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Perioperative chemotherapy and surgery vs. upfront surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with initial resectable colorectal liver metastases: A multi-center randomized controlled trial

Perioperative chemotherapy and surgery vs. upfront surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with initial resectable colorectal liver metastases: A multi-center randomized controlled trial - PERSEUS trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCTs031230683
Enrollment
510
Registered
2024-03-07
Start date
2024-09-09
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

colorectal cancer liver metastases colorectal cancer, liver metastsis

Interventions

(1) FOLFOX (4 courses) or CAPOX (3 courses) as preoperative chemotherapy. (2) Liver resection is performed. After hepatectomy, either FOLFOX (12 courses), CAPOX (8 courses), or UFT/LV (5 courses) shou
colorectal liver metastases, neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Sponsors

Hasegawa Kiyoshi
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients who are diagnosed with first colorectal cancer liver metastases by images (Dynamic CT or EOB-MRI) (including simultaneous liver metastases and metachronous liver metastases) (2) Patients who have no no uncontrolled distant extrahepatic metastases or recurrence with contrast-enhanced CT scan of the chest to pelvis within 28 days prior to enrollment (However, plain CT is acceptable if a patient is allergic to contrast agent.) (3) The number of liver metastases must be between 3 and 10. (4) The applicant must be at least 18 years of age at the time of consent (no upper age limit is set). (5) Any gender (6) Eastern Cooperative Group Performance Status (PS) of 0 or 1 (7) Patients with proper organ function (i)White blood cell count must must be over 4,000, white blood cell count must be under 12,000/mm2 (ii)Hemoglobin must be over 9.0 g/dL (iii)Platelet count must be over 100,000/mm2 (iv)Total bilirubin must be under 1.5mg/dL (v)Serum albumin must be over 3.0g/dL (vi)AST (GOT), ALT (GPT) and ALP must be under 5 times the upper limit of the reference value of each medical institution (except in the case of elevated laboratory values due to cancer) (vii) Estimated glomerular filtration rate must be over 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 (8) Child-Pugh score must be 5 to 6 (9) ICG-15 must be under 20% or value converted to ICG-15 by other tests must be under 20% (10) Patients who have received a full explanation of the study and have given written consent of their own free will after full understanding of the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Persons with active multiple cancers (synchronous multiple cancers and iatrogenic multiple cancers with a disease-free period of 5 years or less. except that intraepithelial or intramucosal carcinoma-equivalent lesions of any organ that are considered curable with local treatment may be registered) (2) Patients with uncontrollable distant metastases other than in the liver (3) Patients who have relapsed within 180 days of completion of adjuvant chemotherapy with oxaliplatin-containing regimen after resection of colorectal cancer. (4) Patients with concurrent liver metastases whose colorectal cancer is associated with bleeding or obstruction and who undergo simultaneous resection of the primary tumor and metastases (patients are not excluded if the primary tumor is resected first) (5) Patients with severe sensory or perceptual abnormalities with functional impairment (6) Patients with a history of hypersensitivity to fluorouracil, calcium levofolinate, capecitabine, oxaliplatin, components of tegafur-uracil or other platinum-containing drugs (7) Patients with a history of serious drug allergy such as anaphylactic shock or a history of serious adverse drug reactions (8) Patients with diarrhea that causes poor oral intake (9) Patients with a large amount of ascites or pleural effusion (10) Patients with acute coronary syndrome, uncontrolled arrhythmia, heart failure, valvular disease, or a history of myocardial infarction or heart failure within 3 months. (11) Patients who are receiving Tegafur, Gimerasil, Oterasil, or Potassium potassium combination drug or who have stopped taking it within 7 days after discontinuation. (12) Women who are pregnant or lactating. (13) Males who wish to have a child (14) Patients with interstitial pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis, or severe emphysema (15) Patients with psychosis or psychiatric symptoms that make it difficult for them to participate in the study. (16) Any other person who is judged by the principal investigator or subinvestigator to be inappropriate to participate in this study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
3-year progression-free survival (PFS)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
(1) 5-year overall survival (OS) (2) 5-year progression-free survival (PFS) (3) Dose intensity (4) Frequency of recurrence (form, resection rate) (5) R0 liver resection rate (6) Change in nutritional index (Alb) (laboratory values at the end of adjuvant chemotherapy - laboratory values at the time of allocation) (7) Change in tumor marker (CEA) (laboratory values at the end of adjuvant chemotherapy - laboratory values at the time of allocation)

Contacts

Public ContactYoshikuni Kawaguchi

The University of Tokyo Hospital

yokawaguchi@outlook.com+81-3-3815-5411

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026