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Aspirin in Treating Patients With Colorectal Cancer That Has Been Surgically Removed

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Colorectal Cancer
Interventions
Other: placebo
Registration Number
NCT00002527
Lead Sponsor
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of certain drugs to try to prevent the development or recurrence of cancer. The use of aspirin may be an effective way to prevent the recurrence of polyps in colorectal cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to study the effectiveness of aspirin in treating patients who have stage I, stage II, or stage III colorectal cancer that has been surgically removed.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine whether aspirin administered at a dose of 325 mg/day will decrease the number and size of new adenomas in patients with Dukes' A/B1/B2/C colorectal cancer who have undergone curative surgical resection. II. Assess whether this dose of aspirin will increase disease-free survival in these patients.

OUTLINE: Randomized, double-blind study. Arm I: Chemoprevention. Enteric-coated Aspirin, ASA, NSC-27223. Arm II: Control. Placebo, PLCB.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
635
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Placeboplacebo-
Aspirinaspirin325 mg/day PO
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Reduction in size of tumorsUp to 4 years
Reduction in number of tumorsUp to 4 years
Disease free survivalUp to 4 years
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (42)

CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program

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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

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San Francisco, California, United States

CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center

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Miami Beach, Florida, United States

University of Chicago Cancer Research Center

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association

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Peoria, Illinois, United States

CCOP - Carle Cancer Center

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Urbana, Illinois, United States

CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project

🇺🇸

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association

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Des Moines, Iowa, United States

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

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Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Siouxland Hematology-Oncology

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Sioux City, Iowa, United States

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CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program
🇺🇸Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

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