TY - JOUR
T1 - Results of a Phase 1/2 Trial of Chemoradiotherapy with Simultaneous Integrated Boost of Radiotherapy Dose in Unresectable Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer
AU - Chen, Dawei
AU - Menon, Hari
AU - Verma, Vivek
AU - Seyedin, Steven N.
AU - Ajani, Jaffer A.
AU - Hofstetter, Wayne L.
AU - Nguyen, Quynh Nhu
AU - Chang, Joe Y.
AU - Gomez, Daniel R.
AU - Amini, Arya
AU - Swisher, Stephen G.
AU - Blum, Mariela A.
AU - Younes, Ahmed I.
AU - Barsoumian, Hampartsoum B.
AU - Erasmus, Jeremy J.
AU - Lee, Jeffrey H.
AU - Bhutani, Manoop S.
AU - Hess, Kenneth R.
AU - Minsky, Bruce D.
AU - Welsh, James W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/11
Y1 - 2019/11
N2 - Importance: Effective treatment options for locally advanced esophageal cancer are limited, and rates of local recurrence after standard chemoradiotherapy remain high. Objective: To evaluate toxic effects, local control, and overall survival rates after chemoradiotherapy with a simultaneous integrated boost of radiotherapy dose to the gross tumor and nodal disease for patients with unresectable locally advanced esophageal cancer. Design, Setting, and Participants: A phase 1/2, single-arm trial was conducted in 46 patients from April 28, 2010, to April 9, 2015 (median follow-up, 52 months [range, 2-86 months]), at a tertiary academic cancer center. Outcomes of the study patients were compared with those of 97 similar patients treated at the same institution from January 10, 2010, to December 5, 2014, as part of the interim analysis. Statistical analysis was performed from December 15, 2018, to February 12, 2019. Interventions: Chemoradiotherapy with a simultaneous integrated boost of radiotherapy dose (50.4 Gy to subclinical areas at risk and 63.0 Gy to the gross tumor and involved nodes, all given in 28 fractions) with concurrent docetaxel and capecitabine or fluorouracil. Main Outcomes and Measures: Toxic effects, local (in-field) control, and overall survival rates. Results: All 46 patients (11 women and 35 men; median age, 65.5 years [range, 37.3-84.4 years]) received per-protocol therapy, as intensity-modulated photon therapy (39 [85%]) or intensity-modulated proton therapy (7 [15%]); 11 patients (24%) ultimately underwent resection. No patients experienced grade 4 or 5 toxic effects; the 10 acute grade 3 toxic events were esophagitis (4), dysphagia (3), and anorexia (3) and the 3 late grade 3 toxic events were all esophageal strictures. The actuarial local recurrence rates were 22% (95% CI, 11%-35%) at 6 months, 30% (95% CI, 18%-44%) at 1 year, and 33% (95% CI, 20%-46%) at 2 years. Overall, 15 patients (33%) experienced local failure, at a median interval of 5 months (range, 1-24 months). The median overall survival time was 21.5 months (range, 2.3-86.4 months). Exploratory comparison with a 97-patient contemporaneous institutional cohort receiving standard-dose (non-simultaneous integrated boost) chemoradiotherapy showed superior local control (hazard ratio, 0.49; 95% CI, 0.26-0.92; P =.03) and overall survival (hazard ratio, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.47-0.94; P =.02) in the group that received chemoradiotherapy with a simultaneous integrated boost. Conclusions and Relevance: These findings suggest that chemoradiotherapy with a simultaneous integrated boost of radiotherapy dose for locally advanced esophageal cancer is well tolerated, with encouraging local control, and thus warrants further study.
AB - Importance: Effective treatment options for locally advanced esophageal cancer are limited, and rates of local recurrence after standard chemoradiotherapy remain high. Objective: To evaluate toxic effects, local control, and overall survival rates after chemoradiotherapy with a simultaneous integrated boost of radiotherapy dose to the gross tumor and nodal disease for patients with unresectable locally advanced esophageal cancer. Design, Setting, and Participants: A phase 1/2, single-arm trial was conducted in 46 patients from April 28, 2010, to April 9, 2015 (median follow-up, 52 months [range, 2-86 months]), at a tertiary academic cancer center. Outcomes of the study patients were compared with those of 97 similar patients treated at the same institution from January 10, 2010, to December 5, 2014, as part of the interim analysis. Statistical analysis was performed from December 15, 2018, to February 12, 2019. Interventions: Chemoradiotherapy with a simultaneous integrated boost of radiotherapy dose (50.4 Gy to subclinical areas at risk and 63.0 Gy to the gross tumor and involved nodes, all given in 28 fractions) with concurrent docetaxel and capecitabine or fluorouracil. Main Outcomes and Measures: Toxic effects, local (in-field) control, and overall survival rates. Results: All 46 patients (11 women and 35 men; median age, 65.5 years [range, 37.3-84.4 years]) received per-protocol therapy, as intensity-modulated photon therapy (39 [85%]) or intensity-modulated proton therapy (7 [15%]); 11 patients (24%) ultimately underwent resection. No patients experienced grade 4 or 5 toxic effects; the 10 acute grade 3 toxic events were esophagitis (4), dysphagia (3), and anorexia (3) and the 3 late grade 3 toxic events were all esophageal strictures. The actuarial local recurrence rates were 22% (95% CI, 11%-35%) at 6 months, 30% (95% CI, 18%-44%) at 1 year, and 33% (95% CI, 20%-46%) at 2 years. Overall, 15 patients (33%) experienced local failure, at a median interval of 5 months (range, 1-24 months). The median overall survival time was 21.5 months (range, 2.3-86.4 months). Exploratory comparison with a 97-patient contemporaneous institutional cohort receiving standard-dose (non-simultaneous integrated boost) chemoradiotherapy showed superior local control (hazard ratio, 0.49; 95% CI, 0.26-0.92; P =.03) and overall survival (hazard ratio, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.47-0.94; P =.02) in the group that received chemoradiotherapy with a simultaneous integrated boost. Conclusions and Relevance: These findings suggest that chemoradiotherapy with a simultaneous integrated boost of radiotherapy dose for locally advanced esophageal cancer is well tolerated, with encouraging local control, and thus warrants further study.
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U2 - 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.2809
DO - 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.2809
M3 - Article
C2 - 31529018
AN - SCOPUS:85072276765
SN - 2374-2437
VL - 5
SP - 1597
EP - 1604
JO - JAMA Oncology
JF - JAMA Oncology
IS - 11
ER -