Clinical trial • Phase III • Oncology|Respiratory|Gastroenterology|Infectious Disease
Colistin sulfate; Tobramycin for Esophageal cancer
Phase III trial of Colistin sulfate; Tobramycin for Esophageal cancer.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Oncology|Respiratory|Gastroenterology|Infectious Disease
- Trial Disease
- Esophageal cancer
- Trial Stage
- Phase III
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 21-11-2023
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 25-03-2024
Trial design
Randomised, open-label, standard care (arm titled 'standard care') compared with sdd suspension treatment additional to standard care (arm titled 'intervention'). doses/schedules not specified in part i summary.-controlled Phase III trial across 16 sites in Netherlands, Belgium.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Open Label
- Yes
- Comparator
- Standard care (arm titled 'Standard care') compared with SDD suspension treatment additional to standard care (arm titled 'Intervention'). Doses/schedules not specified in Part I summary.
- Target Sample Size
- 853
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 180
Eligibility
Recruits 853 No vulnerable populations selected. Participants must be ≥ 18 years and able to give written informed consent; inability to understand study information or instructions is an exclusion criterion..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- - Known or suspected pregnancy
- Vulnerable Population
- No vulnerable populations selected. Participants must be ≥ 18 years and able to give written informed consent; inability to understand study information or instructions is an exclusion criterion.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"-\tDiagnosis of primary esophageal adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma (cT1b-4a,N0-3,M0) in the mid or distal esophagus or at the level of the gastro-esophageal junction scheduled for undergoing transthoracic esophagectomy with curative intent or for esophageal reconstruction with a gastric or jejunal interposition\n- Age ≥ 18 years\n-\tAble to give written informed consent"}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"-\tPatients planned for rescue surgery\n-\tPatients planned for colonic interposition\n-\tKnown or suspected pregnancy\n-\tPatients who have undergone upper GI surgery within 30 days before randomization\n-\tUnable to understand the study information, study instructions and give informed consent\n-\tPatients enrolled in a trial that would interact with the intervention\n-\tPatients with a known allergy, sensitivity, or interaction to investigational medicinal product\n-\tPatients undergoing CVVH\n-\tPatients with the inability to swallow the SDD"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"-the cumulative incidence of postoperative pneumonia within 30 days after surgery. (Pneumonia will be defined by the following criteria: - Positive sputum culture OR - Presence of a new progressive radiographic infiltrate plus at least 2 of the following clinical features: - Fever > 38.5°C - Leukocytosis (>11.0) or leukopenia (<4.0) - Purulent secretions)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Pneumonia defined as: Positive sputum culture OR presence of a new progressive radiographic infiltrate plus at least 2 of the following clinical features: Fever > 38.5°C; Leukocytosis (>11.0) or leukopenia (<4.0); Purulent secretions. Measured as cumulative incidence within 30 days after surgery."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"-the cumulative incidence of all postoperative infectious complications within 30 days as registered in DUCA (postoperative pneumonia, Clostridium difficile infection, urinary tract infection, wound infection/abscess requiring wound opening or antibiotic treatment, central line infection requiring line removal or antibiotic treatment, intra-thoracic/intra-abdominal abscess, generalised sepsis as defined by Evans, Rhodes (30), other infections requiring antibiotics","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Cumulative incidence within 30 days postoperatively as registered in DUCA (database) of the listed infectious complications."}
- {"endpoint_text":"-the cumulative incidence of anastomotic leakage within 30 days after esophagectomy for which endoscopic, radiologic, or surgical re-intervention is needed. This corresponds to the definition of the ECCG of anastomotic leakage type II and III Low, Alderson (32). Anastomotic leakage is defined by contrast leakage on CT-scan with intravenous and oral contrast (swallow CT-scan) upon clinical suspicion, by endoscopy or by drainage of ingested materials into the chest tube (thoracic anastomoses) or in","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Cumulative incidence within 30 days of anastomotic leakage requiring endoscopic, radiologic, or surgical re-intervention; defined per ECCG type II/III criteria and by contrast leakage on swallow CT, endoscopy, or drainage of ingested materials into chest tube."}
- {"endpoint_text":"-the all-cause mortality within 90 days after surgery","definition_or_measurement_approach":"All-cause mortality measured as cumulative deaths within 90 days after surgery."}
- {"endpoint_text":"-the rate of re-operation within 30 days after surgery","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Rate (incidence) of re-operation occurrences within 30 days post-surgery."}
- {"endpoint_text":"-the postoperative length of stay on the intensive care unit (ICU), including re-admissions within 6 months after surgery","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Postoperative ICU length of stay measured including any ICU readmissions within 6 months after surgery."}
- {"endpoint_text":"-the postoperative length of the total hospital stay, including re-admissions for any reasons within 6 months after surgery","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Total postoperative hospital length of stay measured including any readmissions for any reason within 6 months after surgery."}
- {"endpoint_text":"-the quality of life (QoL) after 30 days, 3 months and 6 months after surgery (using internationally validated EORTC OG25, QLQC30 and EuroQoL-5D-5L questionnaires)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"QoL assessed at 30 days, 3 months and 6 months post-surgery using validated instruments EORTC OG25, QLQ-C30 and EuroQol-5D-5L."}
- {"endpoint_text":"-Direct and indirect costs. The in-hospital and societal costs up to 6 months after surgery will be estimated with the help of the medical consumption questionnaire and the productivity cost questionnaire, developed by the iMTA","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Direct and indirect costs up to 6 months post-surgery estimated using the medical consumption questionnaire and the iMTA productivity cost questionnaire."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 853
- Recruitment Window Months
- 38
- Consent Approach
- Written informed consent required from each participant (inclusion criterion: Able to give written informed consent). Subject information and informed consent forms are available (documents listed) for adults. Patient-facing documents are available in English, Dutch and French.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 16
- Total Number Of Participants
- 853
Netherlands
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 22-02-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 04-09-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 560
- Number Of Sites
- 10
- Number Of Participants
- 553
Sites
- Site Name
- Ziekenhuisgroep Twente Stichting
- Department Name
- Department of Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- E.A. Kouwenhoven
- Contact Person Email
- e.kouwenhoven@zgt.nl
- Site Name
- Het Nederlands Kanker Instituut-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis Stichting
- Department Name
- Department of Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- Johanna Sandick van
- Contact Person Email
- j.v.sandick@nki.nl
- Site Name
- Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden B.V.
- Department Name
- Department of Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- C. Bethlehem
- Contact Person Email
- Carina.Bethlehem@mcl.nl
- Site Name
- Elisabeth-Tweesteden Ziekenhuis
- Department Name
- Department of Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- J Heisterkamp
- Contact Person Email
- j.heisterkamp@etz.nl
- Site Name
- Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
- Department Name
- Department of Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- Jan Willem Haveman
- Contact Person Email
- j.w.haveman@umcg.nl
- Site Name
- Catharina Ziekenhuis Stichting
- Department Name
- Department of Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- Grard Nieuwenhuijzen
- Contact Person Email
- grard.nieuwenhuijzen@catharinaziekenhuis.nl
- Site Name
- Stichting Radboud University Medical Center
- Department Name
- Department of Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- B.R. Klarenbeek
- Contact Person Email
- bastiaan.klarenbeek@radboudumc.nl
- Site Name
- Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam (Erasmus MC)
- Department Name
- Department of Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- P.B.L. Wijnhoven
- Contact Person Email
- b.wijnhoven@erasmusmc.nl
- Site Name
- Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC)
- Department Name
- Department of Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- H H Hartgrink
- Contact Person Email
- h.h.hartgrink@lumc.nl
- Site Name
- Zuyderland Medisch Centrum Stichting
- Department Name
- Department of Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- M Sosef
- Contact Person Email
- m.sosef@zuyderland.nl
Belgium
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 13-03-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 05-09-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 541
- Number Of Sites
- 6
- Number Of Participants
- 300
Sites
- Site Name
- Antwerp University Hospital
- Department Name
- Department of Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- M. de Maat
- Contact Person Email
- Michiel.deMaat@uza.be
- Site Name
- CHU UCL Namur
- Department Name
- Department of Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- V. de Moor
- Contact Person Email
- veronique.demoor@uclouvain.be
- Site Name
- UZ Leuven
- Department Name
- Department of Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- H. van Veer
- Contact Person Email
- hans.vanveer@uzleuven.be
- Site Name
- Az Delta
- Department Name
- Department of Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- Y. Mandeville
- Contact Person Email
- Yannick.mandeville@azdelta.be
- Site Name
- Hopital Erasme
- Department Name
- Department of Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- M. van der Kuylen
- Contact Person Email
- maarten.vanderkuylen@hubruxelles.be
- Site Name
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
- Department Name
- Department of Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- H. Vanommeslaeghe
- Contact Person Email
- hanne.vanommeslaeghe@uzgent.be
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Stichting Radboud University Medical Center
- Organisation Type
- Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
- Country Of Registered Address
- Netherlands
Third parties
- {"country":"","full_name":"ZonMw","duties_or_roles":"Source of monetary support","organisation_type":""}
- {"country":"","full_name":"KCE","duties_or_roles":"Source of monetary support","organisation_type":""}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- Basis voor SDD suspensie
- Active Substance
- Colistin sulfate; Tobramycin
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- ORAL
- Authorisation Status
- 1
- Maximum Dose
- Max daily dose 20 ml; max total dose 130 ml; max treatment period 7 days
- Investigational Product Name
- AMPHOTERICIN B
- Active Substance
- Amphotericin B
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- ORAL
- Authorisation Status
- 2
- Maximum Dose
- Max daily dose 2000 mg; max total dose 13000 mg; max treatment period 7 days
- Investigational Product Name
- Nystatine Labaz, suspensie voor oraal gebruik 100.000 E/ml
- Active Substance
- Nystatin
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- ORAL
- Authorisation Status
- 2
- Maximum Dose
- Max daily dose 2,000,000 IU; max total dose 13,000,000 IU; max treatment period 1 day
- Combination Treatment
- Yes
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