Predicting Esophageal Cancer Borders Using PET-Imaging

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity Hospital Heidelberg

About this trial

The study examines the diagnostic precision of endosonography, mpMRI and PET/CT in defining tumor boundaries and tumor spread before and after neoadjuvant therapy and definitive surgery.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus, including AEG I and AEG II tumors in the primary situation

Planned surgical treatment of esophageal carcinoma

Possible staging advantage through FAPI PET/CT diagnostics

Patient information and written consent

Disqualifiers

Previous radiation therapy in the tumor region

Previous tumor disease with < 5 years of remission

Surgical therapy is not functionally or technically possible

Distant metastasis

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • photon
  • surgical therapy
  • Chemotherapy

Treatment groups

30 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators