von Holzen, Urs; Schmidt, Sven; Hayoz, Stefanie; Steffen, Thomas; Grieder, Felix; Bartsch, Detlef; Schnider, Annelies; Knoefel, Wolfram-Trudo; Piessen, Guillaume; Kettelhack, Christoph; Marti, Walter R; Schäfer, Markus; Függer, Reinhold; Königsrainer, Alfred; Gloor, Beat; Furrer, Markus; Gérard, Marie-Aline; Hawle, Hanne; Walz, Martin K; Alesina, Piero; ... (2022). Surgical Outcomes After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Followed by Curative Surgery in Patients With Esophageal Cancer: An Intergroup Phase lll Trial of the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK 75/08). Annals of surgery, 275(6), pp. 1130-1136. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004334
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OBJECTIVE
To assess the impact of surgical technique in regard to morbidity and mortality after neoadjuvant treatment for esophageal cancer.
BACKGROUND
The SAKK trial 75/08 was a multicenter phase III trial (NCT01107639) comparing induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiation and surgery in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer.
METHODS
Patients in the control arm received induction chemotherapy with cisplatin and docetaxel, followed by concomitant chemoradiation therapy with cisplatin, docetaxel, and 45Gy. In the experimental arm, the same regimen was used with addition of cetuximab. After completion of neoadjuvant treatment, patients underwent esophagectomy. The experimental arm received adjuvant cetuximab. Surgical outcomes and complications were prospectively recorded and analyzed.
RESULTS
Total of 259 patients underwent esophagectomy. Overall complication rate was 56% and reoperation rate was 15% with no difference in complication rates for transthoracic versus transhiatal resections (56% vs 54%, P = 0.77), nor for video assisted thoracic surgeries (VATS) versus open transthoracic resections (67% vs 55%, P = 0.32). There was a trend to higher overall complication rates in squamous cell carcinoma versus adenocarcinoma (65% vs 51%, P = 0.035), and a significant difference in ARDS in squamous cell carcinoma with 14% versus 2% in adenocarcinoma (P = 0.0002). For patients with involved lymph nodes, a lymph node ratio of ≥0.1 was an independent predictor of PFS (HR 2.5, P = 0.01) and OS (HR 2.2, P = 0.03).
CONCLUSIONS
This trial showed no difference in surgical complication rates between transthoracic and transhiatal resections. For patients with involved lymph nodes, lymph node ratio was an independent predictor of progression free survival and overall survival.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Viszeralchirurgie 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Viszeralchirurgie 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine > Visceral Surgery |
UniBE Contributor: |
Gloor, Beat |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
0003-4932 |
Publisher: |
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Rahel Fuhrer |
Date Deposited: |
16 Dec 2020 17:28 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:42 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1097/SLA.0000000000004334 |
PubMed ID: |
33055589 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.148675 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/148675 |
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