# Radiation Therapy With or Without Chemotherapy Before Surgery in Treating Patients With Stage II or Stage III Rectal Cancer

> **NCT00296608** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive** · enrollment: 762 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Colorectal Cancer

## Interventions

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

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00296608
- **Lead sponsor:** Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 1993-04
- **Primary completion:** 2008-08
- **Final completion:** 2008-08
- **Target enrollment:** 762 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2016-05-30


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00296608

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00296608, "Radiation Therapy With or Without Chemotherapy Before Surgery in Treating Patients With Stage II or Stage III Rectal Cancer". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00296608. Licensed CC0.

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