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Phase II study of neoadjuvant therapy with nabpaclitaxel and cisplatin followed by surgery in patients with locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
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Yun Fan1,2, Youhua Jiang3, Xinming Zhou3, Qixun Chen3, Zhiyu Huang1, Yanjun Xu1, Lei Gong1, Haifeng Yu1, Haiyan Yang1, Jinshi Liu3, Tao Lei1, Qiang Zhao3 and Weimin Mao1,2
1 Department of Chemotherapy, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, China
2 Key Laboratory Diagnosis and Treatment Technology on Thoracic Oncology and Cancer Research Institute, Hangzhou, China
3 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, China
Correspondence to:
Weimin Mao, email:
Keywords: esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; nab-paclitaxel; cisplatin; neoadjuvant chemotherapy; esophagectomy
Received: February 13, 2016 Accepted: April 26, 2016 Published: May 23, 2016
Abstract
Background: We carried out a phase II study to evaluate the efficiency and safety of the combination of nanoparticle albumin bound-paclitaxel (nab-paclitaxel) and cisplatin as preoperative chemotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC)
Results: From Oct 2011 to Dec 2012, 35 patients were enrolled and received neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Thirty patients underwent surgery and achieved a 100% R0 resection. Pathological complete response (pCR) rate was 13.3% and near pCR rate was 6.7%. Down-staging was achieved in 19 patients. With median follow-up of 37.8 months, 16 patients were still alive. One-, 2- and 3- year overall survival (OS) rate was 90.0%, 70.0% and 43.3%, respectively. This treatment resulted in a median disease-free survival (DFS) of 34.7 months and a median OS of 37.8 months. Median DFS and OS of down-staged patients were significantly longer than those of non-downstaged patients. The grade 4 toxicities during neoadjuvant chemotherapy were limited to neutropenia (2.9%) and vomiting (2.9%).
Methods: Patients with locally advanced ESCC (stage IIA to IIIC) and performance status 0-1 were enrolled and received two cycles of nab-paclitaxel (100 mg/m2) on day 1, 8, 22 and 29, and cisplatin (75 mg/m2) on day 1 and 22, followed by resection. Two cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy with the same regimen were given. Postoperative radiotherapy was permitted and decided by radiation therapist.
Conclusion: Weekly nab-paclitaxel with three-weekly cisplatin seems effective and safe as a neoadjuvant chemotherapy strategy for locally advanced ESCC. Down-staged patients have favorable outcome.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01258192