Colorectal CancerPhase 2NCT00541112
Radiation Therapy, Chemotherapy, and Cetuximab Followed by Surgery, Chemotherapy, and Cetuximab in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Rectal Cancer That Can Be Removed by Surgery
A Phase 2 study testing cetuximab, capecitabine and fluorouracil in people with Colorectal Cancer, run by UNICANCER at 10 sites in France.
Trial summary
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as capecitabine, oxaliplatin, fluorouracil, and leucovorin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 80 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Colorectal Cancer
- What is being tested?
- cetuximab, capecitabine and fluorouracil
- Type of treatment
- Surgery or procedure
- How many people
- 19 participants
- Where
- 10 sitesFrance
- Study dates
- 29 Oct 2007to 29 Jan 2010
- Phase
- Phase 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 80 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- ECOG performance status 0-2
- WBC ≥ 4,000/mm^3
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm^3
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3
- Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL
- Creatinine ≤ 130 µmol/L
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- Transaminases ≤ 5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times ULN
- Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 times ULN
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients of must use effective contraception
Who cannot join
- Contraindication to therapy with capecitabine, oxaliplatin, cetuximab, and/or radiotherapy
- Impossible to perform translational analyses
- Uncontrolled severe illness
- Severe renal or hepatic insufficiency
- Cardiac insufficiency or symptomatic coronary disease
- Sensitive peripheral neuropathy
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- Uncontrolled diabetes
- Other malignancy within the past 10 years except previously treated basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
- Impossible to participate in study due to geographic, social, or psychiatric reasons
- Patients who are under supervision or incarcerated
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
- No prior anticancer chemotherapy or radiotherapy for this cancer
- No therapy with coumarin anticoagulants, phenytoin, sorivudine, brivudine, antacids, or allopurinol
- No concurrent participation in another therapeutic study or receiving another experimental drug
Trial locations and contacts
10 sites in 1 country.
10 sites in 1 country
France10 sites
Institut Bergonie
Bordeaux, 33076
Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer Georges-Francois Leclerc
Dijon, 21079
Centre Oscar Lambret
Lille, 59020
Centre Leon Berard
Lyon, 69373
Centre Regional de Lutte Contre le Cancer - Centre Val d'Aurelle
Montpellier, 34298
Centre Antoine Lacassagne
Nice, 06189
Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud
Pierre-Bénite, 69495
Centre Rene Huguenin
Saint-Cloud, 92210
Centre Alexis Vautrin
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54511
Institut Gustave Roussy
Villejuif, F-94805
About this study
Official title: Phase II Multicenter Study of the Impact of the Therapeutic Sequence of Radiochemotherapy (50 Gy + Capecitabine + Oxaliplatin + Cetuximab) Followed by Total Mesorectal Excision Surgery Then Post-surgery Chemotherapy (FOLFOX 4 + Cetuximab) in Synchronous Locally Advanced or Metastatic Cancers of the Rectum With Metastases Resectable From the Start (T3-4 Nx or T2 N+ M1).
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as capecitabine, oxaliplatin, fluorouracil, and leucovorin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as cetuximab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Giving radiation therapy together with combination chemotherapy and cetuximab before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. Giving chemotherapy and cetuximab after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery.
PURPOSE: This phase II clinical trial is studying how well giving radiation therapy together with chemotherapy and cetuximab followed by surgery, chemotherapy, and cetuximab works in treating patients with locally advanced or metastatic rectal cancer that can be removed by surgery.
Read the detailed description
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- Determine the complete remission rate at 6 months after neoadjuvant radiotherapy, capecitabine, and oxaliplatin (XELOX), and cetuximab followed by surgery, adjuvant FOLFOX 4, and cetuximab in patients with synchronous locally advanced or metastatic cancer of the rectum with resectable metastases (T3-4 Nx or T2 N+ M1).
Secondary
- Determine progression-free survival.
- Determine overall survival.
- Assess toxicities.
- Evaluate objective response in patients with measurable metastases.
- Determine the rate of local recurrence.
- Evaluate the downstaging and downsizing of patients with operable disease.
- Evaluate surgical complications in patients with operable disease.
- Evaluate biological markers predictive of response to cetuximab.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
- Neoadjuvant therapy: Patients undergo radiotherapy for 5 weeks and receive concurrent oral capecitabine twice daily on days 1-5 of each week and oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on day 1 of each week (XELOX). Patients also receive cetuximab IV on day 1 of the first week and on days 1-7 of weeks 2-5.
- Surgery: At 6 weeks after completing chemoradiotherapy, patients with resectable disease undergo surgery comprising total mesorectal excision. Patients with progressive disease, nonresectable tumor, or who require R2 surgery are removed from the study.
- Adjuvant therapy: Patients who undergo surgery, with or without removal of metastases, receive FOLFOX 4, comprising oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours, fluorouracil IV over 46 hours, and leucovorin calcium IV on day 1, and cetuximab IV. Treatment repeats every 2 weeks for up to 6 courses (approximately 3 months). Patients who have not undergone prior surgical resection of metastases may have surgery to remove metastases after completing this second regimen of chemotherapy.
After completion of study therapy, patients are followed periodically for up to 5 years.
- Conditions
- Colorectal Cancer
- Being tested
- cetuximab, capecitabine, fluorouracil, leucovorin calcium, oxaliplatin
- Keywords
- stage III rectal cancer, stage IV rectal cancer, adenocarcinoma of the rectum
- Medical subject headings
- Colorectal Neoplasms, Rectal Neoplasms
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
cetuximabBiological
capecitabineDrug
fluorouracilDrug
oxaliplatinDrug
adjuvant therapyProcedure or surgery
conventional surgeryProcedure or surgery
neoadjuvant therapyProcedure or surgery
radiation therapyRadiation
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Complete remission at ≥ 6 months by abdomino-pelvic-thoracic scan and a pelvic MRI
Secondary outcomes (13)
Preoperative clinical response
Progression-free survival
Overall survival
Early toxicity before surgery
Early toxicity due to surgery (mortality at 30 days, postoperative complications, surgical recovery)
Late toxicity
Late radiotherapy toxicity by CTC AE v. 3.0
Objective response of measurable metastases by RECIST
Sexual function
Downstaging and downsizing of patients with operable disease
Surgical complications
Sphincter function
Predictive biomarkers of response to cetuximab
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted8 Oct 2007 (estimated)
- Study start29 Oct 2007
- Primary completion29 Jan 2010
- Study completion29 Jan 2010
Why it stopped: Toxicity and lack of efficacy
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Colorectal CancerStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by UNICANCERThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 19 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- UNICANCER
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- David Azria, MD, PhD, Principal investigator, Institut du Cancer de Montpellier - Val d'Aurelle
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00541112
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- CDR0000565937
- Other IDs
- FRE-FNCLCC-ACCORD-14/0604, EU-20759, 2006-003336-30
- Status last verified
- Feb 2020
- First submitted
- 5 Oct 2007
- Last updated
- 11 Feb 2020
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 11 Feb 2020. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Phase II Multicenter Study of the Impact of the Therapeutic Sequence of Radiochemotherapy (50 Gy + Capecitabine + Oxaliplatin + Cetuximab) Followed by Total Mesorectal Excision Surgery Then Post-surgery Chemotherapy (FOLFOX 4 + Cetuximab) in Synchronous Locally Advanced or Metastatic Cancers of the Rectum With Metastases Resectable From the Start (T3-4 Nx or T2 N+ M1).
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00541112
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CDR0000565937
- Conditions
- Colorectal Cancer
- Keywords
- stage III rectal cancer, stage IV rectal cancer, adenocarcinoma of the rectum
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- TerminatedReason stopped: Toxicity and lack of efficacy
- Enrolment
- 19 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- UNICANCERUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 29 Oct 2007 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 29 Jan 2010 (actual)
- Study completion
- 29 Jan 2010 (actual)
- First posted
- 8 Oct 2007 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as capecitabine, oxaliplatin, fluorouracil, and leucovorin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as cetuximab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Giving radiation therapy together with combination chemotherapy and cetuximab before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. Giving chemotherapy and cetuximab after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery.
PURPOSE: This phase II clinical trial is studying how well giving radiation therapy together with chemotherapy and cetuximab followed by surgery, chemotherapy, and cetuximab works in treating patients with locally advanced or metastatic rectal cancer that can be removed by surgery.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- Determine the complete remission rate at 6 months after neoadjuvant radiotherapy, capecitabine, and oxaliplatin (XELOX), and cetuximab followed by surgery, adjuvant FOLFOX 4, and cetuximab in patients with synchronous locally advanced or metastatic cancer of the rectum with resectable metastases (T3-4 Nx or T2 N+ M1).
Secondary
- Determine progression-free survival.
- Determine overall survival.
- Assess toxicities.
- Evaluate objective response in patients with measurable metastases.
- Determine the rate of local recurrence.
- Evaluate the downstaging and downsizing of patients with operable disease.
- Evaluate surgical complications in patients with operable disease.
- Evaluate biological markers predictive of response to cetuximab.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
- Neoadjuvant therapy: Patients undergo radiotherapy for 5 weeks and receive concurrent oral capecitabine twice daily on days 1-5 of each week and oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on day 1 of each week (XELOX). Patients also receive cetuximab IV on day 1 of the first week and on days 1-7 of weeks 2-5.
- Surgery: At 6 weeks after completing chemoradiotherapy, patients with resectable disease undergo surgery comprising total mesorectal excision. Patients with progressive disease, nonresectable tumor, or who require R2 surgery are removed from the study.
- Adjuvant therapy: Patients who undergo surgery, with or without removal of metastases, receive FOLFOX 4, comprising oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours, fluorouracil IV over 46 hours, and leucovorin calcium IV on day 1, and cetuximab IV. Treatment repeats every 2 weeks for up to 6 courses (approximately 3 months). Patients who have not undergone prior surgical resection of metastases may have surgery to remove metastases after completing this second regimen of chemotherapy.
After completion of study therapy, patients are followed periodically for up to 5 years.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 80 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (12 listed)
- ECOG performance status 0-2
- WBC ≥ 4,000/mm^3
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm^3
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3
- Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL
Key exclusion criteria (15 listed)
- Contraindication to therapy with capecitabine, oxaliplatin, cetuximab, and/or radiotherapy
- Impossible to perform translational analyses
- Uncontrolled severe illness
- Severe renal or hepatic insufficiency
- Cardiac insufficiency or symptomatic coronary disease
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| cetuximab | Biological | – |
| capecitabine | Drug | – |
| fluorouracil | Drug | – |
| leucovorin calcium | Drug | – |
| oxaliplatin | Drug | – |
| adjuvant therapy | Procedure or surgery | – |
| conventional surgery | Procedure or surgery | – |
| neoadjuvant therapy | Procedure or surgery | – |
| radiation therapy | Radiation | – |
Primary outcome
Complete remission at ≥ 6 months by abdomino-pelvic-thoracic scan and a pelvic MRI
13 secondary outcomes
Preoperative clinical response
Progression-free survival
Overall survival
Early toxicity before surgery
Early toxicity due to surgery (mortality at 30 days, postoperative complications, surgical recovery)
Late toxicity
Late radiotherapy toxicity by CTC AE v. 3.0
Objective response of measurable metastases by RECIST
Sexual function
Downstaging and downsizing of patients with operable disease
Surgical complications
Sphincter function
Predictive biomarkers of response to cetuximab
Results and safety
The study was stopped early (reason given: Toxicity and lack of efficacy). Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 11 Feb 2020.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
David Azria, MD, PhD principal investigator
Institut du Cancer de Montpellier - Val d'Aurelle
10 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 2 study testing cetuximab, capecitabine and fluorouracil in people with Colorectal Cancer, run by UNICANCER at 10 sites in France.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 12 inclusion and 15 exclusion criteria. 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Feb 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 10 sites in France. 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?
The study was stopped early (reason given: Toxicity and lack of efficacy). Results are not available in the source record.
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?
Complete remission at ≥ 6 months by abdomino-pelvic-thoracic scan and a pelvic MRI. 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 Feb 2020; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 8 Nov 2026.