Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy, Fluorouracil, and Mitomycin C in Treating Patients With Invasive Anal Cancer
Anal Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Anal Cancer focused on measuring stage II anal cancer, stage IIIA anal cancer, stage IIIB anal cancer, basaloid carcinoma of the anus, cloacogenic carcinoma of the anus, squamous cell carcinoma of the anus
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Histologically confirmed carcinoma of the anal canal, including any of the following subtypes:
- Squamous cell
- Basaloid
- Cloacogenic
- Primary invasive disease
T2-4, N0-3 disease
- Clinically positive small inguinal nodes (i.e., < 1 cm in size) must be confirmed by biopsy (preferably fine-needle aspiration) within the past 6 weeks
- Biopsy is not required for enlarged inguinal, perirectal, or pelvic nodes on exam or CT scan that are found to be ≥ 1.0 cm and are considered to be clinically positive
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Zubrod performance status 0-1
- Hemoglobin ≥ 8.0 g/dL (transfusion or other intervention allowed)
- ALT and AST < 3 times upper limit of normal
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,800/mm³
- Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
- Bilirubin < 1.4 mg/dL
- WBC ≥ 3,000/mm³
- INR ≤ 1.5
No known AIDS
- HIV-positive patients without AIDS are eligible
- HIV test required for patients with clinical suspicion of AIDS
- No other invasive malignancy within the past 3 years except for nonmelanomatous skin cancer
No severe, active comorbidity, defined as any of the following:
- Unstable angina and/or congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization within the past 6 months
- Transmural myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
- Acute bacterial or fungal infection requiring IV antibiotics
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation or other respiratory illness requiring hospitalization or precluding study treatment
- Hepatic insufficiency resulting in clinical jaundice and/or coagulation defects
Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, uncompensated heart disease, and/or uncontrolled high blood pressure, that in the opinion of the patient's treating physician, requires an immediate change in management
- Patients may be eligible if appropriate changes in management have resulted in adequate control of the above mentioned conditions
- Other immunocompromised status (e.g., organ transplantation or chronic glucocorticoid use)
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
- No prior radiation therapy to the pelvis that would result in overlap of radiation therapy fields
- No prior systemic chemotherapy for cancer of the anus
- No prior surgery for cancer of the anus that removed all macroscopic anal cancer
- No concurrent sargramostim (GM-CSF)
- No concurrent amifostine
Sites / Locations
- Arizona Oncology - Tucson
- Auburn Radiation Oncology
- Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center - Burbank
- Radiation Oncology Centers - Cameron Park
- Mercy Cancer Center at Mercy San Juan Medical Center
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
- Radiation Oncology Center - Roseville
- Radiological Associates of Sacramento Medical Group, Incorporated
- Mercy General Hospital
- Solano Radiation Oncology Center
- University of Colorado Cancer Center at UC Health Sciences Center
- Penrose Cancer Center at Penrose Hospital
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver
- St. Mary - Corwin Regional Medical Center
- Tunnell Cancer Center at Beebe Medical Center
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
- Eugene M. and Christine E. Lynn Cancer Institute at Boca Raton Community Hospital
- Michael and Dianne Bienes Comprehensive Cancer Center at Holy Cross Hospital
- Integrated Community Oncology Network
- Baptist Cancer Institute - Jacksonville
- Integrated Community Oncology Network at Southside Cancer Center
- Baptist Medical Center South
- Ella Milbank Foshay Cancer Center at Jupiter Medical Center
- CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Florida Oncology Associates
- Florida Cancer Center - Palatka
- Bay Medical
- Flagler Cancer Center
- Piedmont Hospital
- Northwest Community Hospital
- St. Joseph Medical Center
- Graham Hospital
- Memorial Hospital
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University
- Eureka Community Hospital
- Galesburg Clinic, PC
- Galesburg Cottage Hospital
- InterCommunity Cancer Center of Western Illinois
- Mason District Hospital
- Hopedale Medical Complex
- Kewanee Hospital
- McDonough District Hospital
- Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center at Loyola University Medical Center
- BroMenn Regional Medical Center
- Community Cancer Center
- Community Hospital of Ottawa
- Oncology Hematology Associates of Central Illinois, PC - Ottawa
- Cancer Treatment Center at Pekin Hospital
- OSF St. Francis Medical Center
- CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association
- Oncology Hematology Associates of Central Illinois, PC - Peoria
- Methodist Medical Center of Illinois
- Illinois Valley Community Hospital
- Perry Memorial Hospital
- St. Margaret's Hospital
- Valley Cancer Center
- Cancer Institute at St. John's Hospital
- St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers - Beech Grove Campus
- Methodist Cancer Center at Methodist Hospital
- Central Indiana Cancer Centers - East
- St. Vincent Oncology Center
- Reid Hospital & Health Care Services
- Kansas City Cancer Centers - Southwest
- Greenebaum Cancer Center at University of Maryland Medical Center
- Union Hospital Cancer Program at Union Hospital
- Boston University Cancer Research Center
- Saint Joseph Mercy Cancer Center
- CCOP - Michigan Cancer Research Consortium
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Oakwood Cancer Center at Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited - Escanaba
- Genesys Hurley Cancer Institute
- Hurley Medical Center
- Van Elslander Cancer Center at St. John Hospital and Medical Center
- Dickinson County Healthcare System
- Foote Memorial Hospital
- Borgess Medical Center
- West Michigan Cancer Center
- Bronson Methodist Hospital
- Sparrow Regional Cancer Center
- St. Mary Mercy Hospital
- St. Joseph Mercy Oakland
- Mercy Regional Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital
- Seton Cancer Institute at Saint Mary's - Saginaw
- St. John Macomb Hospital
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- CCOP - Kansas City
- Kansas City Cancer Centers - South
- Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital - Saint Louis
- Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital - St. Peters
- CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks
- St. John's Regional Health Center
- Hulston Cancer Center at Cox Medical Center South
- Kingsbury Center for Cancer Care at Cheshire Medical Center
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey at Cooper University Hospital - Camden
- Monmouth Medical Center
- Fox Chase Virtua Health Cancer Program at Virtua Memorial Hospital Marlton
- Frederick R. and Betty M. Smith Cancer Treatment Center
- Franklin & Edith Scarpa Regional Cancer Center at South Jersey Healthcare
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey at Cooper - Voorhees
- New Mexico Cancer Center
- CCOP - Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York
- James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center
- Presbyterian Cancer Center at Presbyterian Hospital
- Wayne Memorial Hospital, Incorporated
- Wayne Radiation Oncology
- Wilmed Radiation Oncology Services
- McDowell Cancer Center at Akron General Medical Center
- Summa Center for Cancer Care at Akron City Hospital
- Charles M. Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital
- Grandview Hospital
- Good Samaritan Hospital
- David L. Rike Cancer Center at Miami Valley Hospital
- Samaritan North Cancer Care Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton
- CCOP - Dayton
- Blanchard Valley Medical Associates
- Middletown Regional Hospital
- Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital
- Cancer Research UK Medical Oncology Unit at Churchill Hospital & Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine - Oxford
- UVMC Cancer Care Center at Upper Valley Medical Center
- Precision Radiotherapy at University Pointe
- Cancer Treatment Center
- Ruth G. McMillan Cancer Center at Greene Memorial Hospital
- Willamette Valley Cancer Center - Eugene
- St. Luke's Cancer Network at St. Luke's Hospital
- Bryn Mawr Hospital
- Delaware County Regional Cancer Center at Delaware County Memorial Hospital
- Cancer Center of Paoli Memorial Hospital
- Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia
- Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia
- Frankford Hospital Cancer Center - Torresdale Campus
- Albert Einstein Cancer Center
- McGlinn Family Regional Cancer Center at Reading Hospital and Medical Center
- CCOP - MainLine Health
- Lankenau Cancer Center at Lankenau Hospital
- Christine LaGuardia Phillips Cancer Center at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center
- Medical City Dallas Hospital
- Texas Oncology, PA at Texas Cancer Center Dallas Southwest
- Klabzuba Cancer Center at Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital
- Texas Oncology, PA at Texas Cancer Center - Sherman
- Texas Oncology, PA at Texas Oncology Cancer Center Sugar Land
- American Fork Hospital
- Sandra L. Maxwell Cancer Center
- Jon and Karen Huntsman Cancer Center at Intermountain Medical Center
- Val and Ann Browning Cancer Center at McKay-Dee Hospital Center
- Utah Valley Regional Medical Center - Provo
- Dixie Regional Medical Center - East Campus
- LDS Hospital
- Utah Cancer Specialists at UCS Cancer Center
- Huntsman Cancer Institute at University of Utah
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center - North
- Southwest Virginia Regional Cancer Center at Wellmonth Health
- Harrison Medical Center
- St. Francis Hospital
- Cascade Cancer Center at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center
- CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center
- Schiffler Cancer Center at Wheeling Hospital
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited at St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited at St. Mary's Hospital
- St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center - Green Bay
- St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center
- Bay Area Cancer Care Center at Bay Area Medical Center
- Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited - Oconto Falls
- Green Bay Oncology, Limited - Sturgeon Bay
- Tom Baker Cancer Centre - Calgary
- London Regional Cancer Program at London Health Sciences Centre
- Hopital Notre-Dame du CHUM
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Other
5-FU + Mitomycin + IMRT
5-FU + Mitomycin + IMRT