Clinical trial NCT00023751: Surgery With or Without Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in TreatingPatients With Stage I Rectal Cancer
Official title: A Phase II Study of Local Excision Alone or Local Excision Plus Adjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy for Small Distal Rectal Cancers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Colorectal Cancer
Keywords: stage I rectal cancer
adenocarcinoma of the rectum
Lead sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2003-01-27
Enrollment: 320
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining surgery with chemotherapy and radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells and prevent recurrence of the cancer.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of surgery with or without chemotherapy and radiation therapy in treating patients who have stage I rectal cancer.

Detailed description: OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the overall, disease-free, and colostomy-free survival rates in patients with stage I rectal cancer treated with local excision with or without adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
* Determine the local, regional, and distant recurrence rates in patients treated with these regimens.
* Determine whether loco-regional recurrences after local excision can be successfully salvaged with radical surgery with or without adjuvant therapy for permanent cure in patients treated with these regimens.
* Determine whether the analysis of certain histological and molecular markers can help determine prognosis in patients treated with these regimens.
* Determine the anorectal, urinary, and sexual function effects in patients treated with these regimens.
* Determine the non-functional treatment morbidity and mortality exclusive of anorectal, urinary, and sexual function effects in patients treated with these regimens.
* Determine the overall survival of patients with pathology exclusions undergoing local excision.
* Determine the efficacy of the current standard in detecting recurrence during follow-up, including office visits, blood tests, and proctoscopy in patients treated with these regimens.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

All patients undergo full thickness disc excision. Patients with T3 disease or positive surgical margins after surgery are removed from study. Patients with T1 disease and negative surgical margins after surgery are observed. Patients with T2 disease and negative surgical margins after surgery receive adjuvant therapy.

Beginning 42 days after surgery, T2 patients receive leucovorin calcium (CF) IV over 2 hours with fluorouracil (5-FU) IV bolus 1 hour into the infusion once weekly for 6 weeks. Beginning 2 weeks after the completion of chemotherapy, patients receive chemoradiotherapy comprising radiotherapy once daily 5 times a week for 5 weeks and 5-FU IV continuously while receiving radiotherapy. Beginning 2 weeks after the completion of chemoradiotherapy, patients again receive CF IV over 2 hours with 5-FU IV bolus 1 hour into the infusion once weekly for 6 weeks. Chemotherapy repeats after 2 weeks rest for a total of 2 courses.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 5 years.

Eligibility criteria: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the rectum

  * T1 or T2 by physical and endoscopic exams
  * No T3 lesions by clinical or radiological exam
  * Villous adenomas or in situ carcinoma allowed without histologicalconfirmation if clinical appearance of cancer
* No multi-focal disease within the rectum at time of initial diagnosis
* No non-adenocarcinomatous rectal cancer or anal cancer
* Less than 4 cm at greatest diameter
* Less than 40% of rectal wall circumference involved
* Proximal margin no greater than 8 cm from dentate line
* No tumor fixation to the perirectal tissues regardless of size
* No malignant regional lymph node or distant metastases by clinical exam orradiographical imaging

  * No palpable perirectal lymph nodes or nodes larger than 1 cm
  * No evidence of malignant perirectal lymph nodes by endorectal ultrasound orendorectal MRI

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 18 and over

Performance status:

* CTC 0-2

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* WBC at least 4,000/mm\^3
* Platelet count at least 100,000/mm\^3

Hepatic:

* Bilirubin less than 1.5 times normal

Renal:

* Creatinine less than 1.8 mg/dL

Other:

* Not pregnant or nursing
* Negative pregnancy test
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception
* No other prior or concurrent malignancy within the past 5 years except inactive nonmelanomatous skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* Not specified

Chemotherapy:

* No prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

* Not specified

Radiotherapy:

* No prior radiotherapy

Surgery:

* No prior surgery for rectal cancer including prior attempts at transanal or transcoccygeal surgical excision with unclear or positive margins
* Prior incision or operative biopsy or colonoscopic removal allowed

Primary outcomes:
measure: disease-free survival
timeFrame: Up to 5 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: overall survival
timeFrame: Up to 5 years
measure: colostomy-free survival
timeFrame: Up to 5 years
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Anniston
country: United States
facility: Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center
state: Alabama
city: Mobile
country: United States
facility: MBCCOP - Gulf Coast
state: Alabama
city: Phoenix
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Greater Phoenix
state: Arizona
city: Phoenix
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Carl T. Hayden)
state: Arizona
city: Tucson
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson
state: Arizona
city: Tucson
country: United States
facility: Arizona Cancer Center
state: Arizona
city: Little Rock
country: United States
facility: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
state: Arkansas
city: Little Rock
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)
state: Arkansas
city: Duarte
country: United States
facility: City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: California
city: La Jolla
country: United States
facility: Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
state: California
city: Los Angeles
country: United States
facility: USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
state: California
city: Los Angeles
country: United States
facility: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
state: California
city: Los Angeles
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - West Los Angeles
state: California
city: Los Angeles
country: United States
facility: Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
state: California
city: Martinez
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez
state: California
city: Oakland
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute
state: California
city: Orange
country: United States
facility: Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: California
city: Sacramento
country: United States
facility: University of California Davis Cancer Center
state: California
city: San Diego
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Diego
state: California
city: San Francisco
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco
state: California
city: Santa Rosa
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
state: California
city: Travis Air Force Base
country: United States
facility: David Grant Medical Center
state: California
city: Denver
country: United States
facility: University of Colorado Cancer Center
state: Colorado
city: Denver
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver
state: Colorado
city: Newark
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
state: Delaware
city: Washington
country: United States
facility: Lombardi Cancer Center
state: District of Columbia
city: Washington
country: United States
facility: MBCCOP - Howard University Cancer Center
state: District of Columbia
city: Washington
country: United States
facility: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
state: District of Columbia
city: Washington
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Washington, DC
state: District of Columbia
city: Fort Lauderdale
country: United States
facility: Broward General Medical Center
state: Florida
city: Hollywood
country: United States
facility: Memorial Regional Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: Florida
city: Miami Beach
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center
state: Florida
city: Orlando
country: United States
facility: Florida Hospital Cancer Institute
state: Florida
city: West Palm Beach
country: United States
facility: Helen and Harry Gray Cancer Institute at Good Samaritan Medical Center
state: Florida
city: Atlanta
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Atlanta Regional
state: Georgia
city: Fort Gordon
country: United States
facility: Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center
state: Georgia
city: Honolulu
country: United States
facility: Cancer Research Center of Hawaii
state: Hawaii
city: Honolulu
country: United States
facility: MBCCOP - Hawaii
state: Hawaii
city: Honolulu
country: United States
facility: Tripler Army Medical Center
state: Hawaii
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University
state: Illinois
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: MBCCOP - University of Illinois at Chicago
state: Illinois
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)
state: Illinois
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
state: Illinois
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital
state: Illinois
city: Decatur
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Central Illinois
state: Illinois
city: Hines
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)
state: Illinois
city: Maywood
country: United States
facility: Loyola University Medical Center
state: Illinois
city: River Forest
country: United States
facility: West Suburban Center for Cancer Care
state: Illinois
city: Rockford
country: United States
facility: Saint Anthony Medical Center
state: Illinois
city: Fort Wayne
country: United States
facility: Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology, Incorporated
state: Indiana
city: South Bend
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Northern Indiana CR Consortium
state: Indiana
city: Bettendorf
country: United States
facility: Hematology Oncology Associates of the Quad Cities
state: Iowa
city: Iowa City
country: United States
facility: Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: Iowa
city: Kansas City
country: United States
facility: University of Kansas Medical Center
state: Kansas
city: Wichita
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Wichita
state: Kansas
city: Wichita
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita
state: Kansas
city: Lexington
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington
state: Kentucky
city: Lexington
country: United States
facility: Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky
state: Kentucky
city: Louisville
country: United States
facility: Baptist Hospital East - Louisville
state: Kentucky
city: New Orleans
country: United States
facility: MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center
state: Louisiana
city: New Orleans
country: United States
facility: Tulane University School of Medicine
state: Louisiana
city: New Orleans
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New Orleans
state: Louisiana
city: Shreveport
country: United States
facility: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
state: Louisiana
city: Shreveport
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport
state: Louisiana
city: Baltimore
country: United States
facility: Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland
state: Maryland
city: Baltimore
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Baltimore
state: Maryland
city: Boston
country: United States
facility: Brigham and Women's Hospital
state: Massachusetts
city: Boston
country: United States
facility: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
state: Massachusetts
city: Boston
country: United States
facility: Boston Medical Center
state: Massachusetts
city: Jamaica Plain
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)
state: Massachusetts
city: Worcester
country: United States
facility: University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center - University Campus
state: Massachusetts
city: Ann Arbor
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor
state: Michigan
city: Ann Arbor
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Michigan Cancer Research Consortium
state: Michigan
city: Ann Arbor
country: United States
facility: University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: Michigan
city: Detroit
country: United States
facility: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
state: Michigan
city: Detroit
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit
state: Michigan
city: Detroit
country: United States
facility: Henry Ford Hospital
state: Michigan
city: Grand Rapids
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Grand Rapids
state: Michigan
city: Royal Oak
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Beaumont
state: Michigan
city: Saint Joseph
country: United States
facility: Lakeland Medical Center - St. Joseph
state: Michigan
city: Southfield
country: United States
facility: Providence Hospital - Southfield
state: Michigan
city: Minneapolis
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis
state: Minnesota
city: Minneapolis
country: United States
facility: University of Minnesota Cancer Center
state: Minnesota
city: Biloxi
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi
state: Mississippi
city: Jackson
country: United States
facility: University of Mississippi Medical Center
state: Mississippi
city: Jackson
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson
state: Mississippi
city: Keesler AFB
country: United States
facility: Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB
state: Mississippi
city: Columbia
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Columbia (Truman Memorial)
state: Missouri
city: Columbia
country: United States
facility: Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia
state: Missouri
city: Kansas City
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City
state: Missouri
city: Kansas City
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Kansas City
state: Missouri
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: Barnes-Jewish Hospital
state: Missouri
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: St. Louis University Health Sciences Center
state: Missouri
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: Missouri Baptist Cancer Center
state: Missouri
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau
state: Missouri
city: Springfield
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks
state: Missouri
city: Billings
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
state: Montana
city: Omaha
country: United States
facility: University of Nebraska Medical Center
state: Nebraska
city: Las Vegas
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
state: Nevada
city: Las Vegas
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Las Vegas
state: Nevada
city: Lebanon
country: United States
facility: Norris Cotton Cancer Center
state: New Hampshire
city: Camden
country: United States
facility: Cooper University Hospital
state: New Jersey
city: Albuquerque
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque
state: New Mexico
city: Albuquerque
country: United States
facility: MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC
state: New Mexico
city: Albany
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albany
state: New York
city: Buffalo
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Buffalo
state: New York
city: Buffalo
country: United States
facility: Roswell Park Cancer Institute
state: New York
city: Elmhurst
country: United States
facility: Elmhurst Hospital Center
state: New York
city: Jamaica
country: United States
facility: Queens Cancer Center of Queens Hospital
state: New York
city: Manhasset
country: United States
facility: CCOP - North Shore University Hospital
state: New York
city: Manhasset
country: United States
facility: North Shore University Hospital
state: New York
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
state: New York
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY
state: New York
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: New York
city: Rochester
country: United States
facility: James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
state: New York
city: Syracuse
country: United States
facility: State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
state: New York
city: Syracuse
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Syracuse
state: New York
city: Syracuse
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.
state: New York
city: Asheville
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Asheville
state: North Carolina
city: Chapel Hill
country: United States
facility: Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
state: North Carolina
city: Concord
country: United States
facility: NorthEast Oncology Associates
state: North Carolina
city: Durham
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Durham
state: North Carolina
city: Durham
country: United States
facility: Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
state: North Carolina
city: Fayetteville
country: United States
facility: Cape Fear Valley Health System
state: North Carolina
city: Kinston
country: United States
facility: Lenoir Memorial Hospital Cancer Center
state: North Carolina
city: Pinehurst
country: United States
facility: FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital
state: North Carolina
city: Wilmington
country: United States
facility: New Hanover Regional Medical Center
state: North Carolina
city: Winston-Salem
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
state: North Carolina
city: Winston-Salem
country: United States
facility: Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University
state: North Carolina
city: Fargo
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Fargo
state: North Dakota
city: Cincinnati
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati
state: Ohio
city: Cincinnati
country: United States
facility: Barrett Cancer Center
state: Ohio
city: Cleveland
country: United States
facility: Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
state: Ohio
city: Columbus
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Columbus
state: Ohio
city: Columbus
country: United States
facility: Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
state: Ohio
city: Dayton
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton
state: Ohio
city: Dayton
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Dayton
state: Ohio
city: Oklahoma City
country: United States
facility: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
state: Oklahoma
city: Oklahoma City
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City
state: Oklahoma
city: Portland
country: United States
facility: Oregon Cancer Institute
state: Oregon
city: Portland
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland
state: Oregon
city: Portland
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Columbia River Oncology Program
state: Oregon
city: Pittsburgh
country: United States
facility: Western Pennsylvania Hospital
state: Pennsylvania
city: Providence
country: United States
facility: Lifespan: The Miriam Hospital
state: Rhode Island
city: Charleston
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Charleston
state: South Carolina
city: Charleston
country: United States
facility: Medical University of South Carolina
state: South Carolina
city: Greenville
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Greenville
state: South Carolina
city: Spartanburg
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Upstate Carolina
state: South Carolina
city: Memphis
country: United States
facility: University of Tennessee Cancer Institute
state: Tennessee
city: Memphis
country: United States
facility: Danville Radiation Therapy Center
state: Tennessee
city: Amarillo
country: United States
facility: Harrington Cancer Center
state: Texas
city: Amarillo
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Amarillo
state: Texas
city: Dallas
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dallas
state: Texas
city: Fort Sam Houston
country: United States
facility: Brooke Army Medical Center
state: Texas
city: Galveston
country: United States
facility: University of Texas Medical Branch
state: Texas
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
state: Texas
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Houston
state: Texas
city: Lubbock
country: United States
facility: Texas Tech University Health Science Center
state: Texas
city: San Antonio
country: United States
facility: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
state: Texas
city: San Antonio
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)
state: Texas
city: Temple
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple
state: Texas
city: Temple
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Scott and White Hospital
state: Texas
city: Salt Lake City
country: United States
facility: Huntsman Cancer Institute
state: Utah
city: Salt Lake City
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City
state: Utah
city: Bennington
country: United States
facility: Green Mountain Oncology Group
state: Vermont
city: Burlington
country: United States
facility: Vermont Cancer Center
state: Vermont
city: Burlington
country: United States
facility: Fletcher Allen Health Care - University Health Center Campus
state: Vermont
city: White River Junction
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - White River Junction
state: Vermont
city: Charlottesville
country: United States
facility: Martha Jefferson Hospital
state: Virginia
city: Norfolk
country: United States
facility: Virginia Oncology Associates - Norfolk
state: Virginia
city: Richmond
country: United States
facility: MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center
state: Virginia
city: Roanoke
country: United States
facility: Oncology and Hematology Associates of Southwest Virginia, Inc.
state: Virginia
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center
state: Washington
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle
state: Washington
city: Tacoma
country: United States
facility: CCOP - Northwest
state: Washington
city: Tacoma
country: United States
facility: Madigan Army Medical Center
state: Washington
city: Huntington
country: United States
facility: St. Mary's Medical Center
state: West Virginia
city: Rhinelander
country: United States
facility: Ministry Medical Group - Northern Region
state: Wisconsin
city: Vancouver
country: Canada
facility: British Columbia Cancer Agency
state: British Columbia
city: San Juan
country: Puerto Rico
facility: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Medical Sciences Campus
Study officials:
affiliation: Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center
name: Ronald Bleday, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References: