About this trial
This study is to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment for esophagogastric junction carcinoma, total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT) including pembrolizumab and FLOT is conducted, aiming to choose between surgery or organ preservation treatment strategies.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patients with histologically confirmed esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma.
Patients who are naive to systemic therapy and have esophagogastric junction carcinoma of Siewert Type I to III classified as T: 2-4, N: any, and M: 0 according to the 8th edition of the UICC-TNM classification.
Patients aged 18 years or older as of the day of informed consent.
Patients with ECOG Performance Status (PS) 0 or 1.
Disqualifiers
Patients with a history of using an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 antibody.
Patients with a history of acute coronary syndrome (including myocardial infarction and angina unstable), coronary angioplasty, or stent implantation within 6 months before registration.
Patients with a history or findings of congestive heart failure of Class II or higher according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification of cardiac function.
Patient with active double cancers [simultaneous double cancers and metachronous double cancers with a disease-free interval of ≤2 years. However, carcinoma in situ or lesions equivalent to intramucosal carcinoma judged to have been cured by local treatment shall not be included in active double cancers].
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Pembrolizumab
DrugPembrolizumab 200mg will be administered via intravenous infusion over 30 minutes, twice at 21-day intervals.
Docetaxel
DrugDocetaxel 50 mg/m2 will be administered over 60 minutes.
Oxaliplatin
DrugOxaliplatin 85 mg/m2 will be administered over 2 hours.
Levofolinate
DrugLeucovorin 200 mg/m2 will be administered over 2 hours.
Fluorouracil (5-FU)
Drug5-FU 2600 mg/m2 will be administered over 24 hours.
Radiation Therapy
Radiation25Gy (5Gy×5fr)
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
3-year event-free survival (EFS) rate
Secondary outcomes
Organ-sparing survival
Overall survival (OS)
Clinical response rate
Clinical complete response rate
Sponsors and contacts
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National Cancer Center Hospital East
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Collaborator