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. 2020 Sep 19;12(9):2679. doi: 10.3390/cancers12092679

Table 1.

Phase 3 adjuvant therapeutic trials in stage III colorectal cancer. DFS: disease-free survival; OS: overall survival.

First Author Study Name N Year Stage Chemotherapy Duration DFS OS
3–year DFS 5–year DFS HR p 3–year OS 5–year OS HR p
IMPACT [11] IMPACT 652 1982–1989 III FULV 6 months 62% 0.55 < 10−4 76% 0.71 0.02
Surgery alone 44% 64%
Francini et al. [13] 118 1985–1990 III FULV 12 months 69% 0.0025
Surgery alone 43%
O Connell et al. [14] 317 1988–1989 II–III FULV 6 months 74% 0.01
Surgery alone 58%
André et al. [15] 905 1996–1999 II–III LV5FU2 6/9 months 73% 1.04 0.7 86% 1.26 0.18
FULV 6/9 months 72% 88%
Twelves et al. [16] X-ACT 1987 1998–2001 III Capecitabine 6 months 64% 0.87 0.12 81% 0.84 0.07
FULV 6 months 61% 78%
André et al. [4] MOSAIC 2246 1998–2001 II–III FOLFOX 6 months 78% 0.76 0.002 88% 0.90
LV5FU2 6 months 73% 87%
Ychou et al. [23] FNCLCC Accord02 /FFCD9802 400 1998–2002 III FOLFIRI 6 months 51% 1.19 0.22 61% 1.20 0.26
LV5FU2 6 months 60% 67%
Popov et al. [29] PETACC-1 1921 1999 III Raltitrexed 6 months 62% 1.04
FU/LV 6 months 62%
Saltz et al. [22] CALGB 89803 1264 1999–2001 III CPT-11 + FU/LV 8 months 66% 59% 0.85 80% 68% 0.74
FU/LV 8 months 69% 61% 81% 71%
Kuebler et al. [17]
Yothers et al. [18]
NSABP C-07 2409 2000–2002 II–III FLOX 6 months 69% 0.82 0.002 80% 0.88 0.08
FULV 6 months 64% 78% 0.09
Van Cutsem et al. [24] PETACC-3 2094 2000–2002 III FOLFIRI 6 months 57% 0.9 0.1 74%
LV5FU2 6 months 54% 71%
Haller et al. [19] XELOXA 1886 2003–2004 III XELOX 6 months 66% 0.80 0.004 78% 0.87 0.15
FU/FA 6 months 60% 74%
Allegra et al. [20] NSABP C-08 2672 2004–2006 II–III FOLFOX + bevacizumab FOLFOX 6 months
Bevacizumab 1 year
77% 0.89 0.15 82% 0.95 0.56
FOLFOX 6 months 75% 81%
De Gramont et al. [26] AVANT 2867 2004–2007 III FOLFOX
+Bevacizumab
6 months
1 year
73% 1.17 0.07 81% 1.27 0.02
CAPOX + Bevacizumab 6 months
1 year
75% 1.07 0.44 82% 1.15 0.21
FOLFOX 76% 85%
Alberts et al. [21] NCCTG NO147 1863 (KRAS WT) 2004–2009 III FOLFOX + cetuximab 6 months 71% 1.21 0.08 86% 1.25 0.15
FOLFOX 6 months 75% 87%
Taieb et al. [25] PETACC-8 1602 (KRAS WT) 2005–2009 III FOLFOX + cetuximab 6 months 75% 1.05 0.66 88% 1.09 0.56
FOLFOX 6 months 78% 90%
Kerr et al. [27] QUASAR,2 1941 2005–2010 II–III Capecitabine
+Bevacizumab
6 months

1 year
75% 1.06 0.54 87% 1.11 0.33
Capecitabine 6 months 78% 89%
Grothey et al. [7]
Sobrero et al. [33]
IDEA 12834 2007–2015 III FOLFOX/CAPOX 3 months 75% 1.07 0.11 82% 1.02 0.64
FOLFOX/CAPOX 6 months 75% 83%