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NCT02297217: PaRCUS
Chemoradiotherapy for Advanced Esophageal Cancer
Phase 2 trial testing Carboplatin and Taxol (paclitaxel) in Esophageal Cancer in 50 participants. Currently enrolling.
30 April 2027
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | AHS Cancer Control Alberta |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 2 |
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | na |
| Design | single group |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 50 |
| Start date | 21 November 2019 |
| Primary completion | 30 April 2027 |
| Estimated completion | 30 April 2028 |
| Sites | 1 location across Canada |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Carboplatin and Taxol (paclitaxel) — full drug profile →
- External Beam Radiation — full drug profile →
Conditions studied
- Esophageal Cancer — all drugs for Esophageal Cancer →
Sponsor
AHS Cancer Control Alberta — full company profile →
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Esophageal Cancer. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This study aims to show that the addition of carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy to a palliative course of external beam radiation treatment improves both dysphagia relief and patient quality of life in patients with unresectable esophageal cancer.
Publications & conference data
No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02297217 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by AHS Cancer Control Alberta
- Last refreshed: 16 December 2025
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