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Capecitabine and Gemcitabine in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

NCT00159445 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 53

Last updated 2014-05-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is for patients with colorectal cancer that has spread and has increased in size after standard treatments. This study is being done to find out how long it takes their tumors to grow after treatment with the chemotherapy drugs capecitabine and gemcitabine. Capecitabine is a chemotherapy drug that has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of colorectal cancer. We are adding another drug (called gemcitabine), which is approved by the FDA for the treatment of cancer of the pancreas to see if the ability of capecitabine to shrink tumors can be improved by adding gemcitabine. The side effects of the combination will also be evaluated. Another purpose of this study is to measure the levels of certain substances that affect how the body reacts to the chemotherapy agents in cancer cells (in the tumor). In addition, the genes (which are the cell's blueprint for these substances) will also be evaluated in the blood.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

gemcitabine, capecitabine

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Syma Iqbal, M.D. · U.S.C./Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-03-31
Primary Completion
2007-03-31
Completion
2007-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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