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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN21284267
Date of registration: 19/08/2002
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Public title: A Pilot Randomised Trial Comparing Short Course Infusional 5-Fluourouracil with 5-Fluorouracil and Leucovorin as Adjuvant Therapy for Resected Colorectal Carcinoma
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Date of first enrolment: 19/08/1993
Target sample size: 0
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN21284267
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial (Not Specified)  
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Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
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Address:  UKCCCR Register Co-ordinator MRC Clinical Trials Unit 222 Euston Road NW1 2DA London United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7670 4723
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Histologically verified adenocarcinoma of colon or rectum, Dukes stages B or C
2. No evidence of residual local disease or metastatic disease as assessed at time of operation, clinical examination, and by ultrasound scanning
3. No past history of malignancy apart from non melanotic carcinoma of the skin or in-situ carcinoma of the cervix
4. No previous chemotherapy
5. Normal bone marrow, renal and liver function
6. Patients must be randomised within 10 weeks of surgery
7. No medical contraindications to treatment

Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration

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Gender: Not Specified
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Colon, Rectum
Cancer
Colorectal
Intervention(s)
1. Regimen A: Continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil over 12 weeks.
2. Regimen B: Folinic acid intravenous bolus injection, followed by 5-fluorouracil intravenous bolus injection given on 5 consecutive days and repeated every 28 days for six cycles
Primary Outcome(s)
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary Outcome(s)
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary ID(s)
SAFFA
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Royal Marsden Hospital (UK)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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