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Brief Title: Irinotecan/Oxaliplatin/5-Fluorouracil/Leucovorin/Cetuximab As First Line Treatment In Colorectal Cancer
Official Title: A Triplet Combination With Irinotecan Plus Oxaliplatin,Continuous Infusion 5-Fluorouracil And Leucovorin Plus Cetuximab As First Line Treatment In Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. A Pilot Phase II Trial
Study ID: NCT00689624
Brief Summary: This study will evaluate the efficacy of FOLOFOXIRI plus Cetuximab combination in young patients with good performance status with unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer.
Detailed Description: The combination of FOLFOXIRI plus cetuximab is reasonable safe regimen especially for patients with good performance status. The estimated benefit from the combination is greater than the possible risk, especially for the patients who will become resectable after treatment. It will be extremely interesting to evaluate the resectability rate of this specific group of patient with good performance status and unresectable disease when they are treated with all active chemotherapeutic agents and cetuximab
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
University Hospital of Crete, Heraklion, , Greece
Name: John Souglakos, MD
Affiliation: University Hospital of Crete
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR