Combination Chemotherapy Plus Trastuzumab in Treating Patients With Advanced, Recurrent, or Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Colorectal Cancer focused on measuring stage IV colon cancer, stage IV rectal cancer, recurrent colon cancer, recurrent rectal cancer, adenocarcinoma of the colon, adenocarcinoma of the rectum
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed advanced, recurrent, or metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma Resected CNS metastases stable greater than 1 month after completion of radiotherapy for CNS metastases eligible No existing CNS metastases allowed Measurable disease At least 1 dimension as at least 20 mm with conventional techniques OR At least 10 mm with spiral CT scan No truly nonmeasurable lesions: Bone lesions Leptomeningeal disease Lymphangitis cutis/pulmonis Abdominal masses not confirmed and followed by imaging techniques Cystic lesions Must have progressed on at least 1 prior, but no more than 2 prior, fluorouracil and/or irinotecan containing treatment regimens for metastatic colorectal cancer Must have documented HER-2/neu overexpression by immunohistochemistry staining Staining score at least 2+ PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL AST no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal Renal: Creatinine normal OR Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min Cardiovascular: No history of cardiac ischemia or congestive heart failure LVEF at least 50% by ECG or MUGA Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception No concurrent second malignancy except nonmelanoma skin cancers or carcinoma in situ of the cervix unless completed therapy and considered to be at less than 30% risk of relapse PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics No prior platinum containing chemotherapy At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy and recovered No other concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered Surgery: Not specified
Sites / Locations
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Birmingham
- University of California San Diego Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco
- UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
- Lombardi Cancer Center
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- Hematology Oncology Associates of the Quad Cities
- Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Togus
- Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center - University Campus
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis
- University of Minnesota Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Columbia (Truman Memorial)
- Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Buffalo
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus
- Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY
- State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Syracuse
- CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Durham
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
- Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
- Rhode Island Hospital
- University of Tennessee Cancer Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Memphis
- Green Mountain Oncology Group
- Vermont Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - White River Junction
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Richmond
- MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Combination Chemotx
Combination chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer in patients who have disease progression after 5-FU and/or irinotecan-containing therapy