Overview

Intravenous Compared With Intrahepatic Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Colorectal Cancer Metastatic to the Liver

Status:
Unknown status

Trial end date:
1969-12-31

Target enrollment:

Participant gender:

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of intravenous infusion or intrahepatic infusion of fluorouracil and leucovorin in treating patients with colorectal cancer metastatic to the liver.

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Medical Research Council

Treatments:

Calcium
Fluorouracil
Leucovorin
Levoleucovorin