The overall 5-year survival rate for patients with colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) is still less than 20%. Surgery-based local treatment can achieve no evidence of disease (NED) in CRLM patients, but over 60% of patients experience recurrence even after achieving NED. Even with adjuvant therapy for the 6-month perioperative period after achieving NED, the recurrence rate remains high. Fruquintinib is a selective anti-angiogenic inhibitor that may help reduce tumor recurrence and prolong the time to recurrence and metastasis. The Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO) guidelines have recommended fruquintinib as a third-line therapy for colorectal cancer. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of fruquintinib as a maintenance therapy for patients with advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) who have achieved no evidence of disease (NED) after completing adjuvant chemotherapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
64
Drug: Maintenance treatment regimen: Fruquintinib 5 mg, qd, po, with three weeks of continuous treatment followed by one week of drug discontinuation. Each treatment cycle lasts four weeks. The treatment will be continued for six months, or until tumor recurrence, metastasis, or intolerable drug toxicities occur within six months. Adverse drug reactions that occur during the trial will be graded according to the NCI CTCAE version 5.0 and dose adjustments will be made according to the corresponding rules.
Colorectal Department,SunYat-sen University Cancer Center
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
RECRUITING2-year recurrence and metastasis rate
To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of fruquintinib as maintenance therapy for advanced CRC patients who achieve NED after adjuvant chemotherapy, with the 2-year recurrence and metastasis rate as the primary indicator.
Time frame: 2 years after NED
2-year disease-free survival rate
To evaluate 2-year recurrence-free survival rate, 2-year overall survival rate, recurrence-free survival period in patients accepting fruquintinib maintenance therapy.
Time frame: 2 years after NED
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