Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00004102

Last Updated: 2011-03-28

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 1999-01-31

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. Leucovorin may increase the effectiveness of fluorouracil by making tumor cells more sensitive to the drug.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy consisting of oxaliplatin, fluorouracil, and leucovorin in treating patients who have colorectal cancer.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the quantitative and qualitative toxicities of oxaliplatin combined with fluorouracil and leucovorin calcium in patients with advanced adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum.

OUTLINE: Patients receive leucovorin calcium IV over 10-20 minutes followed within 10 minutes by fluorouracil IV bolus on days 1, 8, 15, 29, 36, and 43. Patients receive oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours prior to leucovorin calcium and fluorouracil on days 1, 15, 29, and 43. Treatment repeats every 8 weeks for 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with stable or responding disease may receive additional courses upon approval by the sponsor. Patients are followed at 30 days.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 18-35 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer

Study Design

• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT

Interventions

FOLFOX regimen

Intervention Type: DRUG

fluorouracil

Intervention Type: DRUG

leucovorin calcium

Intervention Type: DRUG

oxaliplatin

Intervention Type: DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven advanced adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum No prior systemic chemotherapy OR Adjuvant chemotherapy only, completed 6 months prior to study and with subsequent development of recurrent disease At least 1 bidimensionally measurable lesion No CNS metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Greater than 12 weeks Hematopoietic: Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL (no greater than 5.0 mg/dL if due to intrahepatic biliary obstruction not amenable to biliary decompression, if approved by the protocol investigator) SGOT no greater than 4 times upper limit of normal Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL Cardiovascular: No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months No congestive heart failure Other: Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception No neurologic disease No active or uncontrolled infection No other malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanomatous skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix No medical or psychiatric disorders that would prevent compliance

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy for malignant disease Surgery: Recovered from any prior surgery Other: At least 30 days since other prior investigational agent No other concurrent investigational agents No concurrent anticancer agents

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

NYU Langone Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Principal Investigators

Howard S. Hochster, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

NYU Langone Health

Locations

NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Countries

United States

References

Hochster H, Chachoua A, Speyer J, Escalon J, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Muggia F. Oxaliplatin with weekly bolus fluorouracil and low-dose leucovorin as first-line therapy for patients with colorectal cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2003 Jul 15;21(14):2703-7. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2003.02.071.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 12860947 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

P30CA016087

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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NYU-9863

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

SANOFI-EFC7132

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NCI-G99-1593

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000067321

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id