Combination Chemotherapy Plus Bevacizumab 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. Bevacizumab may stop the growth of colorectal cancer by stopping blood flow to the tumor. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy plus bevacizumab in treating patients who have advanced colorectal cancer.

Timeline

Start

2000-11

Primary completion

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Completion

2006-09

Publications

• Background Giantonio BJ, Chen HX, Catalano PJ, et al.: Bowel perforation and fistula formation in colorectal cancer patients treated on Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) studies E2200 and E3200. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 22 (Suppl 14): A-3017, 199s, 2004.
• Background Gray R, Giantonio BJ, O'Dwyer PJ, et al.: The safety of adding angiogenesis inhibition into treatment for colorectal, breast, and lung cancer: the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group's (ECOG) experience with bevacizumab (anti-VEGF). [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 22: A-825, 2003.
• Results Giantonio BJ, Levy DE, O'dwyer PJ, Meropol NJ, Catalano PJ, Benson AB 3rd; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. A phase II study of high-dose bevacizumab in combination with irinotecan, 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, as initial therapy for advanced colorectal cancer: results from the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group study E2200. Ann Oncol. 2006 Sep;17(9):1399-403. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdl161. Epub 2006 Jul 27.
• Results Giantonio BJ, Levy D, O'Dwyer PJ, et al.: Bevacizumab (anti-VEGF) plus IFL (irinotecan, fluorouracil, leucovorin) as front-line therapy for advanced colorectal cancer (advCRC): results from the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Study E2200. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 22: A-1024, 2003.
• Results Giantonio BJ, Levy D, Catalano PJ, et al.: Incorporating angiogenesis inhibition with bevacizumab (anti-VEGF) into frontline chemotherapy with irinotecan (CPT-11), fluorouracil and leucovorin (FU/LV) for advanced colorectal cancer (advCRC): a toxicity analysis of ECOG study E2200. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 21: A-503, 2002.

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