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Brief Title: Trial of Preoperative Hepatic and Regional Arterial Chemotherapy (PHRAC) to Prevent Postoperative Liver Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer
Official Title: A Prospective,Multi-Center,Randomized Control Trial of Preoperative Hepatic and Regional Arterial Chemotherapy(PHRAC) Using Oxaliplatin, Fluorodeoxyuridine(FUDR) and Mitomycin C(MMC) to Prevent Postoperative Liver Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer
Study ID: NCT00643877
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to investigate whether preoperative hepatic and regional arterial chemotherapy are able to prevent liver metastasis and improve overall survival in patients receiving curative colorectal cancer resection.
Detailed Description: We administered FUDR, MMC and Oxaliplatin as preoperative hepatic and regional arterial chemotherapy (PHRAC) to patients with Stage II or Stage III colorectal cancer without apparent liver metastasis based on a thorough preoperative evaluation. The study endpoints were disease-free survival, overall survival, and liver metastasis-free survival as evaluated by intent-to-treat analysis.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, , China
Name: jianmin xu, MD
Affiliation: department of general surgery, zhongshan hospital, fudan university
Role: STUDY_CHAIR