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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00137813
Date of registration: 29/08/2005
Primary sponsor: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Public title: Avastin and Taxotere for Esophagogastric Cancer
Scientific title: Phase II Study of Bevacizumab and Docetaxel (AvaTax) in Metastatic Esophagogastric Cancer
Date of first enrolment: August 2004
Target sample size: 42
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00137813
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Peter Enzinger, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Histologically confirmed, unresectable or metastatic stage IV esophageal or gastric
carcinoma

- Measurable disease greater than or equal to 1cm by spiral computed tomography (CT)
scan or greater than or equal to 2cm by other radiographic technique

- ECOG performance status 0-2

- One prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease permitted

- White blood cell count greater than or equal to 3,000/mm

- Absolute neutrophil count greater than or equal to 1,500/mm3

- Platelet count greater than or equal to 100,000/mm3

- Hemoglobin greater than or equal to 8.0g/dl

- Creatinine less than 2.0mg/dL

- Total bilirubin less than 1.9mg/dL

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnant or lactating women

- History or evidence of central nervous system (CNS) disease

- Other active malignancies other than non-melanoma skin cancer or in-situ cervical
cancer

- History of severe hypersensitivity to docetaxel, bevacizumab or drugs formulated with
polysorbate 80.

- Current, recent or planned treatment with standard chemotherapy, radiation therapy or
another experimental therapy.

- History of other disease or metabolic dysfunction.

- Serious, non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Esophageal Cancer
Gastric Cancer
Intervention(s)
Drug: Bevacizumab
Drug: Docetaxel
Primary Outcome(s)
To evaluate the overall response and safety of the combination docetaxel and bevacizumab in patients with esophageal or gastric cancer [Time Frame: 3 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
To evaluate the duration of response, progression-free and overall survival of patients with esophageal or gastric cancer treated with docetaxel and bevacizumab [Time Frame: TBD]
Secondary ID(s)
04-179
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Genentech
Massachusetts General Hospital
Sanofi-Aventis
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