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. 2022 Mar 30;14(7):1755. doi: 10.3390/cancers14071755

Table 3.

Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) Evaluating Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction (GEJ) Adenocarcinoma (AC).

Author Year Name Type Timing n C R (Gy) OS M Other Metric p-Value
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy vs. Surgery Alone
Ychou et al. [35] 2011 - Phase III Pre + Post 113 F + Ci - - 0.69 HR OS p = 0.02
- 111 - - -
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Lorenzen et al. [36] 2013 FLOT 65+ Phase II Pre + Post 21 F + L + O + T2 - - 2.02 HR PFS p = 0.09
22 F + L + O - -
Cunningham et al. [37] 2017 MRC ST03 Phase II/III Pre + Post 530 Ce + Ci + Ep + Bb - - 1.08 HR OS p = 0.36
533 Ce + Ci + Ep - -
Alderson et al. [38] 2017 MRC OE05 Phase III Pre 451 F + Ci - - 0.90 HR OS p = 0.19
446 Ce + Ci + Ep - -
Al-Batran et al. [39] 2019 FLOT4 Phase II/III Pre + Post 360 F/Ce + Ci + Ep - 35 0.77 HR OS NS, p = 0.012
356 F + L + O + T2 - 50
Zhang et al. [40] 2021 RESOLVE Phase III Post 345 Ce + O - - 0.86 HR DFS p = 0.170
Post 340 S1 + O - -
Pre + Post 337 S1 + O - - 0.77 HR DFS p = 0.027
Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation vs. Surgery Alone
Zhao et al. [41] 2015 - Phase II Pre 36 Ce + O 45 - 100% R0 p = 0.045
- 40 - - - 80%
Tian et al. [42] 2021 - Phase II Pre 63 Ce + O 45 - 63% 3 Y OS p = 0.019
- 69 - - - 52%
Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation
Stahl et al. [43] 2009 - Phase III Pre 45 F + L + Ci × 2 30 33.1 - - NS
49 F + L + Ci - 21.1 - -
Burmeister et al. [44] 2011 - Phase II Pre 39 F + Ci 35 32 - - p = 0.83
36 F + Ci - 29 - -
Ajani et al. [45] 2013 - Phase II Pre 63 F + O x 2 50.4 43.7 - - p = 0.69
63 F + O 50.4 45.6 - -
Stahl et al. [46] 2017 POET Phase III Pre 33 F + L + Ci & Ci + Et 30 30.8 0.65 HR OS NS, p = 0.055
32 F + L + Ci - 21.1
Barbour et al. [47] 2020 AGITG DOCTOR Phase II Pre 35 F + Ci + T2 45 35 - - NS
31 F + Ci + T2 - 30 - -
Mukherjee et al. [48] 2021 NeoSCOPE Phase II Pre 42 Ce + O 45 - 0.48 HR OS p = 0.035
43 Co + T 45 -

n = Sample Size; C = Chemotherapy; R (Gy) = Radiation Gray; OS M = Overall Survival in Months; RCT = Randomized Controlled Trial; F = 5-FU or 5-Fluorouracil; L = Leucovorin; Ci = Cisplatin; Co = Carboplatin; T = Paclitaxel; T2 = Docetaxel; B = Bleomycin; Et = Etoposide; Vb = Vinblastine; Vd = Vindesine; O = Oxaliplatin; Ep = Epirubicin; Ce = Capecitabine; Bb = Bevacizumab; FO = Oral Fluorouracil; Int = Intratumoral Injection; 1 Y OS = 1 Year Overall Survival; 2 Y OS = 2 Year Overall Survival; 3 Y OS = 3 Year Overall Survival; 5 Y OS = 5 Year Overall Survival; HR DFS = Hazard Ratio Disease Free Survival; HR OS = Hazard Ratio Overall Survival; HR PFS = Hazard Ratio Progression Free Survival; R0 = Microscopic Margin Free Resection; NS = No Significance/Value Not Reported.