A trial comparing different combinations of chemotherapy after surgery for advanced ovarian, primary peritoneal or ovarian cancer (PETROC/OV21)

Overview

Cancer types:

Ovarian cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial looked at giving carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy in different ways to women who have had chemotherapy before surgery. It was for women with:

These cancers are all treated in the same way, so when we use the term ovarian cancer in this summary, we are referring to all 3.

Cancer Research UK supported this trial.

Recruitment start: 1 May 2011

Recruitment end: 12 May 2015

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 Chris Gallagher

Supported by

Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/09/015.

Last reviewed: 23 August 2018

CRUK internal database number: 3871

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