Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Colorectal Cancer

Completed · Phase 1

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. Combining more than one drug and combining radiation therapy with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy consisting of fluorouracil-uracil and leucovorin plus radiation therapy in treating patients with colorectal cancer who have undergone surgery to remove the tumor.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00002801
Run by
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
People needed
30
Starts
1996-04-01
Expected to finish
2009-12-01
Last updated by the study team
2013-12-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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