S9415 Chemotherapy in Patients With Stage II or III Colon Cancer That Has Been Surgically Removed

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 cancer cells. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of chemotherapy given in different ways in treating patients with surgically removed stage II or stage III colon cancer at high risk of recurrence.

Timeline

Start

1994-12

Primary completion

1999-12

Completion

2005-03

Publications

• Background Yothers G, Sargent DJ, Wolmark N, Goldberg RM, O'Connell MJ, Benedetti JK, Saltz LB, Dignam JJ, Blackstock AW; ACCENT Collaborative Group. Outcomes among black patients with stage II and III colon cancer receiving chemotherapy: an analysis of ACCENT adjuvant trials. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011 Oct 19;103(20):1498-506. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djr310. Epub 2011 Oct 12.
• Results Poplin EA, Benedetti JK, Estes NC, Haller DG, Mayer RJ, Goldberg RM, Weiss GR, Rivkin SE, Macdonald JS. Phase III Southwest Oncology Group 9415/Intergroup 0153 randomized trial of fluorouracil, leucovorin, and levamisole versus fluorouracil continuous infusion and levamisole for adjuvant treatment of stage III and high-risk stage II colon cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Mar 20;23(9):1819-25. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.04.169.
• Results Poplin E, Benedetti J, Estes N, et al.: Phase III randomized trial of bolus 5-FU/leucovorin/levamisole versus 5-FU continuous infusion/levamisole as adjuvant therapy for high risk colon cancer (SWOG 9415/INT-0153). [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 19: A931, 2000.
• Results Leichman CG, Poplin E, Zalupski M, et al.: A pilot trial of infusion 5-fluorouracil with levamisole as adjuvant therapy for stage III colon cancer. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 14: A-460, 196, 1995.

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