Nutritional Support in Patient Undergoing Induction Therapy for Esophageal Cancer

Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Procedure
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Patients diagnosed with esophageal cancer have difficulty eating, as the food pipe becomes obstructed by the cancer. This may impair the ability for the patient to receive appropriate calorie intake, especially during administration of chemotherapy and radiation therapy given prior to surgical resection. A strategy is to place a feeding tube directly in the stomach or in the small bowel to have an access to the patient's gastrointestinal tract during administration of chemo radiation therapy. However, these feeding tubes may lead to adverse events, including dislodgement, infection, the tube may be plugged, etc. If these complications were to happen, patients may have their treatment delayed, may have to come to the emergency department or even be admitted. In some cases, patients may need to have a surgery performed to treat the complication. Most centres in Canada have moved away from placement of these feeding tubes due to the high incidence of complications associated with the feeding tubes placement, and due to the high efficacy from the chemoradiation therapy in shrinking the tumour, allowing for the patient to swallow. In London, the preference from the Medical and Radiation Oncologists was to have these feeding tubes placed to avoid delay in treating the patients. There is therefore significant controversy as to what is the best approach in this patient population. Our goal is to run a feasibility randomized controlled trial studying this question.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Adult patient

• Non-cervical biopsy-proven esophageal or gastroesophageal junction (Siewert I or II) cancer

• Patient eligible for induction therapy then esophagectomy (stage Ib to III)

Locations
Other Locations
Canada
London Health Sciences Centre - Victoria Hospital
RECRUITING
London
Contact Information
Primary
Deb Lewis
deb.lewis@lhsc.on.ca
5196858500
Backup
Mehdi Qiabi, MD MSc
mehdi.qiabi@lhsc.on.ca
519-667-6572
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-11-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2024-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 26
Treatments
Active_comparator: Percutaneous enteral access
Feeding tube, either gastrostomy (G-) tube or gastrojejunostomy (GJ-) tube (placed by Interventional Radiology) or J-tube (surgically placed)
Experimental: No percutaneous enteral access
No feeding tube placed.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Mehdi Qiabi

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