Study Information

Alliance Study ID: CALGB-80702

NCT Study ID (ClinicalTrials.gov): NCT01150045

Alliance Committee: Gastrointestinal Cancer

Disease or Cancer Type: Colorectal / Colon / Rectal Cancer

Alliance Study Chair: Jeffrey Meyerhardt, MD, MPH

Status: COMPLETED


Study Description

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying giving oxaliplatin, leucovorin calcium, and fluorouracil together to compare how well they work when given together with or without celecoxib in treating patients with stage III colon cancer previously treated with surgery.

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as oxaliplatin, leucovorin calcium, and fluorouracil, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Celecoxib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. It is not yet known whether giving oxaliplatin, leucovorin calcium, and fluorouracil is more effective with or without celecoxib in treating colon cancer.

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