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Trial reportTrials2017

Maintenance tegafur-uracil versus observation following an adjuvant oxaliplatin-based regimen in patients with stage III colon cancer after radical resection: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Yung-Sung Yeh, Hsiang-Lin Tsai, Ching-Wen Huang, Po-Li Wei, Yung-Chuan Sung, Hsiu-Chih Tang, Jaw-Yuan Wang

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Trials, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02836977 (Maintenance Tegafur-uracil Versus Observation Following Adjuvant Oxaliplatin-based Regimen in Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer After Radical Resection), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Maintenance Tegafur-uracil Versus Observation Following Adjuvant Oxaliplatin-based Regimen in Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer After Radical Resection

TypeinterventionalSponsorKaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial HospitalRan2016 to 2024Enrolled400ConditionsStage III Colon CancerArmstegafur-uracil
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yung-Sung YehDivision of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Hsiang-Lin TsaiDivision of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Ching-Wen HuangDivision of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Po-Li WeiDivision of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yung-Chuan SungColon and Rectal Surgery, Tainan Sin-Lau Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Hsiu-Chih TangDivision of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jaw-Yuan WangDivision of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. cy614112@ms14.hinet.net.
Kaohsiung Medical University · TWCathay General Hospital · TWSin-Lau Christian Hospital · TWTaipei Medical University Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe conducted a prospective randomized study of an adjuvant oxaliplatin-based regimen plus orally administered tegafur-uracil in patients with stage III colon cancer after radical resection to evaluate the feasibility of this drug combination in cancer clinical outcomes, acute toxicity, disease-free survival (DFS), and overall survival (OS) in Taiwan. METHODS/

designThis is an open-label, randomized, comparative, double-arm, multicenter, phase III study to assess DFS, OS, and safety profiles of the aforementioned drug combination as maintenance therapy for 1 year in patients with stage III colon cancer after radical resection in Taiwan. Following the completion of an adjuvant oxaliplatin-based regimen for 3 weeks with no evident disease recurrence, all eligible patients will be randomly assigned to either arm A (maintenance therapy) or arm B (observation arm) in a 2:1 ratio (364 and 182 patients in the tegafur-uracil and observation groups, respectively). Treatment in arm A will be started within 7 days of randomization. If the patients reported disease recurrence, intolerable toxicity, withdrew consent or the investigator determined that the patient should be withdrawn during the study period, they were withdrawn from the study. If a patient was discontinued from the study, the corresponding data were not reused, and the patient was not allowed to re-enter the study. DISCUSSION: A unique characteristic of this intervention was that the adjuvant chemotherapy with oxaliplatin and tegafur-uracil was anticipated to be safe and has high treatment efficacy, with the advantage of yielding a favorable response rate and tolerable toxicity profile.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, identifier: NCT02836977 . Registered on 18 July 2016.

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ColectomyAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsChemotherapy, AdjuvantClinical ProtocolsColonic NeoplasmsDisease-Free SurvivalDisease ProgressionFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaintenance ChemotherapyMaleAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticOrganoplatinum CompoundsOxaliplatinTegafurOxaliplatinStage III colon cancerTegafur-uracil

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PMID28441966
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