drugset / Trial / NCT00749450

Combination Chemotherapy After Surgery in Treating Patients With High-Risk Stage II or Stage III Colorectal Cancer

NCT00749450 ↗

Phase 3 Completed 6088 enrolled Cancer Research UK, Glasgow
RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as oxaliplatin, fluorouracil, and capecitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. It is not yet known which combination chemotherapy regimen is more effective in treating patients who have undergone surgery for high-risk colorectal cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying chemotherapy given after surgery in treating patients with high-risk stage II or stage III colorectal cancer.

Timeline

Start
2008-03
Primary completion
2017-11
Completion
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Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper Although noninferiority has not been demonstrated in the overall population PMID 33439695 ↗

paper HR, 1.17; 80% CI, 1.05 to 1.31; P [for noninferiority] .39). This crossed the noninferiority limit of 1.2. PMID 33439695 ↗

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Capecitabine Small molecule — Oral
Subject Oxaliplatin Small molecule — Intravenous
Subject fluorouracil Small molecule — Intravenous

Indications