or patients who need to accept glucocorticoid treatment; * Patients who are pregnant or nursing; * Patients with active tuberculosis (highly positive skin tests allowed if no active disease); * Patients with disease that would preclude general anesthesia; * Patients with active intractable or uncontrollable infection.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| progression-free survival(PFS) | 1 month |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| overall survival(OS) | 1 month |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stage at diagnosis | 1 month | Tumor Node Metastasis (TNM) stage, Tumor:CIS,T1,T2,T3,T4 according to the depth of tumor invasion. Lymph node involvement: N0,N1,N2. Metastasis: M0,M1 |
Outcome results
None listed