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NCT Number: NCT00003704

Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Unresectable, Residual, or Recurrent Colorectal Cancer

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs such as capecitabine may make the tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of capecitabine in combination with radiation therapy in treating patients who have unresectable, residual, or recurrent colorectal cancer located in the pelvis.

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Conditions

Cancer Adnexal Diseases Anus Diseases Anus Neoplasms Carcinoma Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial Colonic Diseases Colonic Neoplasms Colorectal Neoplasms Digestive System Diseases Digestive System Neoplasms Endocrine Gland Neoplasms Endocrine System Diseases Endometrial Neoplasms Fallopian Tube Diseases Fallopian Tube Neoplasms Female Urogenital Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Gastrointestinal Diseases Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Genital Diseases Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Male Genital Neoplasms, Female Genital Neoplasms, Male Gonadal Disorders Intestinal Diseases Intestinal Neoplasms Male Urogenital Diseases Neoplasms Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Ovarian Diseases Ovarian Neoplasms Penile Diseases Penile Neoplasms Prostatic Diseases Prostatic Neoplasms Rectal Diseases Rectal Neoplasms Testicular Diseases Testicular Neoplasms Urethral Diseases Urethral Neoplasms Urinary Bladder Diseases Urinary Bladder Neoplasms Urogenital Diseases Urogenital Neoplasms Urologic Diseases Urologic Neoplasms Uterine Cervical Diseases Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Uterine Diseases Uterine Neoplasms Vaginal Diseases Vaginal Neoplasms Vulvar Diseases Vulvar Neoplasms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1

Primary location

Allan Blair Cancer Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

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About this study

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the maximum tolerated dose of oral capecitabine administered in combination with pelvic radiotherapy in patients with unresectable, residual, or locally recurrent cancer localized in the pelvis. II. Determine the tolerance of this regimen in these patients. III. Determine the preliminary evidence of therapeutic acticivity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of capecitabine. Patients receive oral capecitabine twice a day 7 days a week for 6 weeks with concurrent radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is initiated on the same day as the initiation of capecitabine and is administered 5 days a week for 5.5-6 weeks. Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of capecitabine until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is reached. The MTD is defined as the dose at which 2 of 3 or 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 1 year.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A maximum of 51 patients will be accrued for this study.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed carcinoma located in the pelvis that is unresectable, incompletely resected, or locally recurrent Must be biopsy-proven or have radiological progression All disease must be encompassable within standard pelvic radiotherapy fields No evidence of metastatic disease outside of the planned radiotherapy field

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Creatinine clearance at least 30 mL/min Other: Must maintain adequate oral nutrition (i.e., at least 1200 calories estimated intake per day) No significant infection or other concurrent medical condition that would preclude study No significant nausea or vomiting No malabsorption secondary to short-gut syndrome, Crohn's disease, or sprue No patients with more than 6 bowel movements per day or baseline no greater than grade 3 diarrhea for patients with colostomy Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy for metastatic cancer At least 6 months since prior adjuvant chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: See Disease Characteristics No prior radiotherapy Surgery: At least 21 days since prior laparotomy or laparoscopic procedure with or without resection Other: No concurrent sorivudine or chemically related analogues (e.g., brivudine)

Treatment and study plan

Capecitabine

Drug

radiation therapy

Radiation

Primary outcomes

  1. overall survival

    Time frame: Up to 3 years

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

Other

Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Registry information

Official study title

Phase I Study of Oral Capecitabine (Xeloda) as a Radiation Enhancer in Locally Unresectable, Residual, or Recurrent Colorectal Cancer Localized in the Pelvis

Important dates

Study start
1999
Primary completion
2003
Study completion
2003
First posted
Mar 15, 2004
Registry last updated
Jul 6, 2016

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