Patients with thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after total two-field lymph node dissection were randomized into the adjuvant chemotherapy group or the postoperative observation group
Patients with T≥3 or N≥1 thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after total two-field lymph node dissection were randomly enrolled into the experimental group for adjuvant chemotherapy or the controlled group for postoperative observation. The experimental group received 4-course chemotherapy of docetaxel combined with nedaplatin, and to observe the 3-year progression free survival (DFS) and 5-year overall survival (OS) in two groups.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
232
patients with R0 resected T≥3 or N≥1 thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma began to receive chemotherapy of docetaxel combined with nedaplatin within 8 weeks after total two-field lymph node dissection. Docetaxel 75mg/m2 day 1, nedaplatin 75mg/m2 day 1, every 21 days for 4 cycles
Sun Yat-sen Uniersity Cancer Center
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
RECRUITINGDisease-free survival
Patients were images with computed tomography (CT) scan
Time frame: At most 5 years after enrollment
overall survival
Patients were images with computed tomography (CT) scan
Time frame: At most 5 years after enrollment
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