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NCT Number: NCT03013010

PREACT Study: Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer, Chemoradiotherapy vs. Chemotherapy Followed by D2 Surgery and Adjuvant Chemotherapy

Although the incidence of gastric cancer has been substantially declining for several decades, it is still the sixth most common cancer and the fourth most frequent cause of cancer death worldwide. Surgery is still the only curative option for gastric cancer. However, most patients are unable to undergo surgery because of late stage, unresectable disease. The prognosis for these patients is very poor. Although the Magic trial showed that perioperative chemotherapy can increase the rate of curative surgery and significantly improve overall survival in patients with operable gastric or lower esophageal adenocarcinomas, no pCR events were reported in this trial. The intervention arm in PREACT consists of pre-operative chemotherapy, pre-operative radiochemotherapy, surgery and post-operative chemotherapy. The control arm consists of pre-operative chemotherapy, surgery, and post-operative chemotherapy. The primary purpose of PREACT is to investigate whether the addition of radiochemotherapy to chemotherapy is superior to chemotherapy alone in the pre-operative setting in improving disease free survival in patients with locally advanced gastric or esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma.

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Key information

Conditions

Stomach Neoplasm Adenocarcinoma Carcinoma Chemoradiation Digestive System Diseases Digestive System Neoplasms GastroEsophageal Cancer Gastrointestinal Diseases Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Locally Advanced Cancer Neoplasms Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Stomach Diseases Stomach Neoplasms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200032, China

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age >=18 years
  • Female and male
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1
  • Life expectancy >=6 months
  • Histologically proven adenocarcinoma of the stomach or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) (excluding Siewert I) that is: Stage IIB (T3N1 only), IIIA (T2N3 not eligible), IIIB, and IIIC, i.e. T3 - T4a and node positive, or T4b and/ or node positive, according to American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 7th edition
  • Considered operable following initial staging investigations or after pre-operative therapy Disease which can be radically treated with radiotherapy to 45 Gy with standard fractionation
  • Adequate organ function defined as follows:
  • Bone marrow: Haemoglobin >=90 g/L, Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >=1.5 x 109 /L, Platelet count >=100 x 109 /L; Hepatic: Serum bilirubin <=1.5 x upper limit of normal, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and/or alanine transaminase (ALT) <=2.5 x upper limit of normal; Renal: Serum creatinine <=1.0 x upper limit of normal
  • Patients are willing to obey the treatment and provide blood and tissue specimens
  • Written informed consent obtained before randomization

Exclusion criteria

  • Pregnant or lactating females or female patients of childbearing potential who have not been surgically sterilized or are without adequate contraceptive measures
  • Sexually active males or females refuse to practice contraception during the study until 30 days after end of study
  • Evidence of metastatic disease
  • Prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy
  • Patients with a past history of cancer in the 5 years before randomization except for the squamous or basal cell carcinoma of the skin that has been effectively treated, and carcinoma in situ of the cervix that has been treated by operation
  • Patients with other significant underlying medical conditions that may be aggravated by the study treatment or are not controlled
  • Patients with central nervous system(CNS) disorder or peripheral nervous system disorder or psychiatric disease
  • Known history of uncontrolled or symptomatic angina, uncontrolled arrhythmias and hypertension, or congestive heart failure, or cardiac infarction within 6 months prior to study enrollment, or cardiac insufficiency
  • Concurrent severe infection
  • Severe gastrointestinal bleeding, gastrointestinal perforation
  • Unable to swallow
  • Concurrent disease or condition that would make the subject inappropriate for study participation or any serious medical disorder that would interfere with the subject's safety
  • Known hypersensitivity reaction or metabolic disorder to S-1or oxaliplatin
  • Renal impairment (GFR <=50ml/min)
  • Linitis plastica

Treatment and study plan

Tegafur-Gimeracil-Oteracil Potassium

Drug

The dose of S-1 is according to body-surface area (BSA): patients with a BSA of less than 1.25 m2 received 80 mg daily; those with a BSA of 1.25 m2 or more but less than 1.5 m2 received 100 mg daily; and those with a BSA of 1.5 m2 or more received 120 mg daily. oxaliplatin 130mg/m2, intravenously, on day 1.

Other names: S-1

Chemoradiotherapy

Radiation

Chemotherapy: S-1 40-60mg/m2 orally, oral tablet twice daily, days 1-5 of each week of radiotherapy.

Radiotherapy: 45 Gy of radiation in 25 fractions, five days per week for five weeks.

Other names: radiochemotherapy

Gastric resection

Procedure

A standard D2 gastrectomy was recommended. The type of gastrectomy performed depended on the location and extent of the primary lesion. For middle third tumors, the gastric margin was recommended to be more than 5 cm, and a total gastrectomy was performed. For lower third tumors, a 2 cm duodenal margin was recommended and a subtotal or total gastrectomy was considered. For upper third tumors, a 3 cm esophageal margin was recommended and a total gastrectomy or esophagogastrectomy was performed. Billroth I or Roux-en-y gastrojejunostomy was performed for distal gastrectomy patients, Roux-en-y esophagojejunostomy was performed for total gastrectomy patients.

Other names: Gastrectomy

Oxaliplatin

Drug

The dose of oxaliplatin is according to body-surface area (BSA): 130mg/m2, intravenously, on day 1.

Primary outcomes

  1. Disease free survival

    Time frame: up to 3 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall survival

    Time frame: up to 3 years

  2. Surgical complete resection rate (R0)

    Time frame: at the time of surgery

  3. Pathological response rate

    Time frame: at the time of surgery

  4. Proportion of patients with toxicities

    Time frame: up to 3 years

  5. Proportion of patients with surgery-related complication

    Time frame: at the time of surgery

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Shanghai Cancer Hospital, China

Other

Collaborators

  • Fudan University
  • Huadong Hospital
  • Ruijin Hospital
  • Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
  • Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Registry information

Official study title

A Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Study to Compare Preoperative Radiochemotherapy With Preoperative Chemotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Gastric or Esophagogastric Junction Adenocarcinoma (PREACT Study)

Acronym: PREACT

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Jan 6, 2017
Registry last updated
Dec 8, 2025

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