Status:
COMPLETED
Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Cetuximab in Treating Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer That Was Completely Removed By Surgery
Lead Sponsor:
Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive
Conditions:
Colorectal Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-74 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as oxaliplatin, leucovorin, or fluorouracil, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from ...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: Primary * Compare the disease-free survival rates in patients with completely resected stage III colon cancer treated with adjuvant oxaliplatin, leucovorin calcium, and fluorouracil with...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically confirmed stage III adenocarcinoma of the colon
- Must have undergone curative resection (R0) within the past 28-56 days
- No radiotherapy prior to surgery
- carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) after surgery
- No rectal cancer located within 15 cm from the anal verge by endoscopy or under the peritoneal reflection at surgery
- No metastatic spread at baseline assessment
- No prior or concurrent CNS disease by physical exam
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Performance status
- WHO 0-1
- Life expectancy
- At least 5 years
- Hematopoietic
- WBC ≥ 3,000/mm\^3
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm\^3
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
- Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL
- Hepatic
- Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times ULN
- AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 times ULN
- Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 1.5 times ULN
- Renal
- Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN
- Cardiovascular
- No coronary artery disease
- No myocardial infarction within the past 12 months
- No high risk of uncontrolled arrhythmia
- Other
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- No inflammatory bowel disease
- No other malignancy within the past 5 years except basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
- No significant traumatic injury within the past 28 days
- No known hypersensitivity to any of the components of the study drugs
- No medical, geographical, sociological, psychological, or legal condition that would preclude study participation
- No peripheral neuropathy ≥ grade 1
- No other significant disease that would preclude study participation
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Chemotherapy
- No prior chemotherapy
- Radiotherapy
- See Disease Characteristics
- No prior abdominal or pelvic irradiation
- Surgery
- See Disease Characteristics
- Recovered from prior surgery
- More than 28 days since prior major surgical procedure or open biopsy
- No concurrent major surgical procedure
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 22 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
2559 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00265811
Start Date
November 1 2005
End Date
June 22 2010
Last Update
November 9 2020
Active Locations (8)
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1
Hopital Duffaut
Avignon, France, 84902
2
CHU de Caen
Caen, France, 14033
3
Hopital Robert Boulin
Libourne, France, 33500
4
Hopital Bichat - Claude Bernard
Paris, France, 75018