5-Fluorouracil/Leucovorin (5FU/LV) in Combination With Regorafenib in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Randomized Phase II Trial of 5-Fluorouracil/Leucovorin (5FU/LV) in Combination With Regorafenib in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Who can join
As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.
- Age
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Compensation
- Not stated
Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.
What to expect
No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.
What participation involves
Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.
- Compensation
- Not stated
- Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
- Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
- Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
- Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.
About this study
In plain language
This study tests how well 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin (5FU/LV) plus regorafenib works and how safe it is compared with trifluridine-tipiracil plus bevacizumab. It is for adults with colon or rectal cancer that has spread and whose second round of treatment has failed. Patients are placed into a treatment group by chance.
This is a non-inferiority randomized phase II trial investigating the efficacy and safety of 5FU/LV in combination with regorafenib for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer in the third-line setting. Patients will be randomly assigned in a 2:1 ratio between 5FU/LV combined with regorafenib or trifluridine-tipiracil (FTD-TPI) plus bevacizumab. Arm 1 (Treatment Arm) will consist of the 5FU/LV administered to 38 patients as (LV \[400 mg/m² IV over 120 minutes\], followed by 5FU \[400 mg/m² IV bolus then 2400 mg/m² IV infusion over 46 hours\] in 2-week cycles) and regorafenib will be administered dose of 80-120 mg per day with weekly 40 mg per day increases to a maximum of 120 mg per day for 3 weeks on /1 week off until disease progression, up to 12 cycles of treatment. Arm 2 (Control Arm) received by an additional 19 patients, will be given as FTD-TPI, administered orally, BID, at a starting dose of 35 mg/m2 of body-surface area, on days 1 through 5 and on days 8 through 12 every 28 days. Bevacizumab, at a dose of 5 mg per kilogram of body weight, will be administered intravenously on days 1 and 15. The 28-day treatment cycle continued until disease progression or unacceptable toxic effects occurred or consent was withdrawn, up to 12 cycles of treatment.
Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.
Eligibility
Who can join
- Be at least 18 years old.
- Have colon or rectal cancer that has spread, confirmed by tissue or cell tests, and have failed second-line treatment.
- Have at least one tumor that can be measured.
- Be able to care for yourself and be out of bed or a chair for at least half of your waking hours.
- Be expected by the study doctor to live at least 6 months.
- Have blood counts, liver, kidney, and blood-clotting tests that meet study limits. Blood transfusions cannot be used to meet the blood count limits.
- If able to become pregnant, have a negative blood pregnancy test within 7 days before treatment. Anyone able to have a child must use approved birth control from signing consent until at least 2 months after the last dose.
- Be able to understand and sign the consent form and swallow and keep down pills.
Who can't join
- Blood counts or liver, kidney, or blood-clotting tests outside study limits; kidney failure needing dialysis; or other unsafe test results.
- Pregnancy, breastfeeding, or a known or suspected allergy to a study drug or its ingredients.
- Serious or uncontrolled heart problems or high blood pressure; a heart attack, stroke, or blood clot within 6 months; a bleeding disorder; or severe bleeding within 4 weeks.
- Ongoing or long-term constipation, or a blocked bowel or hard stool blockage within 6 months; an unhealed wound, sore, or broken bone; or major surgery or serious injury within 28 days before treatment.
- A history of or uncontrolled hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or HIV; a serious ongoing infection; or recent receipt of a live vaccine or close contact with someone who received one. Some flu vaccines are allowed.
- Cancer that has spread to the brain or its lining and causes symptoms; fluid around the lungs or in the belly that makes breathing hard; or another current or recent cancer, with some exceptions for cured or low-risk cancers.
- An experimental drug or study treatment within 30 days, or previous treatment assignment in this study. People who permanently left this study cannot rejoin.
- Substance abuse or medical, mental health, or social problems that could interfere with the study, or any condition the study doctor believes makes joining unsafe or unsuitable.
Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.
Official eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Male or female ≥18 years of age. 2. Histopathological or cytologically confirmed metastatic CRC. 3. Failed second-line therapy for metastatic disease. 4. A minimum of one measurable disease per RECISTv1.1. 5. ECOG performance status of 0-2. 6. Life expectancy ≥6 months per treating physician or principal investigator. 7. Subjects must be able to understand and be willing to sign the written informed consent form. A signed informed consent form must be appropriately obtained prior to the conduct of any trial-specific procedure. 8. Adequate bone marrow, liver and renal function as assessed by the following laboratory requirements: a. Total bilirubin ≤ 10 x the upper limits of normal (ULN) b. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate amino-transferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 x ULN (≤ 5 x ULN for subjects with liver involvement of their cancer) c. Alkaline phosphatase limit ≤ 2.5 x ULN (≤ 5 x ULN for subjects with liver involvement of their cancer) d. Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x the ULN e. International normalized ratio (INR)/ Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) ≤ 1.5 x ULN. (Subjects who are prophylactically treated with an agent such as warfarin or heparin will be allowed to participate provided that no prior evidence of underlying abnormality in coagulation parameters exists. Close monitoring of at least weekly evaluations will be performed until INR/PTT is stable based on a measurement that is pre-dose as defined by the local standard of care. f. Platelet count ≥100000 /mm3, hemoglobin (Hb) ≥9 g/dL, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1500/mm3. Blood transfusion to meet the inclusion criteria will not be allowed. 9. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test performed within 7 days prior to the start of study drug. Post-menopausal women (defined as no menses for at least 1 year) and surgically sterilized women are not required to undergo a pregnancy test. The definition of adequate contraception will be based on the judgment of the investigator. 10. Subjects (men and women) of childbearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception beginning at the signing of the ICF until at least 2 months after the last dose of study drug as outlined in Appendices 12.2 11. The definition of adequate contraception will be based on the judgment of the principal investigator or a designated associate. 12. Subject must be able to swallow and retain oral medication. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Hematology laboratory values of: 1. Absolute neutrophil count ≤1000 cells/mm3 2. Platelets ≤70,000 cells/mm3 3. Hemoglobin ≤9 g/dL 4. White blood count ≤3000 cells/mm3. 2. Hepatic laboratory values of aspartate transaminase or alanine aminotransferase: <!-- --> 1. \>5 × upper limits of normal (ULN) if the documented history of hepatic metastases; or 2. \>2.5 × ULN if no liver metastases are present. 3. Serum albumin \<5.8 g/dL. 4. Total bilirubin \>10 mg/dL. 5. Prothrombin time (PT) or international normalized ratio (INR) \>1.5 × ULN. Note: Patients receiving therapeutic doses of anticoagulant therapy may be considered eligible if PT and INR are within the acceptable institutional therapeutic limits. 6\. Serum creatinine or serum urea \>1.5 × ULN. 7. Estimated glomerular filtration rate \<50 mL/min. 8. Positive pregnancy test, pregnant, or breastfeeding (female patients only). 9. Any other clinically significant laboratory abnormality that would compromise patient safety or the outcome of the study. 10\. Any clinically significant and/or uncontrolled cardiac-related abnormality that would compromise patient safety or the outcome of the study including, but not limited to: <!-- --> 1. Arrhythmia 2. Bradycardia 3. Tachycardia 4. Symptomatic valvular disease 5. Symptomatic congestive heart failure is classified by New York Heart Association as Class III or IV 6. Unstable angina pectoris. 11. Myocardial infarction within the past 6 months from the consent date. 12. Active bleeding diathesis. 13. Current complaints of persistent constipation or history of chronic constipation, bowel obstruction, or fecaloma within the past 6 months from the consent date. 14\. Known history and/or uncontrolled hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis C antibody, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 or HIV-2 from the consent date. 15\. Active or recent (within 3 years) non-colorectal cancer malignancies, except for low-risk, cured cancers (e.g., squamous or basal cell carcinomas, in situ carcinomas, or others deemed non-significant by the investigator). 16\. Receipt of live, attenuated vaccine (e.g., intranasal influenza, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella) or close contact with someone who has received a live, attenuated vaccine within the past 1 month. Note: Influenza vaccine will be allowed if administered \>21 days. 17\. Receipt of any investigation agent or study treatment within the past 30 days. 18\. Ongoing infection \> Grade 2 NCI-CTCAE V5.0. 19. Symptomatic metastatic brain or meningeal tumors. 20. The presence of a non-healing wound, non-healing ulcer, or bone fracture. 21. Major surgical procedure or significant traumatic injury within 28 days before start of study medication 22. Renal failure that requires hemo-or peritoneal dialysis. <!-- --> 1. Previous assignment to treatment during this study. Subjects permanently withdrawn from study participation will not be allowed to re-enter study. 23\. Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic pressure \>140 mm Hg or diastolic pressure \> 90 mm Hg \[NCI-CTCAE V5.0\] on repeated measurement) despite optimal medical management. 24\. Any hemorrhage or bleeding event ≥ NCI CTCAE Grade 3 within 4 weeks prior to start of study medication. 25\. Subjects with thrombotic, embolic, venous, or arterial events, such as cerebrovascular accident (including transient ischemic attacks) deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism within 6 months of start of study treatment within 6 months of informed consent. 26\. Patients with any previously untreated or concurrent cancer that is distinct in primary site or histology except cervical cancer in-situ, treated ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast, curatively treated nonmelanoma skin carcinoma, noninvasive aerodigestive neoplasms, or superficial bladder tumor. Subjects surviving a cancer that was curatively treated and without evidence of disease for more than 3 years before registration are allowed. All cancer treatments must be completed at least 3 years prior to registration. 27\. Pleural effusion or ascites that causes respiratory compromise (≥ NCI-CTCAE V5.0 Grade 2 dyspnea). 28\. Known or suspected allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs, study drug classes, or excipients of the formulations given during the course of this trial. 29\. Any condition which, in the investigator's opinion, makes the subject unsuitable for trial participation. 30\. Substance abuse, medical, psychological or social conditions that may interfere with the subject's participation in the study or evaluation of the study results.
Study sites (1)
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- Houston Methodist Neal Cancer Center · Houston, TX 77030Maen Abdelrahim, MD, PhD, Pharm B · Study contact · 713-441-1240 · mabdelrahim@houstonmethodist.orgAbdullah Esmail, MD · Study contact · AEsmail@houstonmethodist.orgAbdullah Esmail, MD · Sub-investigatorMore trials in Houston