Esophagectomy in Treating Patients With High-Grade Dysplasia of the Esophagus or Stage I, Stage II, or Stage III Esophageal Cancer
Esophageal Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Esophageal Cancer focused on measuring esophageal cancer, minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE)
Eligibility Criteria
INCLUSION CRITERIA: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: High grade dysplasia of the esophagus who would undergo esophagectomy OR esophageal cancer at stage T1-T3, N0-N1 who require esophagectomy (patients with M1 disease and/or bulky lymph node involvement were excluded). Pathological confirmation of a diagnosis of cancer or high-grade dysplasia of the esophagus by biopsy. Computerized tomography (CT) scan of chest and abdomen within 6 weeks prior to registration Stomach must be available for conduit Age of 18 and over ECOG performance status of 0-2 Creatinine less than 2 mg/dL Patients with esophageal cancer who would be treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation were eligible. If patients were registered prior to receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy they were allowed up to 5 months to complete therapy and any restaging that was necessary before operation was performed. The patient was considered an appropriate candidate for surgery based on preoperative clinical staging and physiological factors prior to registration as documented in the surgical plan. Pre-operative staging should include: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) Positron emission tomography (PET) scan and/or laparoscopic staging (Laparoscopic staging could be performed on the day of resection. Additional evaluation was recommended if the PET scan suggested distant metastatic disease.) EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Cancer extending into the stomach more than 20% Prior anti-reflux or gastric operations Prior right thoracotomy Prior major neck operation other than the removal of superficial skin lesion
Sites / Locations
- Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of California Irvine Medical Center
- Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute at Memorial Health University Medical Center
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- Boston University Cancer Research Center
- Hutchinson Area Health Care
- Meeker County Memorial Hospital
- HealthEast Cancer Care at St. John's Hospital
- Virginia Piper Cancer Institute at Abbott - Northwestern Hospital
- Hennepin County Medical Center - Minneapolis
- Masonic Cancer Center at University of Minnesota
- Regions Hospital Cancer Care Center
- HealthEast Cancer Care at St. Joseph's Hospital
- St. Francis Cancer Center at St. Francis Medical Center
- HealthEast Cancer Care at Woodwinds Health Campus
- CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium
- Immanuel Medical Center
- Alegant Health Cancer Center at Bergan Mercy Medical Center
- Creighton University Medical Center
- Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Mary Rutan Hospital
- Adena Regional Medical Center
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Medical Center
- Riverside Methodist Hospital Cancer Care
- CCOP - Columbus
- Grant Medical Center Cancer Care
- Mount Carmel Health - West Hospital
- Doctors Hospital at Ohio Health
- Grady Memorial Hospital
- Fairfield Medical Center
- Strecker Cancer Center at Marietta Memorial Hospital
- Licking Memorial Cancer Care Program at Licking Memorial Hospital
- Mercy Medical Center
- Community Hospital of Springfield and Clark County
- Mount Carmel St. Ann's Cancer Center
- Genesis - Good Samaritan Hospital
- Geisinger Cancer Institute at Geisinger Health
- UPMC Cancer Centers
- Geisinger Medical Group - Scenery Park
- Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
- Medical City Dallas Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE)
Within 4 weeks of registration patients will undergo minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE). However, there will be up to 5 months allowed between registration and MIE for those patients needing neoadjuvant therapy prior to undergoing MIE.