# Radiation Therapy Plus Chemotherapy Before Surgery With or Without Chemotherapy After Surgery in Treating Patients With Rectal Cancer

> **NCT00002896** · PHASE3 · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **European Institute of Oncology** · enrollment: 774 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Colorectal Cancer

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** chemotherapy
- **DRUG:** fluorouracil
- **DRUG:** leucovorin calcium
- **PROCEDURE:** conventional surgery
- **RADIATION:** low-LET cobalt-60 gamma ray therapy
- **RADIATION:** low-LET photon therapy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00002896
- **Lead sponsor:** European Institute of Oncology
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 1993-09
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** —
- **Target enrollment:** 774 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2013-09-20


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00002896

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00002896, "Radiation Therapy Plus Chemotherapy Before Surgery With or Without Chemotherapy After Surgery in Treating Patients With Rectal Cancer". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00002896. Licensed CC0.

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