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Celecoxib in Preventing Hand/Foot Syndrome Caused By Capecitabine With Metastatic Breast or Colorectal Cancer

NCT00305643

RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindSupportive care

Summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as capecitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving radiation therapy together with capecitabine may kill more tumor cells. Celecoxib may prevent or lessen hand-foot syndrome caused by capecitabine. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying how well celecoxib works in preventing hand/foot syndrome caused by capecitabine in patients with metastatic breast or colorectal cancer.

Timeline

Start
2006-02
Primary completion
2008-10
Completion
2008-10

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Celecoxib Other / unclassified 200 mg Oral
Background Capecitabine Small molecule 750 mg/m2 Oral
Background Capecitabine Small molecule 1500 mg/m2 Oral