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Study of TAS-102 in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Refractory to Standard Chemotherapies (RECOURSE)

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Taiho Pharma

Status and phase

Completed
Phase 3

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer

Treatments

Drug: TAS-102
Drug: Placebo

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT01607957
TPU-TAS-102-301
2012-000109-66 (EudraCT Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of TAS-102 versus placebo in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer.

Full description

This is a multinational, double-blind, two-arm, parallel, randomized Phase 3 comparison study evaluating the efficacy and safety of TAS-102 versus placebo in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer. Patients will be randomly assigned (2:1) to TAS-102 (experimental arm) or placebo (control arm).

Enrollment

800 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  1. Has provided written informed consent
  2. Has adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum
  3. Has failed at least 2 prior regimens of standard chemotherapies for metastatic colorectal cancer
  4. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1
  5. Is able to take medications orally
  6. Has adequate organ function (bone marrow, kidney and liver)
  7. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test and must agree to adequate birth control if conception is possible. Males must agree to adequate birth control.

Exclusion criteria

  1. Certain serious illnesses or medical condition(s)
  2. Has had certain other recent treatment e.g. major surgery, anticancer therapy, extended field radiation, received investigational agent, within the specified time frames prior to study drug administration
  3. Has received TAS-102
  4. Has unresolved toxicity of greater than or equal to CTCAE Grade 2 attributed to any prior therapies
  5. Is a pregnant or lactating female

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Quadruple Blind

800 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

TAS-102
Experimental group
Treatment:
Drug: TAS-102
Placebo
Placebo Comparator group
Treatment:
Drug: Placebo

Trial contacts and locations

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