# Radiation Therapy, Surgery, and Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Rectal Cancer That Can Be Surgically Removed

> **NCT00002523** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC** · enrollment: 1011 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Colorectal Cancer

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** fluorouracil
- **DRUG:** leucovorin calcium
- **PROCEDURE:** conventional surgery
- **RADIATION:** radiation therapy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00002523
- **Lead sponsor:** European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
- **Sponsor class:** NETWORK
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 1993-04
- **Primary completion:** 2003-03
- **Final completion:** 2016-01
- **Target enrollment:** 1011 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2016-09-02


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00002523

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00002523, "Radiation Therapy, Surgery, and Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Rectal Cancer That Can Be Surgically Removed". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-29 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00002523. Licensed CC0.

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