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Hepatic Arterial Infusion Plus Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Colorectal Cancer Metastatic to the Liver

A Phase II Trial Evaluating Multiple Metastasectomy Combined With Hepatic Artery Infusion Of Floxuridine (FUDR) And Dexamethasone (DXM), Alternating With Systemic Oxaliplatin (OXAL) And Capecitabine (CAPCIT) For Colorectal Carcinoma Metastatic To The Liver

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00026234
Enrollment
75
Registered
2003-01-27
Start date
2002-02-28
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2013-07-16

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Conditions

Adenocarcinoma of the Colon, Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum, Liver Metastases, Recurrent Colon Cancer, Recurrent Rectal Cancer, Stage IV Colon Cancer, Stage IV Rectal Cancer

Brief summary

Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of hepatic arterial infusion plus chemotherapy in treating patients who have colorectal cancer metastatic to the liver. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving the drugs in different combinations and different ways may kill more tumor cells.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the safety and toxicity of hepatic arterial infusion with floxuridine and dexamethasone followed by systemic therapy with oxaliplatin and capecitabine in patients with surgically resected liver metastases from primary colorectal carcinoma. II. Determine the 2-year survival rate of patients treated with this regimen. III. Determine the 2-year recurrence rate and time to recurrence in patients treated with this regimen. OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients receive floxuridine and dexamethasone intra-arterially continuously on days 1-14, oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on day 22, and oral capecitabine twice daily on days 22-35. Treatment repeats every 6 weeks for 4 courses in the absence of disease recurrence or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of the fourth course, patients receive oxaliplatin IV over 2 hours on day 1 and oral capecitabine twice daily on days 1-14. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 2 courses in the absence of disease recurrence or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year and then every 6 months for 2.5 years. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 15-75 patients will be accrued for this study within 9 months-3.25 years.

Interventions

DRUGfloxuridine

Given intra-arterially

DRUGdexamethasone

Given intra-arterially

DRUGoxaliplatin

Given IV

DRUGcapecitabine

Given orally

Sponsors

NSABP Foundation Inc
CollaboratorNETWORK
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Lead SponsorNIH

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Histologically confirmed colorectal adenocarcinoma metastatic to the liver * No extrahepatic metastases * Prior complete surgical resection of hepatic metastases (at least 1 lesion) within the past 21-56 days * Negative surgical margins unless surrounding normal liver tissue was ablated during surgery * Radiofrequency ablation may be used as adjunct to surgical resection but not as primary treatment * No prior operative ultrasound during resection of hepatic metastases * Prior complete surgical resection of carcinoma of colon or rectum (must appear completely resectable in case of synchronous lesions) * Performance status - ECOG 0-1 * Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,200/mm\^3 * Platelet count at least 100,000/mm\^3 * Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) * AST no greater than 2.5 times ULN * Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 2.5 times ULN * No pre-existing chronic hepatic disease (chronic active hepatitis or cirrhosis) * Creatinine no greater than ULN * Creatinine clearance greater than 60 mL/min * Not pregnant or nursing * Negative pregnancy test * Fertile patients must use effective contraception * Adequate oral nutrition (at least 1,500 calories/day) * Able to withstand major operative procedure * No dehydration * No severe anorexia * No frequent nausea or vomiting * No prior or concurrent malignancy within the past 5 years except basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of any organ * No prior or concurrent malignancy associated with more than 10% probability of death from malignant disease within 5 years of diagnosis * No concurrent immunotherapy * No concurrent colony-stimulating factors during the first course of study therapy * No more than 1 prior adjuvant systemic fluorouracil (5-FU) regimen with or without levamisole, leucovorin calcium, or irinotecan * One prior 5-FU-based regimen as neoadjuvant treatment for rectal cancer is allowed * No prior hepatic artery infusion therapy with 5-FU or floxuridine * No prior systemic chemotherapy for metastatic disease * No other concurrent chemotherapy * No concurrent radiotherapy * See Disease Characteristics * No prior or concurrent sorivudine or brivudine

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Toxicity of oxaliplatin as assessed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria (CTC) version 2.0Up to 6 months
Survival rateFrom the date of resection, cryoablation, or radiofrequency ablation to up to 2 years

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Survival timeTime from metastasectomy, cryoablation, or radiofrequency ablation to death due to any cause, assessed up to 3.5 yearsThe distribution of survival time will be estimated using the method of Kaplan-Meier.
Time to recurrenceTime from metastasectomy, cryoablation, or radiofrequency ablation to documentation of disease recurrence, assessed up to 2 yearsThe distribution of the disease free interval will be estimated using the method of Kaplan-Meier.
Time to treatment failureFrom the date of metastasectomy, cryoablation, radiofrequency ablation to the date at which the patient is removed from treatment due to recurrence, toxicity, or refusal, assessed up to 3.5 years
Adverse events as assessed by NCI CTC version 2.0Up to 3.5 yearsPatterns of treatment failure, toxicity, including complications associated with the intra-arterial catheter, will be summarized in tabular form.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026