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Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fusobacterium nucleatum, Fn) has been identified as an independent risk factor for recurrence of colorectal cancer. In this study, oral metronidazole would be used to reduce the abundance of Fn in patients with high Fn, so as to explore whether oral metronidazole can improve the efficacy of postoperative chemotherapy in patients with colorectal cancer.


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Gut microbiota are linked to chronic inflammation and carcinogenesis. Chemotherapy failure is the major cause of recurrence and poor prognosis in colorectal cancer patients. Previously in the investigators' research, the investigators find the contribution of gut microbiota to chemoresistance in patients with colorectal cancer. The investigators found that Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn) was abundant in colorectal cancer tissues in patients with recurrence post chemotherapy, and was associated with patient clinicopathological characterisitcs. Furthermore, the investigators' bioinformatic and functional studies demonstrated that Fn promoted colorectal cancer resistance to chemotherapy. Metronidazole has been known to treat with anaerobe infection, including Fusobacterium. So oral metronidazole would be used to reduce the abundance of Fn in patients with high Fn, so as to explore whether oral metronidazole can improve the efficacy of postoperative chemotherapy in patients with colorectal cancer. ;


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NCT number NCT04264676
Study type Interventional
Source Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Contact Jingyuan Fang, MD, PhD
Phone 86-021-58752345
Email jingyuanfang@sjtu.edu.cn
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 2
Start date March 31, 2020
Completion date March 2025

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