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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN53478221
Date of registration: 19/08/2002
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Public title: A randomised study of continuous infusional 5-Fluorouracil (5FU) with or without mitomycin-C in patients with neuroendocrine tumours
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Date of first enrolment: 12/09/1995
Target sample size: 0
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN53478221
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial (Treatment)  
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Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
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Name: David    Cunningham
Address:  Department of Medicine Royal Marsden NHS Trust Downs Road SM2 5PT Sutton United Kingdom
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Histological evidence of neuroendocrine tumours not amenable to surgery or radiotherapy
2. Patients evaluable for response must have bi-dimensionally measurable disease as assessed by chest X-ray or computed tomography (CT) scan
3. This disease must be outside previously irradiated areas

Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration

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Gender: Not Specified
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Neuroendocrine tumours
Cancer
Malignant neoplasm of other endocrine glands and related structures
Intervention(s)
Two arms:
Regimen 1. Protracted venous infusion (PVI) 5FU 300 mg/m2/day over 24 weeks
Regimen 2. PVI 5FU 300 mg/m2/day over 24 weeks Mitomycin-C 7 mg/m2 (total dose must not exceed 56 mg) four courses over 24 weeks
Primary Outcome(s)
1. Response rate
2. Toxicity
3. Time to disease progression
4. Survival
5. Quality of life
Secondary Outcome(s)
No secondary outcome measures
Secondary ID(s)
RMH E/N 1169
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Royal Marsden Hospital (UK)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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