To investigate the efficacy and toxicity of EGFR tyrosine-kinase inhibitor (Icotinib) with concurrent radiotherapy in older patients with esophageal cancer.
Older patients with esophageal cancer have been correlated with poor prognosis because of having little chance to receive aggressive local therapy, including surgery or concurrent chemoradiotherapy. EGFR is overexposed in most of the cases. In this phase II trial, the efficacy and toxicity of EGFR tyrosine-kinase inhibitor (Icotinib) with concurrent radiotherapy will be investigated in this setting.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
130
125mg, Po, TID during RT
involved-Field irradiaton without elective nodal irradiation
Hangzhou Cancer Hospital
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
RECRUITINGall cause mortality
Time frame: 2 years
incidence rates of radiation-related pneumonitis and esophagitis
Time frame: within the 3 months after the initiation of RT
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