Alternate Title
Basic Trial Information
Objectives
Entry Criteria
Expected Enrollment
Outcomes
Outline
Published Results
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Alternate Title

Neoadjuvant Radiation Therapy and Capecitabine in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Colorectal Adenocarcinoma

Basic Trial Information

Objectives

Primary

1. Determine the objective tumor response rate in patients with stage III or IV colorectal adenocarcinoma treated with neoadjuvant radiotherapy and capecitabine.

Secondary

1. Determine the tolerance profile of this regimen in these patients.
2. Determine the rate of preservation of functional integrity of the anal sphincter in patients treated with this regimen.
3. Compare the conversion rate from the effects of mutilating surgery vs surgery with sphincter preservation in patients treated with this regimen.

Entry Criteria

Disease Characteristics:

• Histologically or cytologically confirmed colorectal adenocarcinoma
  • Clinical stage T3, T4, N+
• Measurable disease
• Awaiting surgery and likely to benefit from neoadjuvant radiotherapy

Prior/Concurrent Therapy:

Biologic therapy

• Not specified

Chemotherapy

• No prior chemotherapy for colorectal cancer

Endocrine therapy

• Not specified

Radiotherapy

• No prior radiotherapy for colorectal cancer

Surgery

• Not specified

Other

• More than 30 days since prior participation in another clinical study

Patient Characteristics:

Age

• 18 to 80

Performance status

• ECOG 0-2

  OR

• Karnofsky 60-100%

Life expectancy

• Not specified

Hematopoietic

• Absolute neutrophil count at least 2,000/mm³
• Platelet count at least 100,000/mm³
• Hemoglobin at least 10 g/dL

Hepatic

• Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
• AST and ALT no greater than 2.5 times ULN
• No hepatic condition that would interfere with study medication

Renal

• Creatinine clearance at least 80 mL/min
• No renal condition that would interfere with study medication

Cardiovascular

• No serious cardiac failure with the past year
• No myocardial infarction within the past year
• No cardiac insufficiency
• No angina
• No uncontrolled arrhythmia
• No uncontrolled hypertension

Gastrointestinal

• No superior intestinal tract malfunction
• No malabsorption syndrome

Other

• Not pregnant or nursing
• Negative pregnancy test
• Fertile patients must use effective contraception
• No concurrent serious infection
• No other serious illness
• No other malignancy within the past 5 years except curatively treated basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
• No metabolic condition that would interfere with study medication
• No dementia or altered mental status
• No psychiatric illness that would preclude study participation

Expected Enrollment

A total of 48 patients will be accrued for this study within 10 months.

Outcomes

Objective tumor response rate

Tolerability
Rate of preservation of functional integrity of the anal sphincter
Comparison of the conversion rate from the effects of mutilating surgery vs surgery with sphincter preservation

Outline

This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive oral capecitabine twice daily and undergo concurrent radiotherapy 5 days a week on weeks 1-5. Patients undergo surgery on week 6.

Patients are followed every 4 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 3 years.

Dupuis O, Vie B, Lledo G, et al.: Preoperative treatment combining capecitabine with radiation therapy in rectal cancer: a GERCOR Phase II Study. Oncology 73 (3-4): 169-76, 2007.[PUBMED Abstract]

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

GERCOR Groupe Cooperateur Multidisciplinaire en Oncologie

Olivier Dupuis, MD, Study coordinator		Ph: 33-2-4339-1300 Email: o.dupuis@centre-jean-bernard.org

Registry Information
Official Title		Phase II Study Of Radiotherapy And Capecitabine As Pre-Operative Treatment In Patients With Colorectal Cancer
Trial Start Date		2002-01-01
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov		NCT00075556
Date Submitted to PDQ		2003-11-20
Information Last Verified		2008-05-29

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