A trial of decitabine and ECF chemotherapy for advanced stomach cancer

Cancer type:

Stomach cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 1

This trial was looking at a drug called decitabine in combination with ECF chemotherapy for advanced stomach cancer.

Doctors often treat cancer of the stomach (gastric cancer) with chemotherapy and surgery. One of the most common types of chemotherapy for stomach cancer is a combination of drugs called ECF. This is epirubicin, cisplatin and fluorouracil (5FU).

In this trial, doctors wanted to see if another drug called decitabine made ECF work better. Decitabine works by changing the activity of some of the genes Open a glossary item in the cancer cells. This may make the cells more sensitive to ECF. Doctors hoped that adding this new drug would make ECF more effective.

The aims of the trial were to find out

  • The best dose of decitabine to give
  • What the side effects were
  • How well decitabine and ECF worked together

Summary of results

Despite attempting to contact the trial team, we have been unable to get any results for this trial.

Recruitment start:

Recruitment end:

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Chief Investigator

Prof Mark Middleton

Supported by

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)
MGI Pharma Inc

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Freephone 0808 800 4040

Last review date

CRUK internal database number:

Oracle - 739

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Over 60,000 cancer patients enrolled on clinical trials in the UK last year.

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