Xeloda and Bevacizumab to Treat Rectal Cancer

Summary

The project objective is to evaluate the efficacy of the neoadjuvant treatment with bevacizumab, capecitabine and radiotherapy, in patients with rectal adenocarcinoma resectable locally advanced (stage T3 or T4), with or without presence of ganglionar metastases and without distant metastases.

Timeline

Start

2007-09

Primary completion

2011-06

Completion

2015-02

Publications

• Results Garcia M, Martinez-Villacampa M, Santos C, Navarro V, Teule A, Losa F, Pisa A, Cambray M, Soler G, Lema L, Kreisler E, Figueras A, Juan XS, Vinals F, Biondo S, Salazar R. Phase II study of preoperative bevacizumab, capecitabine and radiotherapy for resectable locally-advanced rectal cancer. BMC Cancer. 2015 Feb 26;15:59. doi: 10.1186/s12885-015-1052-0.

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