drugset / Trial / NCT00004870

Olimersen and Irinotecan in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Colorectal Cancer

NCT00004870

Treatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Gene therapy such as oblimersen may make tumor cells more sensitive to chemotherapy drugs. Combining irinotecan and oblimersen may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of combining oblimersen and irinotecan in treating patients who have metastatic or recurrent colorectal cancer.

Timeline

Start
2000-06
Primary completion
2002-09
Completion
2002-09

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Irinotecan Small molecule Intravenous
Subject oblimersen sodium Antisense oligonucleotide Intravenous

Indications