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CTRI Number  CTRI/2013/05/003708 [Registered on: 30/05/2013] Trial Registered Retrospectively
Last Modified On: 15/05/2013
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug
Surgical/Anesthesia 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   Trial comparing surgery first or chemotherapy first in stomach cancer 
Scientific Title of Study   Randomized controlled trial of perioperative versus postoperative chemotherapy in resectable carcinoma stomach  
Trial Acronym  SIOG-STO-1 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr E Hemanth Raj 
Designation  Chairman, Division of Surgical Oncology 
Affiliation  Cancer Institute (WIA) 
Address  Dr.S.Krishnamurti Campus, No.18, Sardar Patel Road, Guindy, Chennai

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600036
India 
Phone  9840014505  
Fax  91-44-24912085  
Email  ehemanthraj@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Ramakrishnan A S 
Designation  Additional Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology 
Affiliation  Cancer Institute (WIA) 
Address  Dr.S.Krishnamurti Campus, No.18, Sardar Patel Road, Guindy, Chennai

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600036
India 
Phone  9840085569  
Fax  91-44-24912085  
Email  ram_a_s@yahoo.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Ramakrishnan A S 
Designation  Additional Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology 
Affiliation  Cancer Institute (WIA) 
Address  Dr.S.Krishnamurti Campus, No.18, Sardar Patel Road, Guindy, Chennai

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600036
India 
Phone  9840085569  
Fax  91-44-24912085  
Email  ram_a_s@yahoo.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute,Road no.14, Banjara Hills,Hyderabad-500034 
Cancer Institute (WIA) Dr.S.Krishnamurti Campus, No.18, Sardar Patel road, Guindy, Chennai-600036 
Christian Medical College and Hospital, Dr.Ida Scudder Road, Vellore 
Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology,Dr.M H Marigowda road, Bangalore-560029 
MNJ Institute of Oncology and Regional Cancer Center,Red Hills, Hyderabad-500004 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  South Indian Oncology Group 
Address  Cancer Institute (WIA), Dr.S.Krishnamurti Campus, No.18, Sardar Patel road, Guindy, Chennai-600036 
Type of Sponsor  Other [Multicenter co-operative cancer research organisation] 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 5  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
DrT Subramanyeshwar Rao  Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute  Road no.14,Banjara Hills, Hyderabad-500034
Hyderabad
ANDHRA PRADESH 
9848038716
91-40-23542120
subramanyeswar@yahoo.com 
DrRamakrishnan A S  Cancer Institute (WIA)  Division of Surgical Oncology, Dr.S.Krishnamurti Campus, No.18, Sardar Patel road, Guindy, Chennai-600036
Chennai
TAMIL NADU 
9840085569
91-44-24912085
ram_a_s@yahoo.com 
Dr Raju Titus Chacko  Christian Medical College Hospital  Ida Scudder road, Vellore-632004
Vellore
TAMIL NADU 
9363250124
91-416-2232025
rchacko@cmcvellore.ac.in 
Dr M Vijaykumar  Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology  Dr.M H Marigowda road, Bangalore-560029
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
9448467765
91-80-26560723
mvijai2002@yahoo.com 
DrMukta Srinivasulu  MNJ Institute of Oncology and Regional Cancer Center  Red Hills, Hyderabad-500004
Hyderabad
ANDHRA PRADESH 
9849044816
91-40-23314063
muktasrinivasulu@yahoo.co.in 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 5  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Cancer Institute Ethical Committee  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Hyderabad  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, MNJ Institute of Oncology & Regional Cancer Center, Hyderabad  Approved 
Institutional Review Board, Christian Medical College, Vellore  Approved 
Medical Ethics Committee, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  Carcinoma stomach (gastric cancer),  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Adjuvant chemotherapy  6 cycles of chemotherapy is given after completion of surgery 
Intervention  Perioperative chemotherapy  2 cycles of chemotherapy is given initially followed by surgery and then 4 more cycles of chemotherapy is given after completion of surgery 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  20.00 Year(s)
Age To  70.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  •Histologically proven adenocarcinoma of the stomach or Siewert type 3 adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction stage T2-4 Nx or Tx N+.
•Resectable disease
•No distant metastasis, including peritoneal carcinomatosis
• No gastric outlet obstruction or uncontrolled bleeding
•CT scan and diagnostic laparoscopy are mandatory
•No prior therapy for the diagnosed gastric cancer
Patient characteristics:
•Age- 20 to 69 years
•ECOG performance status 0-2
Hemopoetic-
WBC > 4000/ cu. mm
Absolute neutrophil count > 2000/cu.mm
Platelet count > 100,000/ cu.mm
Hepatic- bilirubin not more than 1.5 times upper limit of nomal, AST & ALT not more than 1.5 times upper limit of normal
Renal- Creatinine not more than 1.25 times ULN, creatinine clearance > 60 ml/min
Cardiovascular-no prior arrhythmias, no prior congestive cardiac failure, no myocardial infarction within past 6 months, no unstable cardiac disease requiring treatment, Ejection fraction >50% on echo
Pulmonary- no evidence of severe obstructive or restrictive airway disease on pulmonary function tests.
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  •Not pregnant or nursing
•Fertile patients must use effective contraception
•No other prior or concurrent neoplasm except adequately treated carcinoma in situ of cervix or basal cell carcinoma of skin
•No active infection
•No allergy to protocol drugs
•No history of significant neurologic or psychiatric disorders
•No other serious medical condition that would prevent compliance
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Centralized 
Blinding/Masking   Open Label 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Compare overall survival and disease free survival in patients with locally advanced resectable gastric cancer treated with either perioperative or only postoperative chemotherapy   Overall and disease-free survival will be analysed at 3 years and 5 years after completion of treatment 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1. Evaluate toxicity of and disease response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy
2. Evaluate the postoperative complications following neoadjuvant chemotherapy
3. Compare the curative resection rates in patients treated with these regimens.
4. Evaluate and compare quality of life in these patients before and after surgery
5. Include molecular/ biomarkers to assess response to neoadjuvant therapy
 
Post-treatment 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="350"
Sample Size from India="350" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   15/02/2011 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="5"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Open to Recruitment 
Publication Details    
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Brief Summary  

Purpose of study:  To conduct a randomized, open label phase III trial of perioperative versus postoperative chemotherapy in patients with resectable gastric cancer. 

Primary objective: To compare overall survival and disease free survival in patients with locally advanced resectable gastric cancer treated with either perioperative or only postoperative chemotherapy

Hypothesis: The results of treatment of gastric cancer depend on the stage of the disease. Although early gastric cancer has a high curability rate, patients with advanced stage gastric cancer do not fare well even after complete surgical resection. The risk of recurrence increases as the disease stage increases. The failure after surgery with adequate lymphadenectomy is usually distant- either in the peritoneum or the liver, and only systemic chemotherapy can control micrometastatic disease. Also, in advanced stage gastric cancers, it may not be possible always to achieve an R0 resection due to the local/ regional extent of the disease. Adjuvant chemotherapy has not been shown to improve survival in most randomized controlled trials. The morbidity of surgery may also limit the ability to deliver postoperative chemotherapy effectively. Therefore, there is a lot of interest nowadays in neoadjuvant or preoperative chemotherapy.

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has many theoretical advantages- it can treat micrometastatic disease at the earliest opportunity and it may downstage the tumor allowing complete resection. Neoadjuvant treatment in gastric cancer offers an opportunity to deliver systemic treatment when the patient is best able to tolerate it, since initiating postoperative chemotherapy is usually delayed following gastric cancer surgery.

 

 
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