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A Randomized Controlled Study of Postoperative Adjuvant Chemotherapy of Uracil- Tegafur (UFT) Compared With Surgery Alone (NSAS-CC)

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Colorectal Cancer
Interventions
Procedure: Surgery alone
Registration Number
NCT00152230
Lead Sponsor
Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Brief Summary

This is a controlled study designed to compare relapse-free survival and overall survival in patients receiving UFT with those in patients receiving surgery alone. Patients will be randomly assigned to surgery alone or surgery followed by UFT within 6 weeks after curative resection. To assess treatment efficacy, data on recurrence and survival will be collected for 5 years after enrollment of the last patient. To evaluate safety, data on adverse events will be collected for 12 months after the start of treatment.Evaluations will be separately done for colon cancer and rectal cancer.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
900
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age 20 to 75
  • Performance status 0 , 1, or 2 (ECOG)
  • Hematopoietic WBC ≥ 4,000/mm^3 Platelet ≥ 100,000/mm^3
  • Hepatic AST and ALT ≤ 2 times upper limit of normal(ULN) Total bilirubin ≤ 1.2mg/dL
  • Renal BUN ≤ 25mg/dL Creatinine ≤ 1.5mg/dL
Exclusion Criteria
  • Prior anticancer treatment

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
1UFT (uracil, tegafur)UFT (uracil, tegafur)
2Surgery aloneSurgery alone
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Relapse-free survival and overall survivalevery course for first three courses, then every other course
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Adverse eventsany time

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Cancer Center Hospital East

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6-5-1, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

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