Efficacy and safety of esophagectomy via left thoracic approach versus via right thoracic approach for middle and lower thoracic esophageal cancer : a multicenter randomized clinical trial (NST1501)

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Background: Left thoracic approach (LTA) has been a favorable selection in surgical treatment for esophageal cancer (EC) patients in China before minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) is popular. This study aimed to demonstrate whether right thoracic approach (RTA) is superior to LTA in the surgical treatment of middle and lower thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (TESCC).

Methods: Superiority clinical trial design was used for this multicenter randomized controlled two-parallel group study. Between April 2015 and December 2018, cT1b-3N0-1M0 TESCC patients from 14 centers were recruited and randomized by a central stratified block randomization program into LTA or RTA groups. All enrolled patients were followed up every three months after surgery. The software SPSS 20.0 and R 3.6.2. were used for statistical analysis. Efficacy and safety outcomes, 3-year overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were calculated and compared using the Kaplan-Meier method and the log-rank test.

Results: A total of 861 patients without suspected upper mediastinal lymph nodes (umLN) were finally enrolled in the study after 95 ineligible patients were excluded. 833 cases (98.7%) were successfully followed up until June 1, 2020. Esophagectomies were performed via LTA in 453 cases, and via RTA in 408 cases. Compared with the LTA group, the RTA group required longer operating time (274.48±78.92 vs. 205.34±51.47 min, P<0.001); had more complications (33.8% vs. 26.3% P=0.016); harvested more lymph nodes (LNs) (23.61±10.09 vs. 21.92±10.26, P=0.015); achieved a significantly improved OS in stage IIIa patients (67.8% vs. 51.8%, P=0.022). The 3-year OS and DFS were 68.7% and 64.3% in LTA arm versus 71.3% and 63.7% in RTA arm (P=0.20; P=0.96).

Conclusions: Esophagectomies via both LTA and RTA can achieve similar outcomes in middle or lower TESCC patients without suspected umLN. RTA is superior to LTA and recommended for the surgical treatment of more advanced stage TESCC due to more complete lymphadenectomy.

Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02448979.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Annals of translational medicine - 10(2022), 16 vom: 08. Aug., Seite 904

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mao, You-Sheng [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Shu-Geng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yin [VerfasserIn]
Hao, An-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jun-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiao-Fei [VerfasserIn]
Rong, Tie-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Jian-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Jian-Qun [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Mei-Qing [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ren-Quan [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Gao-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Xiang-Ning [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ke-Neng [VerfasserIn]
Mao, Wei-Min [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yong-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Hong-Xu [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zhi-Rong [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Dong-Hong [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Xu-Dong [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Li-Gong [VerfasserIn]
Muhammad, Shan [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Wen-Qiang [VerfasserIn]
Chiu, Philip Wai-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Lloyd, Shane [VerfasserIn]
Schlottmann, Francisco [VerfasserIn]
Meredith, Kenneth [VerfasserIn]
Pimiento, Jose M [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Yi-Bo [VerfasserIn]
He, Jie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Esophageal cancer (EC)
Esophagectomy
Journal Article
Left thoracic approach (LTA)
Outcomes
Right thoracic approach (RTA)

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Date Revised 17.09.2022

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02448979

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.21037/atm-22-3810

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346278104