1st Line Chemotherapy Alone or With Bevacizumab in Treating Older Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
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ABSTRACT: RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as leucovorin calcium, fluorouracil, irinotecan hydrochloride, and oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Giving bevacizumab together with combination chemotherapy may be a better way to block tumor growth. It is not yet known whether combination chemotherapy is more effective when given together with or without bevacizumab in treating patients with colorectal cancer.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying the side effects of giving bevacizumab together with first-line chemotherapy and to see how well it works in treating older patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
DISEASE(S): Colorectal Cancer,Colorectal Neoplasms
PROVIDER: 2111538 | ecrin-mdr-crc |
REPOSITORIES: ECRIN MDR
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