Active clinical trials for "Esophageal Neoplasms"

Chemoradiotherapy（CRT） is the main treatment for esophageal cancer patients with recurrent desease，and checkpoint blockade (PD-1) have been shown to be effective in advanced esophageal cancer. Therefore, PD-1 combined with chemoradiotherapy （CRT）may further improve the efficacy and become a new method for the treatment of esophageal cancer.This study intends to conduct a single-arm, prospective clinical study, aiming to evaluate the safety and efficacy of PD-1 combined with chemoradiotherapy(CRT) in patients with oligometastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

The aim of this single center, single arm and prospective study is to explore the safety and efficacy of tumor antigen-sensitized DC vaccine in postoperative adjuvant treatment of esophageal cancer.

An Exploratory study of Amapinib for patients with advanced esophagus cancer .

Endostatin inhibits the pro-angiogenic action of basic fibroblast growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor in esophageal cancer.This study aims at assessing the efficacy and safety of endostatin combined with concurrent chemoradiotherapy with Oxaliplatin in esophageal cancer patients.

Research has shown that increasing the dose of radiotherapy improves outcomes in patients with lung and head and neck cancers. This study aims to see whether this is also the case for patients with tumour of the oesophagus. This trial will compare the effects of the standard dose of radiotherapy to a higher dose whilst closely monitoring the side effects. A comparison will also be made regarding the effects of the standard drugs used in chemotherapy (cisplatin and capecitabine) with an alternative combination (carboplatin and paclitaxel) in patients that do not show a response to chemotherapy with standard drugs early on in treatment. All patients will receive 6 weeks of chemotherapy and 5 weeks of chemoradiotherapy. How the study will be conducted: Prior to the commencement of treatment each patient will have a special scan called a PET scan. Patients will receive a second PET scan two weeks after the start of standard chemotherapy. The changes between the two scans will then be used to allocate treatment into the different arms of the study. All study subjects will be randomised to receive either the standard radiotherapy dose or the high radiotherapy dose. The participants that do not respond to the first cycle of standard chemotherapy will be eligible to take part in the aspect of the trial looking at an alternative chemotherapy regimen. Patients will be randomised as follows; On the basis of the second PET scan, patients who are not responding to standard chemotherapy will be allocated by a computer to one of the four groups detailed below: Standard chemotherapy and standard dose of radiotherapy Standard chemotherapy and higher dose of radiotherapy Alternative chemotherapy and standard dose of radiotherapy Alternative chemotherapy and higher dose of radiotherapy Patients who are responding to standard chemotherapy (or where the response is unknown or those who were not eligible for PET scan portion of the study) will be allocated by a computer to one of two groups detailed below: Standard chemotherapy and standard dose of radiotherapy Standard chemotherapy and higher dose of radiotherapy The arms within each of the groups above (responders and non-responders) will be equal in size and patients will be allocated randomly by a computer. This study will also compare the way that this treatment affects the two different cell types found in oesophageal tumours. The effects of the different treatment, together with the costs of the different treatment and the effects on quality of life will be analysed to see which is more effective for each of the different groups.

This is a multicenter, randomized, open-label, phase III trail comparing adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (Paclitaxel and carboplatin) to adjuvant radiotherapy in patients undergoing radical esophagectomy for pathologic lymph node positive esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

This research study is evaluating a new imaging method using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) to evaluate lymph nodes for evidence of tumor spread from esophageal cancer. This MRI study involves an intravenous contrast called Ferumoxytol (FerahemeTM).

The investigators designed a new preoperative chemoradiotherapy regimen to focus on the most important radiation area and hope to reduce the radiation volume and try to reduce the postoperative mortality and treatment-related mortality.

Observe and compare the chrono-chemotherapy IMRT and conventional chemotherapy and intensity modulated radiotherapy term efficacy of the treatment of locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Evaluation chrono-chemotherapy IMRT and conventional chemotherapy and intensity modulated radiotherapy in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma safety and tolerability. 3）observing the adverse reaction and effects of two groups,expected chrono-chemotherapy group can achieve lower toxicity, improve the curative effect, for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma provides a more reasonable way.

The purpose of this study is to identify features of the cumulative dose-volume histogram (DVH) for patients treated with trimodality therapy in oesophageal cancer and correlate these with postoperative complications.