title: A randomized phase III trial of post-operative adjuvant oral fluoropyrimidine versus sequential paclitaxel/oral fluoropyrimidine; and UFT versus S1 for T3/T4 gastric carcinoma: the Stomach Cancer Adjuvant Multi-institutional Trial Group (Samit) Trial.
abstract: Paclitaxel, S1 and their combined sequential administration is proposed to be examined installing UFT as an active control of adjuvant chemotherapy for curatively resected T3-4 gastric cancer in a multicenter Phase III trial. The primary endpoint is disease-free survival and the secondary endpoints are incidence of adverse events, overall survival and compliance. The sample size is 370 per treatment arm (1480 in total) for two hypotheses of the superiority of sequential use of paclitaxel followed by oral fluoropyrimidines to fluoropyrimidines (UFT/S1) alone and the non-inferiority of S1 to UFT to be tested by two-by-two factorial design. Abdominal CT or US is performed every 3 months in the first 2 years and every 6 months thereafter for 3 years in total to ensure recurrence data collection. This trial could appraise sequential combination therapy and efficacy of new drugs as adjuvant for gastric cancer treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Asahi-ku, Yokohama 2410815, Japan. tuburayaa@kcch.jp
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsuburaya
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kodera
authors.forename: Michiya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyashita
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Macdonald
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004338:Drug Combinations; D023381:Endpoint Determination; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010094:Oxonic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011725:Pyridines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D005641:Tegafur / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014498:Uracil / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D011725:Pyridines; D011743:Pyrimidines; C079198:S 1 (combination); D005641:Tegafur; D014498:Uracil; D010094:Oxonic Acid; C029269:5-fluoropyrimidine; D017239:Paclitaxel