Radiation Therapy Plus Fluorouracil With or Without Additional Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Primary Anal Cancer

August 23, 2013 updated by: University College London (UCL) Cancer Institute

Second UK Phase III Anal Cancer Trial: A Trial of Chemoradiation and Maintenance Therapy for Patients With Anal Cancer

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known if fluorouracil plus radiation therapy is more effective with or without additional chemotherapy in treating anal cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of fluorouracil plus radiation therapy with or without additional chemotherapy in treating patients who have primary anal cancer.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Compare the response rates in patients with primary epidermoid anal cancer treated with radiotherapy and fluorouracil with either mitomycin or cisplatin and with or without maintenance therapy.
  • Compare local control and prevention or delay of disease dissemination in patients treated with these regimens.

OUTLINE: This is randomized, open-label, multicenter study. Patients are randomized to one of four treatment arms.

All patients undergo radiotherapy daily 5 days a week for 5.5 weeks. All patients also receive fluorouracil IV continuously over days 1-4 and 29-32.

  • Arm I: Patients receive mitomycin IV on day 1.
  • Arm II: Patients receive cisplatin IV on days 1 and 29.
  • Arm III: Patients receive mitomycin as in arm I and maintenance therapy comprising fluorouracil IV continuously over days 1-4 and cisplatin IV on day 1 beginning 4-8 weeks after completion of primary therapy and repeating once 3 weeks later.
  • Arm IV: Patients receive cisplatin as in arm II and maintenance therapy as in arm III.

Patients are followed at 2 months, every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually thereafter.

Peer Reviewed and Funded or Endorsed by Cancer Research UK

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 600 patients (150 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

600

Phase

  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United Kingdom
      • Sheffield, United Kingdom, S1O 2SJ
        • Cancer Research Centre at Weston Park Hospital
    • England
      • Harrow, England, United Kingdom, HA1 3UJ
        • Northwick Park Hospital
      • Ipswich, England, United Kingdom, IP4 5PD
        • Ipswich Hospital
      • Leeds, England, United Kingdom, LS16 6QB
        • Cookridge Hospital
      • London, England, United Kingdom, EC1A 7BE
        • Saint Bartholomew's Hospital
      • London, England, United Kingdom, NW1 2ND
        • Cancer Research UK and University College London Cancer Trials Centre
      • Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom, TS4 3BW
        • James Cook University Hospital
      • Northwood, England, United Kingdom, HA6 2RN
        • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre at Mount Vernon Hospital
      • Nottingham, England, United Kingdom, NG5 1PB
        • Nottingham City Hospital
      • Sutton, England, United Kingdom, SM2 5PT
        • Royal Marsden - Surrey
      • Westcliff-On-Sea, England, United Kingdom, SS0 0RY
        • Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
    • Scotland
      • Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, AB25 2ZN
        • Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
    • Wales
      • Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, CF14 2TL
        • Velindre Cancer Center at Velindre Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed primary epidermoid anal cancer

    • Squamous cell
    • Basaloid
    • Cloacogenic
  • No adenocarcinoma, malignant melanoma, mucoepidermoid carcinoma, lymphoma, or microinvasive anal intraepithelial neoplasia (without evidence of invasive disease) in the anal canal or margin
  • No metastatic disease

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • Not specified

Performance status:

  • 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • WBC greater than 3,000/mm^3
  • Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm^3
  • Hemoglobin greater than 10 g/dL

Hepatic:

  • Liver function tests no greater than 2 times normal

Renal:

  • Glomerular filtration rate at least 50 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

  • No cardiovascular disease
  • No uncontrolled angina pectoris
  • No heart failure
  • No clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias

Other:

  • HIV negative
  • No other significant concurrent illness
  • Not predominately bed-bound or frail
  • No severe sepsis
  • No other prior or concurrent cancer or illness that would preclude study participation

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • Not specified

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • No prior radiotherapy to pelvis

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • No prior therapy for anal cancer

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Recurrence-free survival
Complete response rate at 6 months
Acute toxicity as measured up to 4 weeks after chemoradiation

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Colostomy rate
In field recurrence rate as measured by confirmed disease within radiation therapy field
Cause-specific and overall survival

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University College London (UCL) Cancer Institute

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Roger D. James, MD, Maidstone Hospital

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2001

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 11, 2001

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 26, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

January 27, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 26, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 23, 2013

Last Verified

March 1, 2007

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDR0000068911
  • NCRI-ACT-II
  • EU-20056
  • UKCCCR-ACT-II
  • ISRCTN26715889

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