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A trial looking at hormone patches for prostate cancer (PATCH)

Overview

Cancer types:

Prostate cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial is comparing oestrogen patches that stick on the skin with hormone injections for prostate cancer. This trial is supported by Cancer Research UK.

Recruitment start: 7 April 2006

Recruitment end: 10 April 2020

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 Paul Abel

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Imperial College London

Medical Research Council (MRC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

University College London (UCL)

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/06/001.

Last reviewed: 27 Apr 2020

CRUK internal database number: 593

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