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Clinical Trials/NCT04679597
NCT04679597
Completed
Not Applicable

Total Neoadjuvant Therapy Versus Standard Therapy of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer With High Risk Factors for Failure

Institute of Oncology Ljubljana0 sites161 target enrollmentJanuary 1, 2016
ConditionsRectal Cancer
InterventionsCapecitabine

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Capecitabine
Conditions
Rectal Cancer
Sponsor
Institute of Oncology Ljubljana
Enrollment
161
Primary Endpoint
pathological complete response
Status
Completed
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

In a retrospective study, the investigators will compare patients with locally advanced rectal cancer with high risk factors for failure who were treated with standard therapy or with total neoadjuvant therapy.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
January 1, 2016
End Date
December 31, 2019
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • histologically proven locally advanced rectal cancer and
  • the presence of one of the factors: T4, N2, positive mesorectal fascia, presence of extramural vascular invasion or presence of lateral lymph node.

Exclusion Criteria

  • distant metastases,
  • concomitant malignancy,
  • inflammatory bowel disease, or
  • malabsorption syndrome.

Arms & Interventions

total neoadjuvant therapy

Total neoadjuvant therapy consisted of 12 weeks of induction chemotherapy with CAPOX or FOLFOX, chemoradiotherapy with capecitabine and six to eight weeks of consolidation chemotherapy with CAPOX or FOLFOX prior to surgery.

Intervention: Capecitabine

standard therapy

Standard therapy (neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, surgery, adjuvant chemotherapy)

Intervention: Capecitabine

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

pathological complete response

Time Frame: during surgery

pathological complete response is defined as the absence of tumor cells in the surgical resection

Secondary Outcomes

  • Neoadjuvant rectal cancer score(during treatment, assessed up to 10 days)

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