Study of Convernsion Therapy Using S1/Paclitaxel Chemotherapy Plus Apatinib in Unresectable Gastric Cancer

The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University

Status and phase

Unknown

Phase 2

Conditions

Gastric Cancer

Treatments

Drug: S1/Paclitaxel chemotherapy plus Apatinib

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Industry

Identifiers

NCT02529878

ECGC-0001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The prognosis of metastatic gastric cancer is poor. Chemotherapy occasionally converts an initially unresectable gastric cancer to a resectable cancer. Previous studies showed patients with unresectable gastric cancer may obtain a survival benefit from chemotherapy and subsequent curative surgery. The key of conversion therapy of initially unresectable metastatic GC is the high response rate. Apatinib, a novel targeted inhibitor of VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2), shows significant antitumor activity in the patients with GC. The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of S1/Paclitaxel chemotherapy plus Apatinib in the conversion therapys of metastatic gastric cancer.

Full description

The investigators will apply SPA regimen for coversional therapy to abtain high response rate.

Paclitaxel：150 mg/m2 i.v.3h , given on the first day. Apatinib, oral ,initial dose :500mg, QD, after meal ( try to take the medicine at the same time of the day ).

Dose adjustment: Down-regulate the dosage to 250 mg per day at the first time. If the patient totally recovers from the toxic reaction after the regulation, we could up-regulate the dosage back to the former level. If the down-regulation occurs again according to the protocol , then the up-regulation will be forbidden.

S-1 dosage: According to the body surface area, the initial dosage of S-1 is decided by the following criteria. Take the medicine twice daily (after breakfast and supper) for 2 weeks, then suspend for 1 week.

Preventive medication: To prevent serious allergic reaction of Paclitaxel, preventive medication should be given in advance. We usually give dexamethasone 20mg orally 12 and 6 hours before the Paclitaxel, and diphenhydramine (or something analogous) 50 mg, cimetidine 300mg (or ranitidine 50mg) I.V. 30-60 minutes before the Paclitaxel.

Repeat the therapeutic schedule every 3 weeks. 3 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy before surgery, stop Apatinib in the last cycle.

3 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy including S-1 and Apatinib 4 to 6 weeks after surgery.

Enrollment

30 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

20 to 75 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

unresectable gastric cancer as proven histologically(AJCC, version 7) under any following condition: unable radical excision due to the local metastasis of invasion metastasis to the lymph node beside the abdominal aorta, non-extensive metastasis to liver( not more than three metastatic foci of radical excision), Peritoneal metastasis(CY1,P1,P2), kukerburg tumor
Definitely diagnosed as above stage of gastric cancer before operation via CT of MRI, ultrasonic endoscopy, PET-CT, or through the laparoscopic exploration if necessary
Untreated(e.g. radiotherapy, chemotherapy, target therapy and immunotherapy)
Negative HER-2 state
ECOG(Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) :0~2
Age: 18~75 years old
Normal hemodynamic indices before the recruitment(including blood cell count and liver/kidney function ). For example: WBC>4.0*109/L, NE>1.5*109/L, PLT>100*109/L, BIL<1.5 times of upper limit of normal reference value, ALT and AST<2.5 times of upper limit of normal reference value, and CRE<1.2mg/dl
Good cardiac function before the recruitment, no seizure of myocardial infarction in past half years, and controllable hypertension and other coronary heart disease
Not concomitant with other uncontrollable benign disease before the recruitment(e.g. the infection in the kidney, lung and liver)
Not participating in other clinical trials before and during the treatment
Signed the Informed Consent Form

Exclusion criteria

not conforming above inclusion conditions
Distal metastasis to lung, brain, and bone
Ever operation on the stomach
Operation intolerance due to other systemic basic disease
Ever administrated with other drugs(including TCM drugs) before the recruitment, or no guarantee of progress according to the study requirement after recruitment
Allergy to the drugs in this protocol
Pregnant and lactating women
Women at childbearing age and of pregnancy desire during the study