Oxaliplatin Combined With Fluorouracil and Leucovorin in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Cancer of the Esophagus or Stomach
Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Esophageal Cancer focused on measuring stage IV gastric cancer, recurrent gastric cancer, stage IV esophageal cancer, recurrent esophageal cancer, adenocarcinoma of the stomach, adenocarcinoma of the esophagus
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically confirmed carcinoma of the esophagus or gastric cardia Stage IV or recurrent Bidimensionally measurable disease PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 OR Karnofsky 50-100% Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC greater than 3,000/mm3 Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm3 Hemoglobin greater than 10 g/dL Hepatic: Bilirubin normal SGOT less than 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN) Renal: BUN less than 1.5 times ULN Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance at least 50 mL/min Cardiovascular: No congestive heart failure No unstable angina pectoris No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 6 months after study No allergy to platinum compounds or antiemetics appropriate for study No uncontrolled concurrent illness No active infection No clinical evidence of peripheral neuropathy by physical exam or history PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: No concurrent colony-stimulating factors during the first course of study Chemotherapy: More than 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen for carcinoma of the esophagus or gastric cardia No prior fluorouracil Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy Surgery: Not specified Other: No other concurrent investigational agents No concurrent antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive patients No other concurrent anticancer agents
Sites / Locations
- Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital
- Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, S.C.
- Evanston Northwestern Health Care
- Ingalls Memorial Hospital
- Columbia LaGrange Memorial Hospital
- Loyola University Medical Center
- Lutheran General Cancer Care Center
- Oncology/Hematology Associates of Central Illinois, P.C.
- Central Illinois Hematology Oncology Center
- Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology, Inc.
- Michiana Hematology/Oncology P.C.
- Central Baptist Hospital
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Lakeland Medical Center - St. Joseph
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospitals
- Cancer Centers of the Carolinas
- University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Medical Sciences Campus
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Arm A
Oxaliplatin (85 mg/m2, day 1 of every 14 day cycle), Leucovorin (500 mg/m2, day 1 and 2 of every 14 day cycle), Fluorouracil (Bolus of 400 mg/m2 followed by 22 hr continuous infusion of 600 mg/m2 on days 1 and 2 of every 14 day cycle)