Esophageal Cancer

Clinical Trials

Mayo Clinic has several ongoing clinical trials investigating the use of chemotherapy, concurrent preoperative and postoperative chemoradiation and other novel therapies for cancer. These clinical trials include testing new strategies and new medications with the goals of either making surgery more successful, improving outcomes in patients with no surgical options, or allowing cancer treatment in general to be better tolerated.

Below is a list of Esophageal Cancer clinical trials from the clinical trials database at Mayo Clinic.

This list includes only trials about which Mayo researchers choose to publish information. Mayo Clinic may be conducting other trials which are not in this database. Mayo's clinical trials include experimental treatments, often unavailable elsewhere, which frequently lead to improved patient care for people worldwide. Patients should ask their doctor at Mayo about clinical trials appropriate for their situation.

Endoscopic Therapy of Early Esophageal Cancer in Patients with Barrett's Esophagus
This research study is being done to see if treatment for esophageal cancer can be done using endoscopy. The standard method of treating this type of cancer is surgical removal of the esophagus. The study will determine if removing just the cancer with endoscopy is enough treatment or if the addition of another treatment called photodynamic therapy (treatment with a red light and a drug called sodium porfimer) is needed.
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Familial Barrett's Esophagus Study
A group of doctors and scientists at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, along with doctors from many other medical centers throughout the US, are working together to advance our understanding of Barrett's esophagus and esophagus cancer. The main aim of the present study is to collect blood for future testing. Once all the samples have been collected, tests to identify genes that may be involved in the development of Barrett's will be performed. A future goal is to learn if there is a genetic difference between those people who have Barrett's and develop cancer, and those who do not.
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