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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00063986
Date of registration: 08/07/2003
Primary sponsor: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
Public title: Esophagectomy in Treating Patients With High-Grade Dysplasia of the Esophagus or Stage I, Stage II, or Stage III Esophageal Cancer
Scientific title: Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (MIE): A Multicenter Feasibility Study
Date of first enrolment: March 2004
Target sample size: 105
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00063986
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   David J. Sugarbaker, MD
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Email:
Affiliation:  Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center
Name:   James D. Luketich, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Pittsburgh
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- One of the following diagnoses:

- Histologically confirmed esophageal cancer

- Stages I-III (T1-3, N0-1)

- No M1 disease

- High-grade dysplasia of the esophagus

- Must have a requirement for esophagectomy and be considered an appropriate candidate

- Stomach must be available for conduit (no cancer extending into the stomach more than
20%)

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

- 18 and over

Performance status

- ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy

- Not specified

Hematopoietic

- Not specified

Hepatic

- Not specified

Renal

- Creatinine less than 2 mg/dL

Other

- Prior malignancy allowed

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

- Not specified

Chemotherapy

- No more than 5 months since prior neoadjuvant chemotherapy (patients with esophageal
cancer only)

Endocrine therapy

- Not specified

Radiotherapy

- No more than 5 months since prior neoadjuvant radiotherapy (patients with esophageal
cancer only)

Surgery

- See Disease Characteristics

- No prior anti-reflux or gastric operations

- No prior right thoracotomy

- No prior major neck operation other than the removal of superficial skin lesion



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Esophageal Cancer
Intervention(s)
Procedure: laparoscopic surgery
Procedure: thoracoscopic surgery
Primary Outcome(s)
Mortality at 30 days [Time Frame: No]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Duration of operating time [Time Frame: No]
Dysphagia [Time Frame: No]
Effectiveness of lymph node dissection [Time Frame: No]
Home status (i.e., home vs resident in care facility) [Time Frame: No]
Length of intensive care unit stay and hospital stay [Time Frame: No]
Morbidity [Time Frame: No]
Rate of conversion to open operation [Time Frame: No]
Survival at 3 years [Time Frame: No]
Tumor recurrence [Time Frame: No]
Secondary ID(s)
CALGB-140302
CDR0000305866
ECOG-E2202
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Cancer and Leukemia Group B
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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