S9923 R115777 in Treating Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of R115777 in treating patients who have recurrent or advanced colorectal cancer.

Timeline

Start

2000-06

Primary completion

2006-07

Completion

2006-07

Publications

• Results Whitehead RP, McCoy S, Macdonald JS, Rivkin SE, Neubauer MA, Dakhil SR, Lenz HJ, Tanaka MS, Abbruzzese JL; Southwest Oncology Group. Phase II trial of R115777 (NSC #70818) in patients with advanced colorectal cancer: a Southwest Oncology Group study. Invest New Drugs. 2006 Jul;24(4):335-41. doi: 10.1007/s10637-005-4345-3.

Drugs

Indications