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A study looking at irosustat to treat advanced breast cancer (IRIS)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This study looked at a new drug called irosustat with another hormone therapy used to treat breast cancer called .

It was for women whose cancer:

  • had spread to the surrounding tissue (locally advanced) or to another part of the body (secondary breast cancer)

  • was (ER positive)

Cancer Research UK supported this study.

Recruitment start: 22 October 2012

Recruitment end: 7 March 2014

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

Professor Carlo Palmieri

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Ipsen

National Institute for Health Research Cancer Research Network (NCRN)

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/11/025.

Last reviewed: 10 October 2017

CRUK internal database number: 8278

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