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Colorectal CancerPhase 1/2NCT00004187

Capecitabine and Oxaliplatin in Treating Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

A Phase 1/2 study testing capecitabine and oxaliplatin in people with Colorectal Cancer, run by Swiss Cancer Institute at 1 site in Switzerland.

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 may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of combining capecitabine and oxaliplatin in treating patients who have advanced or… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 75 years
Conditions the study is for
Colorectal Cancer
What is being tested?
capecitabine and oxaliplatin
How many people
Not given
Where
1 siteSwitzerland
Study dates
Jun 1999to Apr 2004
Phase
Phase 1/2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

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 75 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically proven unresectable, advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer Measurable disease Phase I: Any pretreatment status Phase II-N (chemotherapy naive patients): No prior chemotherapy for advanced or metastatic cancer and no prior adjuvant chemotherapy OR No prior chemotherapy for advanced or metastatic cancer and prior adjuvant chemotherapy ended more than 6 months ago Phase II-P (thymidylate synthase inhibitor pretreated patients): No thymidylate synthase inhibitor based regimen for advanced or metastatic cancer and prior adjuvant chemotherapy ended less than 6 months ago OR One thymidylate synthase inhibitor based regimen for advanced or metastatic cancer and no adjuvant thymidylate synthase inhibitor based regimen OR One thymidylate synthase inhibitor based regimen for advanced or metastatic cancer and one additional adjuvant thymidylate synthase inhibitor based regimen ended more than 6 months ago No CNS metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 to 75 Performance status: 0 or 1 Life expectancy: At least 3 months Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) SGOT or SGPT no greater than 2 times ULN (5 times ULN if related to liver metastases) Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.25 times ULN Cardiovascular: No New York Heart Association class III or IV heart disease No congestive heart failure No symptomatic coronary artery disease No cardiac arrhythmia unless well controlled with medication No myocardial infarction within the past 12 months Neurologic: No peripheral neuropathy of any origin worse than grade 1 No prior or concurrent seizures or CNS disorder requiring treatment Other: Not pregnant Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception No dysphagia, malabsorption, or intestinal obstruction that could impact the absorption or excretion of study drug No psychiatric disability precluding informed consent or compliance No prior malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or localized nonmelanomatous skin cancer No other significant medical condition

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: At least 4 weeks since prior major gastrointestinal surgery

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Switzerland1 site
  • Inselspital, Bern

    Bern, CH-3010

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About this study

Official title: A Phase I-II Study of Capecitabine and Oxaliplatin in Chemotherapy-Naive and Thymidylate Synthase Inhibitor Pretreated Advanced or Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

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 may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of combining capecitabine and oxaliplatin in treating patients who have advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer that cannot be surgically removed.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the maximum tolerated dose of capecitabine when combined with oxaliplatin in patients with chemotherapy naive or thymidylate synthase inhibitor pretreated unresectable, advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer. II. Determine the safety profile, toxicity, and efficacy of this regimen in these patients. III. Determine the complete and partial remission rates, time to treatment failure, and overall survival of patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a dose escalation, multicenter study of capecitabine. Patients are stratified by pretreatment status (any pretreatment vs chemotherapy naive vs thymidylate synthase inhibitor pretreatment). Phase I : Patients receive oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on day 1 and oral capecitabine every 12 hours on days 1-14. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of capecitabine until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the highest dose at which 2 or more of 6 patients experience dose limiting toxicity. Phase II: Patients receive capecitabine at the feasible dose. The feasible dose is defined as the dose immediately preceding the MTD from phase I. Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, and then every 6 months thereafter until death.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 18 patients will be accrued for phase I of the study and a total of 27-68 patients (14-25 thymidylate synthase inhibitor pretreated patients and 13-43 chemotherapy naive patients) will be accrued for phase II of the study.

Keywords
stage III colon cancer, stage IV colon cancer, stage III rectal cancer, stage IV rectal cancer, recurrent colon cancer, recurrent rectal cancer
Medical subject headings
Colorectal Neoplasms, Colonic Neoplasms, Rectal Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

Timeline

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

  1. First posted5 Aug 2004 (estimated)
  2. Study startJun 1999
  3. Primary completionApr 2004
  4. Study completionApr 2004

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 1/2
Primary purpose
Treatment
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00004187
Sponsor's protocol ID
SAKK 41/99
Other IDs
SWS-SAKK-41-99, EU-99026
Status last verified
Jun 2019
First submitted
21 Jan 2000
Last updated
26 Jun 2019
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Borner MM, Dietrich D, Stupp R, Morant R, Honegger H, Wernli M, Herrmann R, Pestalozzi BC, Saletti P, Hanselmann S, Muller S, Brauchli P, Castiglione-Gertsch M, Goldhirsch A, Roth AD. Phase II study of capecitabine and oxaliplatin in first- and second-line treatment of advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2002 Apr 1;20(7):1759-66. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2002.07.087.

    PubMed 11919232

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing capecitabine and oxaliplatin in people with Colorectal Cancer, run by Swiss Cancer Institute at 1 site in Switzerland.

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 26 Jun 2019. 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 Switzerland. 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 combined phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

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?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00004187, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 26 Jun 2019.

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