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Colorectal CancerPhase 2NCT00002842

Liver Resection and Floxuridine Plus Fluorouracil and Leucovorin in Treating Patients With Liver Metastases From Colorectal Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing floxuridine, fluorouracil and leucovorin calcium in people with Colorectal Cancer and Metastatic Cancer, run by City of Hope Medical Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug and giving drugs in different ways may kill more tumor cells. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 70 years
Conditions the study is for
Colorectal Cancer, Metastatic Cancer
What is being tested?
floxuridine, fluorouracil and leucovorin calcium
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
49 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Sep 1994to May 2014
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 70 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed colorectal carcinoma or radiologically confirmed colorectal carcinoma in a synchronous metastasis
  • Intrahepatic metastases required
  • No more than 15 metastases involving no more than 60% of functioning liver
  • No extrahepatic disease unless:
  • Resectable anastomotic or locally recurrent tumor
  • Resectable mesenteric lymph node involvement in patients undergoing initial resection of primary colorectal carcinoma
  • Disease extension from liver metastasis amenable to en bloc resection (e.g., diaphragm wall, kidney, abdominal wall)
  • No biopsy-proven chronic active hepatitis

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • Physiologic 18 to 70

Performance status:

  • Karnofsky 60%-100%

Hematopoietic:

  • AGC at least 1,500
  • Platelets at least 100,000

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL (unless reversibly obstructed by metastasis)

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL

Other:

  • No second malignancy within 5 years except adequately treated:
  • Nonmelanomatous skin cancer
  • In situ bladder cancer
  • In situ cervical cancer
  • No pregnant women

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • Prior mitomycin or nitrosoureas allowed

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • No prior radiotherapy to the liver
  • At least 3 weeks since radiotherapy and recovered
  • Prior pelvic radiotherapy allowed
  • No planned concurrent radiotherapy

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Duarte, California, 91010-3000

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About this study

Official title: Hepatic Resection Followed by Concurrent Adjuvant Portal Vein Infusion of Fluorodeoxyuridine and Systemic 5-Fluorouracil and Folinic Acid for Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug and giving drugs in different ways may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of surgery followed by floxuridine plus systemic fluorouracil and leucovorin in treating patients with liver metastases from colorectal cancer.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Evaluate the efficacy of hepatic resection followed by portal vein infusion of floxuridine plus systemic fluorouracil/leucovorin calcium in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
  • Study the toxic effects of adjuvant chemotherapy following hepatic resection.
  • Evaluate mRNA expression of enzymes that may be important to the cytotoxicity of fluoropyrimidines in tumor cells, including thymidylate synthase, ribonucleotide reductase, and folylglutamyl synthetase, by polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry.

OUTLINE: Following resection of the liver and all extrahepatic colorectal cancer, patients receive floxuridine via portal vein infusion from days 1-14. Systemic chemotherapy consists of leucovorin calcium on days 8-14 and fluorouracil on days 9-13. Courses repeat every 4 weeks for a total of 12 weeks.

If biopsy-proven metastatic disease develops, treatment may be stopped at the investigator's discretion. Continuation of regional therapy should be considered for extrahepatic failure. No concurrent radiotherapy is permitted.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 3 years, then every 6 months for survival.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: It is expected that 50 patients will be entered over approximately 5 years.

Keywords
stage IV colon cancer, stage IV rectal cancer, recurrent colon cancer, recurrent rectal cancer, liver metastases
Medical subject headings
Colorectal Neoplasms, Neoplasm Metastasis, Colonic Neoplasms, Rectal Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • floxuridineDrug

    Starting dose of 0.2 mg/kg/day for 14 consecutive days.

  • fluorouracilDrug

    300 mg/m2/day by intravenous bolus 24 hours apart for 5 consecutive days.

  • leucovorin calciumDrug

    500 mg/m2/day by continuous intravenous infusion beginning 24 hours prior to the first dose of 5-FU and continuing until 12 hours following the last dose of 5-FU.

  • adjuvant therapyProcedure or surgery

    Chemotherapy given after hepatic resection

  • conventional surgeryProcedure or surgery

    Hepatic resection

Study groups in NCT00002842
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Hepatic Resection/Portal Vein FUdr/Systemic 5-FU & LeucovorinExperimentalPatients receive floxuridine via portal vein infusion from days 1-14. Systemic chemotherapy consists of leucovorin calcium on days 8-14 and fluorouracil on days 9-13. Courses repeat every 4 weeks for a total of 12 weeks
Receives: Drug: floxuridine; Drug: fluorouracil; Drug: leucovorin calcium; Procedure: adjuvant therapy; Procedure: conventional surgery

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. 2 Year Disease-free Survival .

    Estimated using the product-limit method of Kaplan and Meier. Disease free survival, defined as first documented evidence of treatment failure. Acceptable evidence includes: Anastomotic - positive cytology or biopsy; Abdominal, pelvic and retroperitoneal nodes - progressively enlarging node as evidenced by 2 CT scans separated by at least a 4 week interval, ureteral obstruction in the presence of a mass as documented on CT scan; Peritoneum - positive cytology or biopsy, progressively enlarged intraperitoneal solid mass as evidenced by 2 CT scans separated by at least 4 weeks; Ascites - positive cytology or biopsy; Liver - positive cytology or biopsy; Pelvic mass - positive cytology or biopsy, progressively enlarging intrapelvic solid mass as evidenced by 2 CT scans separated by at least 4 weeks; Abdominal wall - positive cytology or biopsy; Lung - positive cytology or biopsy or presence of multiple pulmonary nodules; Bone marrow - positive cytology, aspiration or biopsy.

    Measured: 2 years after treatment

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 1994
  3. Primary completionMay 2014
  4. Study completionMay 2014

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
49 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00002842
Sponsor's protocol ID
94080
Other IDs
P30CA033572, CHNMC-IRB-94080, NCI-V96-1031, CDR0000065077
Status last verified
Feb 2017
First submitted
1 Nov 1999
Last updated
11 Apr 2017

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing floxuridine, fluorouracil and leucovorin calcium in people with Colorectal Cancer and Metastatic Cancer, run by City of Hope Medical Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Apr 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 11 Apr 2017). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

2 Year Disease-free Survival . (time frame: 2 years after treatment). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 Apr 2017.

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