Trial Comparing Two Strategies of Chemotherapy for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Summary

The standard treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer is based on systemic chemotherapy. Several effective drugs are currently available and can be administered either sequentially or in combination. Most patients receive 2 or 3 lines of chemotherapy. The aim of this randomized trial is to evaluate the potential benefit of a bitherapy with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and oxaliplatin as first line chemotherapy compared with a sequential chemotherapy with 5-FU alone as first line chemotherapy followed by the combination of 5-FU with oxaliplatin in case of progressive disease, in terms of progression-free survival and overall survival in patients with advanced colorectal cancer.

Timeline

Start

2002-02

Primary completion

2006-02

Completion

2006-02

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper hazard ratio 0·95, 95% CI 0·77-1·16; p=0·61 PMID 21903473 ↗

Publications

• Penichoux J, Michiels S, Bouche O, Etienne PL, Texereau P, Auby D, Rougier P, Ducreux M, Pignon JP; FFCD 2000-05 trial investigators. Taking into account successive treatment lines in the analysis of a colorectal cancer randomised trial. Eur J Cancer. 2013 May;49(8):1882-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.02.006. Epub 2013 Mar 13.
• Ducreux M, Malka D, Mendiboure J, Etienne PL, Texereau P, Auby D, Rougier P, Gasmi M, Castaing M, Abbas M, Michel P, Gargot D, Azzedine A, Lombard-Bohas C, Geoffroy P, Denis B, Pignon JP, Bedenne L, Bouche O; Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive (FFCD) 2000-05 Collaborative Group. Sequential versus combination chemotherapy for the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer (FFCD 2000-05): an open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2011 Oct;12(11):1032-44. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70199-1. Epub 2011 Sep 6.

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