A multicentre randomised phase II clinical trial comparing oxaliplatin (Eloxatin), capecitabine (Xeloda) and pre-operative radiotherapy with or without cetuximab followed by total mesorectal excision for the treatment of patients with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) defined high risk rectal cancer.
Latest Information Update: 12 Jun 2019
At a glance
- Drugs Cetuximab (Primary) ; Capecitabine; Oxaliplatin
- Indications Rectal cancer
- Focus Biomarker; Therapeutic Use
- Acronyms EXPERT-C; EXPERT-RCT
- 11 Oct 2016 Results analysing KRAS mutations in circulating tumour DNA in patients with MRI-defined, high-risk, locally-advanced rectal cancer patients from the EXPERT-C trial, presented at the 41st European Society for Medical Oncology Congress
- 23 May 2016 Results of a pooled analysis from EXPERT and EXPERT-C trials (n=269) published in the Annals of Oncology
- 10 Jul 2015 Results of retrospective analysis published in the Annals of Oncology.