Frontiers in Oncology (Apr 2022)

Preoperative Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy Versus Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer: Phase II Randomized Study

  • Xin Wang,
  • Dong-Bing Zhao,
  • Lin Yang,
  • Yihebali Chi,
  • Hong Zhao,
  • Li-Ming Jiang,
  • Jun Jiang,
  • Yuan Tang,
  • Ning Li,
  • Ning Li,
  • Wen-Yang Liu,
  • Li-Zhou Dou,
  • Shuang-Mei Zou,
  • Li-Yan Xue,
  • Jian-Song Ren,
  • Yan-Tao Tian,
  • Xu Che,
  • Xu Che,
  • Chun-Guang Guo,
  • Xiao-Feng Bai,
  • Yue-Min Sun,
  • Shu-Lian Wang,
  • Yong-Wen Song,
  • Yue-Ping Liu,
  • Hui Fang,
  • Ye-Xiong Li,
  • Jing Jin,
  • Jing Jin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.870741
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12

Abstract

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ObjectiveWe evaluated and compared the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NACRT) versus neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) for locally advanced gastric cancer (LAGC) in a single-center randomized phase II trial.MethodsPatients with LAGC were enrolled and received either NACT or NACRT, followed by gastrectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy. The primary endpoint was an R0 resection rate.ResultsWe enrolled 75 patients: 75.7% (NACT, 28/37 patients) and 76.3% (NACRT, 29/38 patients) underwent surgery; R0 resection rates were 73.0% (27/37) and 73.7% (28/38), respectively. The NACRT group had significantly better major pathological response than the NACT group (37.9% vs 17.9%, p = 0.019). Between-group postoperative complications were not significantly different. The median follow-up was 59.6 months; 5-year overall survival (OS) rate was 50.1% (NACT) and 61.9% (NACRT); neither group reached the median OS; median progression-free survival was 37.3 and 63.4 months, respectively.ConclusionsS-1-based NACRT did not improve the R0 resection rate, although it presented better tumor regression with similar safety to NACT.Trial registrationClinicalTrial.gov NCT02301481

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