Phase II/III Trial of CPT-11/5-FU/l-LV Versus CPT-11/TS-1 as Second Line Chemotherapy of Unresectable Colorectal Cancer

Summary

This study is designed as Phase II/III. Phase II is aimed to evaluate safety and efficacy of IRIS, and feasibility of FOLFIRI. Phase III is aimed to verify inferiority of the progression free survival of IRIS in comparison with FOLFIRI.

Timeline

Start

2006-01

Primary completion

2010-07

Completion

2010-08

Publications

• Results Muro K, Boku N, Shimada Y, Tsuji A, Sameshima S, Baba H, Satoh T, Denda T, Ina K, Nishina T, Yamaguchi K, Takiuchi H, Esaki T, Tokunaga S, Kuwano H, Komatsu Y, Watanabe M, Hyodo I, Morita S, Sugihara K. Irinotecan plus S-1 (IRIS) versus fluorouracil and folinic acid plus irinotecan (FOLFIRI) as second-line chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer: a randomised phase 2/3 non-inferiority study (FIRIS study). Lancet Oncol. 2010 Sep;11(9):853-60. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(10)70181-9. Epub 2010 Aug 12.
• Yasui H, Muro K, Shimada Y, Tsuji A, Sameshima S, Baba H, Satoh T, Denda T, Ina K, Nishina T, Yamaguchi K, Esaki T, Tokunaga S, Kuwano H, Boku N, Komatsu Y, Watanabe M, Hyodo I, Morita S, Sugihara K. A phase 3 non-inferiority study of 5-FU/l-leucovorin/irinotecan (FOLFIRI) versus irinotecan/S-1 (IRIS) as second-line chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer: updated results of the FIRIS study. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2015 Jan;141(1):153-60. doi: 10.1007/s00432-014-1783-3. Epub 2014 Aug 9.

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