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A study looking at curcumin to help prevent bowel cancer or stop it coming back

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Pilot

Details

This study looked at the possibility of giving curcumin capsules to people with bowel cancer or bowel polyps to help prevent bowel cancer developing, or coming back after surgery.

This study was supported by Cancer Research UK.

Recruitment start: 1 August 2009

Recruitment end: 1 May 2010

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

Prof William Steward

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

National Institute for Health Research Cancer Research Network (NCRN)

St Mark's Hospital

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/07/034.

Last reviewed: 15 January 2014

CRUK internal database number: 800

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