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A study looking at helping reduce loss of muscle mass in people with bowel cancer (FACILITATE)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Secondary cancers

Status:

Open

Phase:

Other

Details

This study is looking at exercise and diet to help reduce muscle loss in people with advanced bowel cancer.

It is open to people who have bowel cancer that:

  • has spread to another part of the body (advanced bowel cancer) or

  • can’t be removed by surgery

You must also be having treatment at the Belfast City Hospital, Northern Ireland.

Recruitment start: 26 January 2025

Recruitment end: 1 July 2026

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 Vicky Coyle

Supported by

Belfast Health & Social Care Trust

Queen's University Belfast

Last reviewed: 1 May 2025

CRUK internal database number: 19910

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