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Isolated Hepatic Perfusion With Melphalan in Treating Patients With Unresectable Colorectal Cancer That Has Metastasized to the Liver

NCT00089401 ↗

Open-labelTreatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as melphalan, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving chemotherapy drugs in different ways may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well isolated hepatic perfusion with melphalan works in treating patients with unresectable colorectal cancer that has metastasized to the liver.

Timeline

Start
2004-07
Primary completion
2006-11
Completion
2008-03

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Melphalan Small molecule — Other