35
Participants
Start Date
January 31, 2002
Primary Completion Date
August 31, 2004
Study Completion Date
September 30, 2017
Cisplatin
Given weekly on weeks 1, 2, 4 and 5 during radiation therapy.
Irinotecan
Given weekly on weeks 1, 2, 4 and 5 during radiation therapy
Celecoxib
Given twice daily 3 days prior to radiation and up until one week prior to surgery. It will then be started again once the participant is released from the hospital following surgery for 26 weeks.
Radiation Therapy
5 days a week for 5-6 weeks
Esophagectomy
Within 4-8 weeks of chemoradiation therapy
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
Collaborators (1)
Brigham and Women's Hospital
OTHER
Massachusetts General Hospital
OTHER
Pharmacia
INDUSTRY
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
OTHER