Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Bevacizumab Compared With Bevacizumab Alone in Treating Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Colorectal Cancer That Has Been Previously Treated

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Adenocarcinoma of the Colon, Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum, Recurrent Colon Cancer, Recurrent Rectal Cancer, Stage III Colon Cancer, Stage III Rectal Cancer, Stage IV Colon Cancer, Stage IV Rectal Cancer

In brief

Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab in treating patients who have advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer that has been previously treated. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Monoclonal antibodies such as bevacizumab can locate tumor cells and either kill them or deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells. Combining monoclonal antibody therapy with combination chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known if bevacizumab is more effective with or without combination chemotherapy in treating colorectal cancer

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00025337

Run by

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

People needed

880

Starts

2001-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-01-24

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum
• Advanced or metastatic disease
• Must have received a fluoropyrimidine-based regimen and an irinotecan-based regimen, either alone or in combination, for advanced disease
• May have relapsed within 6 months of adjuvant therapy with fluorouracil (5-FU) (or combination 5-FU and irinotecan) and progressed after single-agent irinotecan
• Measurable disease
• No known brain metastases
• Performance status - ECOG 0-2
• Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm\^3
• Platelet count at least 100,000/mm\^3
• No history of thrombotic or hemorrhagic disorders
• Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
• AST no greater than 5 times ULN
• INR no greater than 1.5
• PTT no greater than ULN
• Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN
• Proteinuria less than 1+ (i.e., 0 or trace)
• Protein less than 500 mg by 24-hour urine collection
• Proteinuria secondary to ureteral stents allowed
• No proteinuria secondary to nephropathy
• Controlled hypertension (less than 150/100 mm Hg) allowed if on a stable antihypertensive regimen
• No prior myocardial infarction
• No uncontrolled congestive heart failure
• No unstable angina within the past 3 months
• No serious nonhealing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture
• Not pregnant or nursing

Where it is running

• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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