Radiation Therapy, Mitomycin, and Either Fluorouracil or Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced Anal Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00068744

Last Updated: 2012-09-24

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Total Enrollment

88 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2003-07-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as mitomycin, fluorouracil, and cisplatin, use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known whether radiation therapy and mitomycin are more effective when combined with fluorouracil or with cisplatin in treating anal cancer .

PURPOSE: This randomized phase II/III trial is studying how well giving radiation therapy and mitomycin together with fluorouracil works compared to radiation therapy, mitomycin, and cisplatin in treating patients with locally advanced anal cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

Phase II

* Primary

* Compare the early clinical response (tumor response at 8 weeks) of patients with locally advanced anal cancer treated with radiotherapy with mitomycin and cisplatin vs mitomycin and fluorouracil.
* Secondary

* Compare the feasibility of these regimens in these patients.
* Compare the acute toxicity of these regimens in these patients.
* Compare patient compliance to these regimens.

Phase III

* Primary

* Compare the event-free survival of patients treated with these regimens.
* Secondary

* Compare colostomy-free, disease-free, and overall survival of patients treated with these regimens.
* Compare locoregional control in patients treated with these regimens.
* Compare the late toxicity of these regimens in these patients.
* Compare quality of life of patients treated with these regimens.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating center, T stage (T2 vs T3 vs T4), and nodal status (N0 vs N+). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients undergo radiotherapy once daily 5 days a week on weeks 1-4, 7-8, and 3 days of week 9 (total of 33 fractions). Patients concurrently receive fluorouracil IV continuously on days 1-26 and 43-59 and mitomycin IV over 15 minutes on days 1 and 43.
* Arm II: Patients receive radiotherapy and mitomycin as in arm I and cisplatin IV over 1 hour on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 43, 50, and 57.

In both arms, treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline, at weeks 12 and 26, and then every 6 months for 2 years.

Patients are followed every 2 weeks for 8 weeks, at week 26, and then every 6 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 678 patients (80 \[40 per treatment arm\] for phase II and 598 \[299 per treatment arm\] for phase III) will be accrued for this study within 2-5 years.

Conditions

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Anal Cancer

Keywords

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squamous cell carcinoma of the anus stage II anal cancer stage IIIA anal cancer stage IIIB anal cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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cisplatin

Intervention Type DRUG

fluorouracil

Intervention Type DRUG

mitomycin C

Intervention Type DRUG

radiation therapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* T2, N0, M0 with maximum tumor diameter at least 4 cm
* T3-T4, N0, M0
* Any T, N1-N3, M0
* Tumor located in the anal canal OR in the anal margin and infiltrating the anal canal
* No primary adenocarcinoma of the anus
* Measurable disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

* 18 to 75

Performance status

* WHO 0-1

Life expectancy

* Not specified

Hematopoietic

* Granulocyte count greater than 2,000/mm\^3
* Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm\^3

Hepatic

* Not specified

Renal

* Creatinine less than 1.4 mg/dL

Cardiovascular

* No grade I angina pectoris with clinical symptoms within the past 3 months
* No grade II-IV angina pectoris within the past 3 months
* No stage II or greater distal arteritis

Other

* Not pregnant or nursing
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception
* No other prior malignancy except adequately treated basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
* No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition that would preclude study compliance and follow-up

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* Not specified

Chemotherapy

* No other concurrent chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

* Not specified

Radiotherapy

* No other concurrent radiotherapy

Surgery

* No prior colostomy

Other

* No prior treatment for anal cancer
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Jean-Francois Bosset, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Hopital Jean Minjoz

Locations

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Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen Middelheim

Antwerp, , Belgium

Site Status

Institut Jules Bordet

Brussels, , Belgium

Site Status

Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud

Brussels, , Belgium

Site Status

Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

Brussels, , Belgium

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Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen

Edegem, , Belgium

Site Status

Cazk Groeninghe - Campus Maria's Voorzienigheid

Kortrijk, , Belgium

Site Status

U.Z. Gasthuisberg

Leuven, , Belgium

Site Status

Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint-Augustinus

Wilrijk, , Belgium

Site Status

National Cancer Institute of Egypt

Cairo, , Egypt

Site Status

Institut Sainte Catherine

Avignon, , France

Site Status

Centre Hospitalier Regional de Besancon - Hopital Jean Minjoz

Besançon, , France

Site Status

Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer Georges-Francois Leclerc

Dijon, , France

Site Status

Urologische Klinik - Universitaetsklinikum Aachen

Aachen, , Germany

Site Status

Charite - Campus Charite Mitte

Berlin, , Germany

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Robert Roessle Comprehensive Cancer Center - Charite Campus Buch

Berlin, , Germany

Site Status

Universitaetsklinikum Essen

Essen, , Germany

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Universitaetsklinikum Halle

Halle, , Germany

Site Status

Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis - Leer

Leer, , Germany

Site Status

Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen

Tübingen, , Germany

Site Status

Ospedale Sant Anna

Como, , Italy

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Ospedale Busonera - Divisione Oncologia Medica

Padua, , Italy

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Arnhems Radiotherapeutisch Instituut

Arnhem, , Netherlands

Site Status

Dr. Bernard Verbeeten Instituut

Tilburg, , Netherlands

Site Status

Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia

Belgrade, , Serbia

Site Status

Countries

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Serbia and Montenegro Belgium Egypt France Germany Italy Netherlands Serbia

References

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Matzinger O, Roelofsen F, Mineur L, Koswig S, Van Der Steen-Banasik EM, Van Houtte P, Haustermans K, Radosevic-Jelic L, Mueller RP, Maingon P, Collette L, Bosset JF; EORTC Radiation Oncology and Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer Groups. Mitomycin C with continuous fluorouracil or with cisplatin in combination with radiotherapy for locally advanced anal cancer (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer phase II study 22011-40014). Eur J Cancer. 2009 Nov;45(16):2782-91. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.06.020. Epub 2009 Jul 28.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19643599 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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EORTC-22011

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EORTC-40014

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EORTC-22011-40014

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id