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UnknownNCT00002893
Palliative Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer
CHEMOTHERAPY CHOICES IN ADVANCED COLORECTAL CANCER: A RANDOMISED TRIAL COMPARING 2 DURATIONS AND 3 SYSTEMIC CHEMOTHERAPY REGIMENS IN THE PALLIATIVE TREATMENT OF ADVANCED COLORECTAL CANCER
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 900 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Medical Research Council · Other Government
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
RATIONALE: Palliative chemotherapy may help patients with advanced colorectal cancer live longer and more comfortably. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of and quality of life following three different palliative chemotherapy regimens in treating patients with advanced metastatic or recurrent colorectal cancer.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES: I. Compare the survival and quality of life of patients with metastatic or recurrent colorectal cancer receiving palliative therapy with leucovorin/fluorouracil vs. continuous-infusion fluorouracil vs. ICI D1694. II. Compare the survival and quality of life of patients with stable or responding disease after 12 weeks of initial treatment randomized to receive 12 additional weeks of chemotherapy vs. no further treatment. OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are stratified by participating institution. Patients are randomized to one of three treatment regimens. The first group receives leucovorin followed by fluorouracil every 14 days for a total of 6 courses. The second group receives continuous-infusion fluorouracil for 12 weeks. The third group receive ICI D1694 every 21 days for a total of 4 courses. Patients without progressive disease or excessive toxicity after 12 weeks of treatment are then randomized to receive continuing chemotherapy in 12 weekly cycles of their assigned chemotherapy or to proceed to observation with no further therapy, until evidence of disease progression. Patients are followed every 6 weeks. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 900 patients will be entered.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | fluorouracil | |
| DRUG | leucovorin calcium | |
| DRUG | raltitrexed |
Timeline
- Start date
- 1995-06-01
- First posted
- 2004-05-13
- Last updated
- 2013-12-19
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00002893. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.