drugset / Trial / NCT00005979

Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Irinotecan in Treating Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer

NCT00005979 ↗

RandomizedTreatment

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. It is not yet known if combination chemotherapy is more effective with or without irinotecan in treating colon cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy with or without irinotecan in treating patients who have stage III colon cancer.

Timeline

Start
1998-07-22
Primary completion
2005-09-26
Completion
2007-09-01

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper CONCLUSION: Adjuvant LV5FU2 + IRI compared with LV5FU2 alone in patients at high risk of relapse showed no improvement in DFS and OS. PMID 19179549 ↗

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Irinotecan Small molecule 180 mg/m2 Intravenous
Background Leucovorin Small molecule 200 mg/m2 Intravenous
Background fluorouracil Small molecule 400 mg/m2 Intravenous
Background fluorouracil Small molecule 600 mg/m2 Intravenous

Indications