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Colorectal CancerPhase 2NCT00003254

SWOG-S9635 Fluorouracil Plus Ethynyluracil in Advanced Colorectal Cancer Not Responded to Fluorouracil

A Phase 2 study testing ethynyluracil and fluorouracil in people with Colorectal Cancer, run by SWOG Cancer Research Network at 86 sites in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Ethynyluracil may help fluorouracil kill more cancer cells by making tumor cells more sensitive to the drug. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Colorectal Cancer
What is being tested?
ethynyluracil and fluorouracil
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
75 participants
Where
86 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Apr 1998to Oct 2003
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult
  • Histologically or cytologically proven metastatic colorectal cancer
  • Prior surgery required
  • No prior treatment for metastatic disease
  • Disease progression while on fluorouracil adjuvant therapy
  • Bidimensionally measurable disease
  • Age: Over 18
  • Performance status: SWOG 0-2
  • Hematopoietic: Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3, Absolute granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm3
  • Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) SGOT or SGPT no greater than 3 times ULN (no greater than 5 times ULN if liver involvement)
  • Renal: Creatinine clearance at least 50 mL/min
  • Other: Must be able to swallow and retain oral medications No nutritional support by gastrostomy feeding tube or parenteral support No intractable vomiting or nausea
  • Patients with history of prior malignancy must be currently disease free and off all therapy for that malignancy
  • Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • Biologic therapy: No concurrent immunotherapy Chemotherapy; At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy and recovered; No concurrent flucytosine; No other concurrent chemotherapy
  • Endocrine therapy: No concurrent hormonal therapy
  • Radiotherapy: Prior adjuvant pelvic radiation or radiation to one area of recurrence allowed At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered Total area of bone marrow irradiation must not exceed 25% No concurrent radiotherapy
  • Surgery: At least 2 weeks since prior surgery for colorectal cancer and recovered No prior resection of the stomach or small intestine
  • Other: No other concurrent anticancer therapy

Trial locations and contacts

86 sites in 1 country.

86 sites in 1 country

United States86 sites
  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87108-5138

  • MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105

  • University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-0752

  • CCOP - Atlanta Regional

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30342-1701

  • CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium

    Billings, Montana, 59101

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi

    Biloxi, Mississippi, 39531-2410

  • Boston Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02118

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Brooklyn

    Brooklyn, New York, 11209

  • Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45220-2288

  • Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195

  • CCOP - Columbus

    Columbus, Ohio, 43206

  • Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas

    Dallas, Texas, 75235-9154

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton

    Dayton, Ohio, 45428

  • CCOP - Central Illinois

    Decatur, Illinois, 62526

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver

    Denver, Colorado, 80220

  • University of Colorado Cancer Center

    Denver, Colorado, 80262

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit

    Detroit, Michigan, 48201-1932

  • Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

    Detroit, Michigan, 48201

  • Henry Ford Hospital

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202

  • Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center

    Fort Gordon, Georgia, 30905-5650

  • Brooke Army Medical Center

    Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 78234

  • University of Texas Medical Branch

    Galveston, Texas, 77555-1329

  • CCOP - Grand Rapids Clinical Oncology Program

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503

  • CCOP - Greenville

    Greenville, South Carolina, 29615

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)

    Hines, Illinois, 60141

  • Cancer Research Center of Hawaii

    Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813

  • Tripler Army Medical Center

    Honolulu, Hawaii, 96859-5000

  • University of Mississippi Medical Center

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216-4505

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)

    Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 02130

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    Kansas City, Kansas, 66160-7357

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64128

  • CCOP - Kansas City

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64131

  • Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB

    Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, 39534-2576

  • CCOP - Dayton

    Kettering, Ohio, 45429

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40511-1093

  • Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40536-0084

  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

    Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)

    Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Long Beach

    Long Beach, California, 90822

  • USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90033-0800

  • Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

    Los Angeles, California, 90095-1781

  • Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

    Los Angeles, California, 91010

  • Texas Tech University Health Science Center

    Lubbock, Texas, 79423

  • Loyola University Medical Center

    Maywood, Illinois, 60153

  • MBCCOP - University of South Alabama

    Mobile, Alabama, 36688

  • MBCCOP - LSU Medical Center

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112

  • Tulane University School of Medicine

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New Orleans

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112

  • Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10032

  • CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute

    Oakland, California, 94609-3305

  • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104

  • Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Orange, California, 92868

  • CCOP - Greater Phoenix

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85006-2726

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Hayden)

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85012

  • Oregon Cancer Center at Oregon Health Sciences University

    Portland, Oregon, 97201-3098

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland

    Portland, Oregon, 97207

  • CCOP - Columbia River Program

    Portland, Oregon, 97213

  • University of California Davis Medical Center

    Sacramento, California, 95817

  • Huntsman Cancer Institute

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84148

  • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

    San Antonio, Texas, 78284-7811

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)

    San Antonio, Texas, 78284

  • UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

    San Francisco, California, 94115-0128

  • CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital

    Santa Rosa, California, 95403

  • CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98101

  • Swedish Cancer Institute

    Seattle, Washington, 98104

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle

    Seattle, Washington, 98108

  • Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport

    Shreveport, Louisiana, 71130-3932

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport

    Shreveport, Louisiana, 71130

  • Providence Hospital - Southfield

    Southfield, Michigan, 48075-9975

  • CCOP - Upstate Carolina

    Spartanburg, South Carolina, 29303

  • CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks

    Springfield, Missouri, 65807

  • St. Louis University Health Sciences Center

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110-0250

  • CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau

    St Louis, Missouri, 63141

  • CCOP - Northwest

    Tacoma, Washington, 98405-0986

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple

    Temple, Texas, 76504

  • CCOP - Scott and White Hospital

    Temple, Texas, 76508

  • David Grant Medical Center

    Travis Air Force Base, California, 94535

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson

    Tucson, Arizona, 85723

  • Arizona Cancer Center

    Tucson, Arizona, 85724

  • CCOP - Wichita

    Wichita, Kansas, 67214-3882

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita

    Wichita, Kansas, 67218

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About this study

Official title: A Phase II Trial of 5-Fluorouracil Plus 776C85 in Patients With Advanced Resistant Colorectal Cancer

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Ethynyluracil may help fluorouracil kill more cancer cells by making tumor cells more sensitive to the drug.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of fluorouracil plus ethynyluracil in treating patients with advanced colorectal cancer that has not responded to fluorouracil.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES: I. Assess the confirmed response rate to fluorouracil (5-FU) plus ethynyluracil (776C85) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer that has been demonstrated to be resistant to 5-FU. II. Assess time to progression and survival in this group of patients. III. Assess the frequency and severity of toxicities associated with this treatment.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to relapse while receiving adjuvant therapy (relapse within 12 months of completing adjuvant therapy vs relapse while receiving adjuvant therapy). Patients receive oral doses of ethynyluracil (776C85) and fluorouracil twice daily for 28 days followed by 1 week of rest. Treatment continues every 5 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 3 months the first year, every 4 months the second year, and every 6 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 35-75 patients will be accrued for this study.

Being tested
ethynyluracil, fluorouracil
Keywords
stage IV colon cancer, stage IV rectal cancer, recurrent colon cancer, recurrent rectal cancer
Medical subject headings
Colorectal Neoplasms, Colonic Neoplasms, Rectal Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • ethynyluracilDrug

    Also called 776C85

    10mg/m2/dose, PO, Days 1-28, q 5wk

  • fluorouracilDrug

    Also called 5-FU

    1.0mg/m2/dose, PO, Days 1-28 BID, q 5wk

Study groups in NCT00003254
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
776C85 + 5-FUExperimental776C85, 10mg/m2/dose, PO, Days 1-28 (BID), q 5 wk; 5-FU, 1.0mg/m2/dose, PO, Days 1-28 (BID), q 5 wk.
Receives: Drug: ethynyluracil; Drug: fluorouracil

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Confirmed Response Rate

    To assess the confirmed response rate to 5-fluorouracil plus 776C85 in patients with measurable, disseminated colorectal cancer that has been demonstrated to be resistant to 5-fluorouracil.

    Measured: Once every 10 weeks until off treatment

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Progression and Survival

    To assess time to progression and survival in this group of patients.

    Measured: Once every 10 weeks until progression

  2. Toxicities

    To assess the frequency and severity of toxicities associated with this treatment.

    Measured: Once each week during treatment

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted16 Jun 2004 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 1998
  3. Primary completionNov 2002
  4. Study completionOct 2003

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
75 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00003254
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000066138
Other IDs
S9635, U10CA032102
Status last verified
Mar 2012
First submitted
1 Nov 1999
Last updated
8 Mar 2012
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Leichman CG, Chansky K, Macdonald JS, Doukas MA, Budd GT, Giguere JK, Abbruzzese JL; Southwest Oncology Group. Biochemical modulation of 5-fluorouacil through dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase inhibition: a Southwest Oncology Group phase II trial of eniluracil and 5-fluorouracil in advanced resistant colorectal cancer. Invest New Drugs. 2002 Nov;20(4):419-24. doi: 10.1023/a:1020662113061.

    PubMed 12448660

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing ethynyluracil and fluorouracil in people with Colorectal Cancer, run by SWOG Cancer Research Network at 86 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Mar 2012. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 86 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Confirmed Response Rate (time frame: Once every 10 weeks until off treatment). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00003254, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 8 Mar 2012.

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