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Colorectal CancerPhase 1NCT00008294

Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Unresectable Liver Metastases From Colorectal Cancer

A Phase 1 study testing FOLFOX regimen, dexamethasone and floxuridine in people with Colorectal Cancer and Metastatic Cancer, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the 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. Cryosurgery kills cancer cells by freezing them. Combining more than one chemotherapy drug with cryosurgery and giving drugs in different ways may kill more tumor cells. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Colorectal Cancer, Metastatic Cancer
What is being tested?
FOLFOX regimen, dexamethasone and floxuridine
How many people
Not given
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Aug 2000to May 2006
Phase
Phase 1
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

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum with unresectable liver metastases that comprise less than 70% of liver parenchyma
  • No extrahepatic disease
  • No ascites

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • Over 18

Performance status:

  • Karnofsky 60-100%

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • WBC at least 3,000/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL
  • No hepatic encephalopathy

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • No obstruction of gastrointestinal tract or genitourinary tract
  • No symptomatic peripheral sensory neuropathy
  • No active infection
  • No other malignancy except resectable primary colorectal carcinoma

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior floxuridine
  • If undergoing cryosurgery (group I cryosurgery closed to accrual as of 10/13/03), must have received one of the following:
  • Systemic chemotherapy for metastatic disease
  • Adjuvant therapy within the past 6 months comprising fluorouracil with or without levamisole for resected primary colorectal carcinoma
  • Adjuvant therapy within the past 12 months comprising fluorouracil and leucovorin calcium with or without levamisole for resected primary colorectal carcinoma

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • No prior radiotherapy to liver

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10021

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About this study

Official title: A Phase I Study Of Hepatic Arterial Infusion With Floxuridine And Dexamethasone In Combination With Intravenous Oxaliplatin Plus 5-Fluorouracil And Leucovorin In Patients With Unresectable Hepatic Metastases From Colorectal Cancer

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Cryosurgery kills cancer cells by freezing them. Combining more than one chemotherapy drug with cryosurgery and giving drugs in different ways may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of intrahepatic and intravenous combination chemotherapy with or without cryosurgery in treating unresectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the maximum tolerated dose of oxaliplatin and fluorouracil when given with leucovorin calcium and hepatic intra-arterial floxuridine and dexamethasone with or without cryosurgery (group I cryosurgery closed to accrual as of 10/13/03) in patients with unresectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer.
  • Determine, preliminarily, the anti-tumor activity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of oxaliplatin and fluorouracil. Patients are assigned to one of two treatment groups. (Group I closed to accrual as of 10/13/03.)

  • Group I (closed to accrual as of 10/13/03): Patients with no more than 8 hepatic metastases and no metastases greater than 5 cm in diameter undergo cryosurgery prior to chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is delayed for at least 4 weeks after cryosurgery.
  • Group II: Patients with more than 8 hepatic metastases or at least one metastases greater than 5 cm in diameter do not undergo cryosurgery prior to chemotherapy.

Beginning 2 weeks after pump placement surgery, all patients receive floxuridine and dexamethasone by hepatic intra-arterial infusion continuously on days 1-14; oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours and leucovorin calcium IV over 2 hours on days 15 and 29; and fluorouracil IV continuously over 48 hours on days 15-16 and 29-30. Courses repeat every 36 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of oxaliplatin and fluorouracil until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 4-72 patients will be accrued for this study within 18 months.

Being tested
FOLFOX regimen, dexamethasone, floxuridine, fluorouracil, leucovorin calcium
Keywords
stage IV colon cancer, stage IV rectal cancer, adenocarcinoma of the colon, adenocarcinoma of the rectum, liver metastases, recurrent colon cancer, recurrent rectal cancer
Medical subject headings
Colorectal Neoplasms, Neoplasm Metastasis, Colonic Neoplasms, Rectal Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

Timeline

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

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startAug 2000
  3. Primary completionMay 2006

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 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00008294
Sponsor's protocol ID
00-009
Other IDs
P30CA008748, MSKCC-00009, NCI-G00-1896
Status last verified
Jan 2013
First submitted
6 Jan 2001
Last updated
18 Jan 2013
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Kemeny N, Capanu M, D'Angelica M, Jarnagin W, Haviland D, Dematteo R, Fong Y. Phase I trial of adjuvant hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) with floxuridine (FUDR) and dexamethasone plus systemic oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin in patients with resected liver metastases from colorectal cancer. Ann Oncol. 2009 Jul;20(7):1236-41. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdn769. Epub 2009 Feb 20.

    PubMed 19233901
  • Kemeny N, Jarnagin W, Paty P, Gonen M, Schwartz L, Morse M, Leonard G, D'Angelica M, DeMatteo R, Blumgart L, Fong Y. Phase I trial of systemic oxaliplatin combination chemotherapy with hepatic arterial infusion in patients with unresectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Aug 1;23(22):4888-96. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.07.100. Epub 2005 Jul 11.

    PubMed 16009951

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing FOLFOX regimen, dexamethasone and floxuridine in people with Colorectal Cancer and Metastatic Cancer, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site 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 18 Jan 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site 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 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

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.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00008294, which also lists 2 linked publications.

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 18 Jan 2013; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 8 Nov 2026.

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