New trial aims to boost colon cancer treatment by giving chemo before surgery
NCT ID NCT06107920
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This Phase 3 trial tests whether giving chemotherapy before surgery (neoadjuvant) helps patients with obstructive colon cancer complete their full treatment plan. About 232 adults with stable microsatellite tumors will be randomly assigned to standard care or the new sequence. The goal is to see if more patients can finish all planned chemo and surgery, potentially improving outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- chemotherapy (drugs given before surgery)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help more patients with blocked colon cancer receive full treatment, potentially improving survival and reducing recurrence.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 3 trial, but results are not yet known. Chemotherapy before surgery may cause side effects, and not all patients may benefit. The study is limited to specific tumor types.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 232 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2024
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2031
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years * ECOG performance status 0 or 1 * Patients with obstructive colon cancer treated by defunctioning stoma * Pathologically confirmed adenocarcinoma (≥10 cm from the anal verge- left transverse colon) - MSS/pMMR (microsatellites stable primary tumor) status * Patient requiring colectomy * Laboratory data including : White blood cell count ≥ 3.109 /L with Neutrophils ≥ 1,5.109 / L, Platelet count ≥ 100.109 / L, Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL (5,6 mmol/L), Total bilirubin ≤ 1,5 x ULN (upper limit of normal), ASAT and ALAT ≤ 2,5 x ULN, Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 1,5 x ULN, Serum creatinine ≤ 1,5 x ULN (performed 10-15 days prior to randomization). * Non metastatic colon cancer (lung, liver, peritoneal) on thoracic-abdomino-pelvis CT scan * Absence of synchronous colorectal cancer * No prior chemotherapy or abdominal or pelvic irradiation * No history of colorectal cancer * No serious medical co-morbidity : uncontrolled inflammatory bowel disease, uncontrolled angina, recent \[within the past 6 months\] myocardial infarction, or another serious medical condition, judged to compromise ability to tolerate chemotherapy and/or surgery * Women of childbearing potential with effective contraception will be required during chemotherapy treatment and for 6 months after cessation of chemotherapy treatment and a negative blood pregnancy test by beta-HCG at inclusion. * Women surgically sterile (absence of ovaries and/or uterus) * Postmenopausal women: confirmation diagnostic (non-medically induced amenorrhea for at least 12 months prior to the inclusion visit) * For men participating in the study, contraception is required during the trial and for 6 months after stopping chemotherapy treatment. * Patient able to comply with the study protocol, in the investigator's judgment * Patient affiliated with, or beneficiary of a social security (national health insurance) category * Person informed and having signed his consent Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindication to colectomy and/or anesthesia * Rectal cancer located within 10 cm of the anal verge by endoscopy or under the peritoneal reflection at surgery * Patient having received radiation therapy prior to surgery * Metastatic spread at baseline assessment (lung, liver, peritoneal) * History or current evidence on physical examination of central nervous system disease or; Peripheral neuropathy ≥ grade 1 * Contraindication to study neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatments * Presence of inflammatory bowel disease, HNPCC syndrome or polyposis Clinically relevant coronary artery disease or history of myocardial infarction in the last 6 months, or high risk of uncontrolled arrhythmia * Uracilemia ≥ 150 ng/ml (suggestive of complete DPD deficiency) * Medical, geographical, sociological, psychological or legal conditions that would not permit the patient to complete the study or sign informed consent * Any significant disease, which, in the investigator's opinion, would exclude the patient from the study. * Patient is a pregnant (positive blood pregnancy test) or breastfeeding (lactating) woman or intending to become pregnant during the study and for at least 6 months after the treatment termination * Person deprived of liberty by administrative or judicial decision or placed under judicial protection (guardianship or supervision) * Simultaneous participation in another interventional research
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
28 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Aphm Hopital Nord
RECRUITINGMarseille, 13015, France
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Aphm La Timone
RECRUITINGMarseille, 13005, France
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Aphp Antoine Beclere
RECRUITINGClamart, 92140, France
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Aphp Avicenne
RECRUITINGBobigny, 93000, France
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Aphp Cochin
RECRUITINGParis, 75014, France
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Aphp Georges Pompidou
RECRUITINGParis, 75015, France
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Aphp Kremlin Bicetre
RECRUITINGLe Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94275, France
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Aphp Saint Antoine
RECRUITINGParis, 75012, France
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CHU CAEN
RECRUITINGCaen, 14000, France
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CHU LYON
RECRUITINGPierre-Bénite, 69495, France
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Ch Poissy
RECRUITINGPoissy, 78303, France
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Ch St Denis
RECRUITINGSaint-Denis, 93200, France
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Ch Versailles
RECRUITINGVersailles, 78150, France
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Chr Beauvais
RECRUITINGBeauvais, 60021, France
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Chru Besancon
RECRUITINGBesançon, 25030, France
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Chru Lille
RECRUITINGLille, 59037, France
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Chru Lille
RECRUITINGLille, 59037, France
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Chru Nancy
RECRUITINGNancy, 54511, France
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Chu Amiens
RECRUITINGAmiens, 80054, France
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Chu Colmar
RECRUITINGColmar, 68024, France
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Chu Dijon
RECRUITINGDijon, 21079, France
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Chu Grenoble
RECRUITINGGrenoble, 38043, France
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Chu Limoges
RECRUITINGLimoges, 87042, France
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Chu Nantes
RECRUITINGNantes, 44093, France
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Chu Rouen
RECRUITINGRouen, 76031, France
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Chu Strasbourg
RECRUITINGStrasbourg, 67200, France
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Chu Tours
RECRUITINGTours, 37170, France
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Gh Diaconesses Croix St Simon
RECRUITINGParis, 75960, France
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