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Induction chemotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer.

Phase 1
Recruiting
Conditions
ocally advanced rectal cancer
MedDRA version: 20.0Level: PTClassification code: 10038038Term: Rectal cancer Class: 100000004864
Therapeutic area: Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E] - Therapeutics [E02]
Therapeutic area: Diseases [C] - Neoplasms [C04]
Therapeutic area: Analytical,Diagnostic,Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]-Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Registration Number
CTIS2023-509758-74-00
Lead Sponsor
Catharina Ziekenhuis Stichting
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
128
Inclusion Criteria

18 years or older, WHO performance score 0-1, Fit for (modified dose) triple chemotherapy (FOLFOXIRI), Histopathologically confirmed rectal cancer, Lower border of the tumour located on or below the sigmoidal take-off as established on MRI of the pelvis, Confirmed high-risk locally advanced rectal cancer, at high risk of treatment failure, meeting one of the following imaging based criteria: *Tumour invasion of the mesorectal fascia (MRF+); *The presence of grade 4 extramural venous invasion (mrEMVI); *The presence of tumour deposits (TD); *The presence of bilateral extramesorectal lymph nodes with a short-axis size = 7mm (LLN) or extensive LLN involving pelvic side wall structures, at high risk of an incomplete resection, Resectable disease as determined on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or deemed resectable disease after neo-adjuvant treatment (Expected gross incomplete resection with overt tumour remaining in the patient after resection, tumour invasion in the neuroforamina, encasement of the sciatic nerve and invasion of the cortex from S2 and upwards are considered not resectable), Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

Evidence of metastatic disease at time of inclusion or within six months prior to inclusion except for patients with enlarged iliac or inguinal lymph nodes and aspecific lung nodules, Homozygous DPD deficiency, Any chemotherapy within the past 6 months, Any contraindication for the planned systemic therapy (e.g. severe allergy, pregnancy, kidney dysfunction and thrombocytopenia), as determined by the medical oncologist, Previous radiotherapy in the pelvic area precluding chemoradiotherapy with a dose of 50-50.4 Gy, Any contraindication for the planned chemoradiotherapy (e.g. severe allergy to the chemotherapy agent or no possibility to receive radiotherapy), as determined by the medical oncologist and/or radiation oncologist, Any contraindication to undergo surgery, as determined by the surgeon and/or anaesthesiologist, Concurrent malignancies that interfere with the planned study treatment or the prognosis of the resected tumour

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
Study Design
Not specified
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