Preoperative Chemoradiotheray for Rectal Cancer

January 8, 2009 updated by: Korean Rectal Cancer Study Group

Role of Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy in Clinically T3No Mid and Low Rectal Cancer : Multi-Institute Clinical Study

Hypothesis

  • Pre operative radio-chemotherapy might be not mandatory to improve local recurrent rate and survival rate in the mid-lower rectal cancer patients with T3N0 clinical stage, if surgical principals were kept.
  • Laparoscopic resection is not inferior to Open surgery in the treatment of rectal cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Unknown

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

It is known that 20-60% of the rectal cancer patients treated with radical resection have the local recurrence. Therefore, chemo-radiotherapy before or after operation have been the standard treatment protocol in the rectal cancer patients to reduce the local recurrence, preserve more surrounding pelvic viscera, improve the prognosis and eventually quality of life. The preoperative chemo-radiotherapy was introduced by the German Rectal Cancer study, which compared pre- and postoperative chemo and radiotherapy. In this study, the authors reported that preoperative chemo-radiotherapy reduced local recurrent rate and 3 or 4 degree toxicity and improved the compliance for treatment. Since the introduction of chemo and radiotherapy in the treatment of rectal cancer, there have been numerous controversies on the guidelines or protocols of chemo-radiotherapy. In 1990, National Institute of Health (NIH) recommended postoperative chemo- radiotherapy to all the pT3 or pN1 rectal cancer patients at the consensus conference. In some studies, they reported that good clinical outcome and low local recurrence rate were obtained by only surgical treatment in the pT3N0 rectal cancer patients with favourable pathological characteristics. They also insisted that the effectiveness of postoperative chemo- radiotherapy was not evident. Gunderson, et al. retrospectively evaluated the five-year survival rate of the pT3N0 patients. They reported that the patients with surgery and chemotherapy showed the similar survival rate with the patients who underwent surgery and postoperative chemo-radiotherapy. National Cancer Data Base showed the similar report. However, there are some problems to apply theses results to the decision of preoperative therapeutic options. Moreover, some papers showed the low local recurrent rate (less than 5%) in the stage II without the supplement therapy, when the TME was precisely performed. All these results present the controversies on the radio-chemotherapy on all the T3N0 patients in terms of the clinical outcomes and the prognosis. In Korea, numerous clinical trials have been performed on the rectal cancer patients, however there has been no clinical study for preoperative chemo- radiotherapy in the T3N0 rectal cancer patients. In this reason, the protocols are different among institutions without unified standard treatment protocol. In this study, the authors compare the accuracy of diagnosis, the functional differences according to the preoperative chemo- radiotherapy, the local recurrent rate and survival rate between the two groups of T3N0 patients; one group with preoperative chemo-radiotherapy vs. the other without. In addition, the authors evaluate the advantage of the laparoscopic surgery, such as an extensive vision, so that laparoscopy can help rectal surgery as well as the surgical outcome.

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

Enrollment

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1160

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Study Locations

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Histologically demonstrated and cytologically evident rectal cancer (Glandular carcinoma: located on 4-12cm from anus), the case without remote metastasis
  • Age: 18-70 years old
  • The patients who did not undergo radiation therapy, surgery or antitumor agent therapy with the same disease medical history
  • The patients with clinical stage of T3N0 identified by ultrasound or MRI
  • Appropriate bone marrow, liver and renal function as follow; granulocyte ≥ 1500, platelet ≥ 80,000, bilirubin < 1.5 mg/dl , Serum Creatinine < 1.5 mg/dl, BUN < 30,
  • The patients who understood the rights to withdraw the agreement at any time and signed on the informed consent form with or without their legal representatives.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Remote metastatic disease
  • When the patient is concerned about the local recurrence if the preoperative chemo-radiation therapy is not undergone, or when the patient expects that the possibility of conservation of sphincter is improved owing to the preoperative chemo-radiotherapy.
  • Pregnancy
  • Radiotherapy, the past history of operation or chemotherapy
  • Familial multiple polyp
  • Uncontrolled psychiatric disorder, chronic alcohol disease or drug addiction and CNS(Central Nervous System) disorder
  • Other malignant disorder
  • After the radiotherapy or the case which remote metastasis is detected during the surgery
  • The case which has splanchnemphraxis or the risk of progression to occlusion during the examination period
  • Those patients who do not agree to participate in this study
  • The patients who seemed to be likely to stop in the middle of clinical study.
  • The patients who cannot undergo the regular follow-up owing to the following reasons. For instance, the patients who have psychologic, social, family or geographic reason or the patients who have difficulties in observing proper follow-up or clinical examination plan. Also, the patient who the doctor considers them as improper subjects of this study

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Active Comparator: Open PCRT group
Patients who underwent preoperative chemoradiotherapy and open resection
Radiation: PCRT
Preoperative chemoradiotherapy
Other Names:
  • preoperative chemoradiotherapy
Experimental: Open no PCRT group
Patients who did not undergo preoperative chemoradiotherapy and open resection
Radiation: PCRT
Preoperative chemoradiotherapy
Other Names:
  • preoperative chemoradiotherapy
Active Comparator: LAP PCRT group
Patients who underwent preoperative chemoradiotherapy and laparoscopic resection
Radiation: PCRT
Preoperative chemoradiotherapy
Other Names:
  • preoperative chemoradiotherapy
Experimental: LAP no PCRT group
Patients who did not undergo preoperative chemoradiotherapy and laparoscopic resection
Radiation: PCRT
Preoperative chemoradiotherapy
Other Names:
  • preoperative chemoradiotherapy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Disease-free survival
Time Frame: 5 year
5 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Overall survival Local recurrence Early or late complication associated with preoperative radiotherapy Quality of life Accuracy of clinical staging Difference of surgical outcome between laparoscopic and open surgery
Time Frame: Up to 2 years
Up to 2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Korean Rectal Cancer Study Group

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Gyu-Seog Choi, M.D., School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

Study Start

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March 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

Primary Completion

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February 1, 2011

Study Completion (Anticipated)

Study Completion

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December 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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January 7, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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January 7, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

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January 9, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

Last Update Posted

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January 12, 2009

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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January 8, 2009

Last Verified

Last Verified

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January 1, 2009

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  • KRCSG1

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