Metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinomas have poor prognosis and majority of patients resistant to chemotherapy in China. In the investigators phase II clinical trial proceeded before, the combination of paclitaxel with cisplatin showed good tolerance and efficacy to esophageal squamous cell carcinomas. Radiotherapy has been indicated as a definitive treatment for unresectable or medically inoperable tumors in ESCC patients. However, not only the combination with chemotherapy, but also the boundaries of the clinical target volume (CTV) are not internationally defined. The investigators then initiated a prospective phase II clinical trial with sequential paclitaxel/cisplatin and radiotherapy as the 1st line treatment in metastatic esophageal carcinoma to observe the efficacy and safety of the combination.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
70
Sequential paclitaxel/cisplatin chemotherapy and radiotherapy
Peking University Cancer Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
RECRUITINGprogression free survival
the follow-up visit of PFS will be performed every 2 cycles
Time frame: 1 year
overall survival
OS means that from the first dose of treatment drug to death or lost, the follow-up visit will be performed every 3 months till death or lost
Time frame: 2 years
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