A study looking at high dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplant for prostate cancer that is not responding to hormone therapy (MEL-CAP)

Please note

This trial is no longer recruiting patients. We hope to add results when they are available.

Overview

Cancer types:

Prostate cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This study is looking to see how well high dose melphalan chemotherapy and stem cell transplants treat prostate cancer that is not responding to hormone therapy.

Recruitment start: 21 December 2012

Recruitment end: 31 December 2016

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Dr Jonathan Shamash

Supported by

Barts Health NHS Trust

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Orchid Clinical Trials Group

Last reviewed: 10 January 2017

CRUK internal database number: 9658

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