Clinical trial · Interventional
Megestrol Acetate for the Improvement of Quality of Life in Esophageal Cancer With Chemoradiotherapy
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- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Megestrol is a semisynthetic progesterone derivatives, have promote anabolic effects. Can improve appetite, weight gain, and improve bone marrow suppression, increase the tolerance put, chemotherapy, improve the quality of life, is widely used in tumor radiation and chemotherapy of terminally ill patients. But because of its vascular embolization, vaginal bleeding, arrhythmia and other serious complications, there is no unified standard. The purpose of this study was to evaluate megestrol in esophageal squamous carcinoma radical chemoradiation curative effect and side effects, for rational use in the process of radiation and chemotherapy megestrol provide guidelines. A total of 210 patients will be accrued from China.The primary end point is quality of life (will be evaluated by EORTC QLQ-C30); the secondary end point is the pathological response after treatment and adverse events.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stage II Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Stage III Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| chemotherapy | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Megestrol（Yining） | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| radiotherapy | Radiation | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Megestrol and chemoradiotherapy
- description
- Megestrol（Yining）：160mg/d，po,5 weeks in total，oen week before chemoradiotherapy and one week after chemoradiotherapy. chemoradiotherapy：chemotherapy and radiotherapy： 50Gy in total，2 Gy/d，5d/w.
- interventionNames
- Drug: Megestrol（Yining）
- Radiation: radiotherapy
- Other: chemotherapy
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- chemoradiotherapy
- description
- chemoradiotherapy：chemotherapy and radiotherapy： 50Gy in total，2 Gy/d，5d/w.
- interventionNames
- Radiation: radiotherapy
- Other: chemotherapy
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 45 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 45-75years old * Histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus the tumor was in T2-4N0-2M0 * The patients have not received the surgery or chemo-radiotherapy. * Hb≥80g/L, absolute neutrophil count ≥1.5×109/L, Plt≥90×109/L, * ALT、AST≤2.5\*N,Cr≤1.5\*N. * performance status score 0-2 Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant, lactating women * Oxaliplatin or fluorouracil Allergy or metabolic disorders * Radiotherapy contraindications * History of organ transplantation * Brain metastasis * The peripheral nervous system disorders * Severe infection * Oral capecitabine who have difficulty with,such as dysphagia,The activities of digestive ulcer, Gastrointestinal bleeding * Severe chronic diseases, such as, hepatopathy, nephropathy, respiratory disease,high blood pressure, diabetes. * Other malignant tumor in recent 5 years.
References
Publications (9)
- BACKGROUNDPark JW, Kim JH, Choi EK, Lee SW, Yoon SM, Song SY, Lee YS, Kim SB, Park SI, Ahn SD. Prognosis of esophageal cancer patients with pathologic complete response after preoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Nov 1;81(3):691-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.06.041. Epub 2010 Oct 1. PMID 20888705
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- BACKGROUNDOrdu C, Pilanci KN, Koksal UI, Okutur K, Saglam S, Tecimer C, Demir G. Can megestrol acetate induce thrombosis in advanced oncology patients receiving chemotherapy? Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2014;15(23):10165-9. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.23.10165. PMID 25556442
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- BACKGROUNDGreig CA, Johns N, Gray C, MacDonald A, Stephens NA, Skipworth RJ, Fallon M, Wall L, Fox GM, Fearon KC. Phase I/II trial of formoterol fumarate combined with megestrol acetate in cachectic patients with advanced malignancy. Support Care Cancer. 2014 May;22(5):1269-75. doi: 10.1007/s00520-013-2081-3. Epub 2014 Jan 4. PMID 24389826
- BACKGROUNDHong S, Jeong IG, You D, Lee JL, Hong JH, Ahn H, Kim CS. Safety of megestrol acetate in palliating anorexia-cachexia syndrome in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer. J Korean Med Sci. 2013 May;28(5):687-92. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2013.28.5.687. Epub 2013 May 2. PMID 23678259
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