SWOG-9304 Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Rectal Cancer That Has Been Surgically Removed
Completed · Phase 3
Conditions studied: Colorectal Cancer
In brief
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. It is not yet known which treatment regimen is more effective for rectal cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of different regimens of combination chemotherapy plus radiation therapy in treating patients who have rectal cancer that has been surgically removed.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00002551
- Run by
- SWOG Cancer Research Network
- People needed
- 1917
- Starts
- 1994-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-04-05
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
- CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program, Inc. — Denver, Colorado, United States
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute — Tampa, Florida, United States
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Lakeside) — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- CCOP - Evanston — Evanston, Illinois, United States
- CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association — Peoria, Illinois, United States
- CCOP - Carle Cancer Center — Urbana, Illinois, United States
- CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project — Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
- CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
- Siouxland Hematology-Oncology — Sioux City, Iowa, United States
- CCOP - Ochsner — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- CCOP - Kalamazoo — Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
- CCOP - Duluth — Duluth, Minnesota, United States
- University of Minnesota Cancer Center — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- CCOP - Metro-Minnesota — Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States
- CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium — Omaha, Nebraska, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange — East Orange, New Jersey, United States
- CCOP - Northern New Jersey — Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
- Albert Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center — The Bronx, New York, United States
- Quain & Ramstad Clinic, P.C. — Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
- CCOP - Merit Care Hospital — Fargo, North Dakota, United States
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