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Trial Description
     Summary
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Basic Trial Information

Phase
Type
Status
Age
Sponsor
Protocol IDs

Phase IV


Diagnostic, Treatment


Active


18 to 85


Other


COLOGEN
NCT00138060

Trial Description

Summary

This study intends to optimize a fluorouracil/irinotecan chemotherapy regimen by the identification of individual thymidylate synthase (TS) and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1 (UGT1A1) polymorphisms before the first administration.

The results of this identification determine the chemotherapy type: high-dose irinotecan or not.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Has provided written informed consent prior to study-specific screening procedures, with the understanding that the patient has the right to withdraw from the study at any time without prejudice
  • Ages between 18 and 85 years
  • Histologically confirmed colorectal cancer
  • No treatment for metastatic disease
  • No irinotecan previously administered
  • World Health Organization (WHO) performance status < 3
  • Laboratory values :
  • neutrophils > 1.5 x 10^9/L;
  • platelet count > 100 x 10^9/L;
  • serum creatinine < 130µmol/L;
  • serum bilirubin < 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN);
  • ASAT and ALAT < 2.5 x ULN;
  • alkaline phosphatase < 5 x ULN.
  • At least one measurable lesion by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • History of another malignancy except cured basal cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix, breast or bladder.
  • Other concomitant anticancer therapy.
  • Pregnant or lactating women.
  • Women of childbearing potential unless using a reliable and appropriate contraceptive method.
  • Symptomatic cerebral or leptospiral metastasis.
  • Intestinal obstruction.
  • Uncontrolled seizures (diabetes, severe infection).
  • Clinically significant cardiac disease.
  • Central nervous system disorders or severe psychiatric disability.
  • Participation in any investigational study within 4 weeks.

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations/Sponsors

Institut de Recherches sur les Leucemies et les Maladies du Sang

Pfizer Incorporated

Gilles Freyer, MDPrincipal Investigator

GILLES FREYER, MDPh: 33478864318
  Email: gilles.freyer@chu-lyon.fr

Trial Sites

France
  Grenoble
 CHU de Grenoble - Hopital de la Tronche
 Christine Rebischung, MD
  Pierre-Benite
 Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud
 Gilles Freyer, MD Ph: 33478864318
  Email: gilles.freyer@chu-lyon.fr
 Veronique Trillet-lenoir, MDSub-Investigator
 Magali Litor, MDSub-Investigator
 Sophie Tartas, MDSub-Investigator
 Nathalie Chavernoz, MDSub-Investigator
 Bernard Flourie, MD
  Email: bernard.flourie@chu-lyon.fr
 Jean-Christophe Saurin, MDSub-Investigator
 Olivier Glehen, MDSub-Investigator
  Saint-Priest-en-Jarez
 Institut de Cancerologie de la Loire
 Yacine Merrouche, MD
 Dominique Mille, MDSub-Investigator

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.
NLM Identifer NCT00138060
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on May 27, 2008

Note: Information about this trial is from the ClinicalTrials.gov database. The versions designated for health professionals and patients contain the same text. Minor changes may be made to the ClinicalTrials.gov record to standardize the names of study sponsors, sites, and contacts. Cancer.gov only lists sites that are recruiting patients for active trials, whereas ClinicalTrials.gov lists all sites for all trials. Questions and comments regarding the presented information should be directed to ClinicalTrials.gov.

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