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FOLFOX-4 3months Versus 6 Months and Bevacizumab as Adjuvant Therapy for Patients With Stage II/III Colon Cancer (TOSCA)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00646607
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : March 28, 2008
Last Update Posted : November 26, 2014
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Gruppo Italiano per lo studio dei Carcinomi dell'Apparato Digerente

Study Description
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Brief Summary:

This project consists of two independent, following specific eligibility criteria and different randomisation schemes studies, later on called DURATION study and BEV study. Once randomised in the duration study, patients fulfilling eligibility criteria for BEV study may also be randomized to receive BEV or no BEV, in addition to FOLFOX-4 chemotherapy.

As both are open label studies, there will be no blinding of treatment assignment.


Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Colon Cancer Drug: FOLFOX (Oxaliplatin, 5Fluorouracil, Lederfolin) Phase 3

Detailed Description:
At the present time the standard treatment for resected colon cancer with high possibility of relapse ("high risk" stage II and all stage III) is represented by the regimen FOLFOX (leucovorin, bolus and infusional 5fluorouracil and oxaliplatin), which is able to increase significantly the disease-free survival (DFS) at 3 and 4 years, whereas the advantage for 5-year overall survival (OS) (which is predicted by the previous parameter) could be observed only with a further increase of follow-up. The conventional duration of chemotherapy is today of 6 months (12 courses every 2 weeks), but this long drug exposure increases the risk of long-term neurotoxicity. A reduction of adjuvant chemotherapy under 6 months was proven effective in other cancers (breast, testis…) and is better tolerated by patients in clinical practice. On the other hand, bevacizumab significantly increases OS and all other parameters when combined with standard chemotherapy in advanced disease.

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 3756 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Randomized Trial Investigating the Role of FOLFOX-4 Regimen Duration (3 Versus 6 Months) and Bevacizumab as Adjuvant Therapy for Patients With Stage II/III Colon Cancer
Study Start Date : June 2007
Actual Primary Completion Date : April 2013
Actual Study Completion Date : November 2014

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: A
FOLFOX-4 (infusional 5-Fluouracil, leucovorin and oxaliplatin) for 3 months or XELOX (capecitabine and oxaliplatin) for 12 weeks.
 Drug: FOLFOX (Oxaliplatin, 5Fluorouracil, Lederfolin)
To assess whether a 3-month FOLFOX-4 treatment is at least equivalent to a 6-month FOLFOX-4 treatment
Other Name: FOLFOX 3 vs 6
Active Comparator: B
FOLFOX-4 (infusional 5-Fluouracil, leucovorin and oxaliplatin) for 6 months or XELOX (capecitabine and oxaliplatin) for 24 weeks.
 Drug: FOLFOX (Oxaliplatin, 5Fluorouracil, Lederfolin)
standard treatment
Other Name: FOLFOX 3 vs 6


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. disease free survival (DFS) [ Time Frame: time from randomization date to date of local or regional relapse ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. overall Survival (OS), Toxicity and incidence of adverse events [ Time Frame: from the day of randomisation to the date of death from any cause. ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 75 Years   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histologically confirmed AJCC/UICC high-risk stage II or stage III colon cancer . High-risk stage III patients (T4, N+, M0, or any T, N2, M0) may also be further randomized in the BEV study (plus or minus BEV)

  • Stage II patients have to be considered at high-risk if they fulfill >1 of the following criteria:

    • T4 tumours,
    • grade >3,
    • clinical presentation with bowel obstruction or perforation,
    • histological signs of vascular or lymphatic or perineural invasion,
    • <12 nodes examined
  • Age 18 to 75 years
  • Curative surgery no less than 3 ( 4 in the BEV study) and no more than 8 weeks prior to randomization
  • ECOG performance Status (ECOG-PS) <1
  • Signed written informed consent obtained prior to any study specific procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Macroscopic or microscopic evidence of residual tumor (R1 or R2 resections).
  • Previous anti-angiogenic treatment for any malignancy; cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiotherapy or immunotherapy for colon cancer
  • Other malignancies within the last 5 years (other than curatively treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin and/or in situ carcinoma of the cervix)
  • Lactating women
  • Fertile women (<2 years after last menstruation) and men of childbearing potential not willing to use effective means of contraception
  • History of clinically relevant psychiatric disability , precluding informed consent
  • Clinically relevant cardiovascular disease
  • History or presence of other diseases
  • Evidence of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy
  • Current or recent (within 10 days prior to study treatment start) use of full-dose oral or parenteral anticoagulants or thrombolytic agent for therapeutic purposes
  • Chronic, daily treatment with high-dose aspirin (>325 mg/day) or clopidogrel (>75 mg/day)
  • Current or recent (within the 28 days prior to randomization) treatment with another investigational drug or participation in another investigational study
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Sponsors and Collaborators
Gruppo Italiano per lo studio dei Carcinomi dell'Apparato Digerente
Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Roberto Labianca, MD Gruppo Italiano per lo studio dei Carcinomi dell'Apparato Digerente
Study Chair: Alberto Sobrero, MD Gruppo Italiano per lo studio dei Carcinomi dell'Apparato Digerente
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Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Responsible Party: Gruppo Italiano per lo studio dei Carcinomi dell'Apparato Digerente
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00646607     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 2007-000354-31
First Posted: March 28, 2008    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: November 26, 2014
Last Verified: December 2009

Keywords provided by Gruppo Italiano per lo studio dei Carcinomi dell'Apparato Digerente:
colorectal neoplasm
high risk
stage II/III

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Colonic Neoplasms
Colorectal Neoplasms
Intestinal Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Colonic Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Bevacizumab
Oxaliplatin
Fluorouracil
Leucovorin
 Levoleucovorin
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Angiogenesis Modulating Agents
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Growth Inhibitors
Antineoplastic Agents
Antimetabolites
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Antidotes
Protective Agents
Vitamin B Complex