# Induction Chemotherapy Before or After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy and Surgery for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

> **NCT02363374** · PHASE2 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Prof. Dr. med. Claus Rödel** · enrollment: 311 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Rectal Neoplasms
- Rectal Cancer Stage II
- Rectal Cancer Stage III

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Induction Chemotherapy arm A
- **RADIATION:** Radiation arm A
- **RADIATION:** Radiation arm B
- **DRUG:** Chemotherapy arm B
- **PROCEDURE:** Surgery

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02363374
- **Lead sponsor:** Prof. Dr. med. Claus Rödel
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2015-03-25
- **Primary completion:** 2018-09
- **Final completion:** 2023-06-16
- **Target enrollment:** 311 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2023-12-04

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02363374

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02363374, "Induction Chemotherapy Before or After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy and Surgery for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-16 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02363374. Licensed CC0.

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