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This trial examines the feasibility, effectiveness and safety of a combination of radiotherapy (over a period of five weeks) and chemotherapy (with 5-FU or Capecitabine and Oxaliplatin) and 10 fractions of deep regional hyperthermia in patients with primary locally advanced or locally recurrent rectal cancer. Previous pelvic irradiation in case of a local recurrence is not excluded from the trial. The treatment protocol aims on a preoperatively improved tumor regression allowing less aggressive surgery in primary locally advanced rectal cancer and a higher rate of curative resections in heavily pretreated locally recurrent rectal cancers.

Primary endpoint of the trial is the feasibility rate of a multimodal regimen consisting of radiochemotherapy and hyperthermia. Secondary endpoints are local control, survival rates, and toxicity. It is planned to include a total number of 59 patients over a period of 2.5 years.


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NCT number NCT01716949
Study type Interventional
Source University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School
Contact Oliver Ott, MD
Phone ++49(0)9131-85
Email st-studiensekretatiat@uk-erlangen.de
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 1/Phase 2
Start date September 2012
Completion date June 2023

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