Conditions for patient eligibility

• Patients must have an ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 and must be considered a potential candidate for a major hepatic surgical procedure.
• The patient must have histologic or cytologic confirmation of a diagnosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma.
• There must be documentation by PET/CT scan, CT scan, MRI, or intraoperative palpation at the time of resection of the primary colorectal tumor that the patient has evidence of hepatic metastasis. (Histologic confirmation of hepatic metastasis is not required.)
• Patients are eligible with either synchronous or metachronous metastatic disease (confined to the liver), but the primary colon or rectal tumor must have been resected before study entry.
• The colorectal primary tumor or metastatic tumor must be determined to be wild-type K-RAS. The K-RAS test may have been performed through the local hospital, or a tumor sample may be submitted to the FC-6 central lab for K-RAS testing. If local K-RAS test results are reported as indeterminate, submission of a tumor sample for central testing is required. Note: Needle biopsy of liver metastasis is not recommended for the express purpose of obtaining tissue for K-RAS testing because of the risk of needle track dissemination of malignant cells.
• The liver metastases must have been determined by a hepatic surgeon approved (by protocol defined criteria) to participate in FC-6 to be unresectable based on at least one of the following criteria: All of the liver metastases cannot be resected (and/or ablated) with negative margins, i.e., lesion(s) located in an area that would result in the resection of all of the hepatic veins or the main portal vein or the right and left hepatic arteries or the common bile duct; Complete resection and/or ablation would require greater than 60% of the liver parenchyma to be removed. Note: At the discretion of the hepatic surgeon, portal vein embolization (PVE) may be utilized preoperatively following neoadjuvant therapy to enhance the volume of the hepatic remnant. However, the determination of unresectability will be based on the estimate, at the time of study entry, of the percentage of liver parenchyma that would need to be removed. PVE may be employed preoperatively to enhance the overall safety, but not specifically the resectability of the liver metastasis(es).
• At least 3 of the 8 hepatic segments must be free of metastases.
• If an adjuvant therapy regimen of 5-FU given alone or in combination with leucovorin, irinotecan, capecitabine, oxaliplatin, cetuximab, or bevacizumab was administered, the adjuvant therapy must have been discontinued more than 6 months prior to study entry.
• The patient must have had the following tests and exams within 4 weeks prior to study entry: medical history and physical exam; consultation with a hepatic surgeon approved for FC-6; and PET/CT scan or both a PET scan and a CT scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis must be performed. (MRI scan can be substituted for the CT scan.)
• There must be evidence of adequate bone marrow function: ANC greater than or equal to 1500/mm3; Hemoglobin greater than or equal to 10 g/dL; Platelets greater than or equal to 100,000/mm3
• There must be evidence of adequate hepatic function: Total bilirubin less than or equal to ULN for the lab; AST less than or equal to 5.0 x ULN for the lab
• Serum creatinine must be less than or equal to 1.5 mg/dL.

Conditions for patient ineligibility

• Diagnosis of anal or small bowel carcinoma.
• Colorectal cancers other than adenocarcinoma, e.g., sarcoma, lymphoma, carcinoid.
• Evidence of extrahepatic metastases or non-contiguous extension of intrahepatic metastases to non-hepatic tissues.
• Radiographic evidence of metastases to portal lymph nodes (node greater than 1 cm in diameter) unless the node(s) are proven by biopsy to be negative.
• Previous hepatic resection and/or ablation, hepatic arterial infusion therapy, or any systemic therapy for metastatic disease. (Patients who have only had an excisional biopsy are eligible.)
• Radiation therapy to the liver.
• Pre-existing chronic hepatic disease (e.g., chronic active hepatitis, cirrhosis) that, in the opinion of the investigator and hepatic surgeon, would limit the patient's ability to undergo hepatic metastasectomy.
• CTCAE v3.0 grade 3 or 4 anorexia or nausea related to metastatic disease.
• CTCAE v3.0 greater than or equal to grade 2 vomiting related to metastatic disease.
• CTCAE v3.0 greater than or equal to grade 2 sensory/motor neuropathy.
• Any of the following cardiac conditions: Documented congestive heart failure; Myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to study entry; Unstable angina within 6 months prior to study entry; Symptomatic arrhythmia.
• Serious or non-healing wound, skin ulcers, or bone fracture.
• History of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy. (Patients on stable anticoagulant therapy are eligible.)
• Symptomatic interstitial pneumonitis or definitive evidence of interstitial pneumonitis described on CT scan, MRI, or chest x-ray in asymptomatic patients.
• Any evidence of active infection.
• Active inflammatory bowel disease.
• Other malignancies unless the patient is considered to be disease-free and has completed therapy for the malignancy greater than or equal to 12 months prior to study entry. Patients with the following cancers are eligible if diagnosed and treated within the past 12 months: carcinoma in situ of the cervix, colorectal carcinoma in situ, melanoma in situ, and basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
• Previous serious hypersensitivity reaction to monoclonal antibodies.
• Psychiatric or addictive disorders or other conditions that, in the opinion of the investigator, would preclude the patient from meeting the study requirements.
• Pregnancy or lactation at the time of study entry. (WOCBP must have a negative pregnancy test within 2 weeks prior to study entry. Male and female patients of reproductive potential must agree to use adequate contraceptive methods during and for 2 months after study therapy. )
• Any other serious concomitant medical condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would compromise the safety of the patient or compromise the patient's ability to participate in the study.
• Use of any investigational product within 30 days prior to study entry.