Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer
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Official title
Phase III Intergroup Trial of Irinotecan (CPT-11) (NSC# 616348) Plus Fluorouracil/Leucovorin (5-FU/LV) Versus Fluorouracil/Leucovorin Alone After Curative Resection for Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer
Brief summary
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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. It is not yet known which chemotherapy regimen is more effective for stage III colon cancer. Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of fluorouracil plus leucovorin with or without irinotecan in treating patients who have undergone surgery for stage III colon cancer.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00003835
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 1,260 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- leucovorin calcium Drug
- fluorouracil Drug
- irinotecan hydrochloride Drug
- laboratory biomarker analysis Other
Drug · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 30, 1999
- Primary completion
- Jul 31, 2007
- Completion
- Not listed
- Last update posted
- Oct 7, 2013
Started 1999
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer and Leukemia Group B | Chicago | Illinois | 60606 | — |
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- Last update posted Oct 7, 2013 · Synced Sep 14, 2026
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