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A trial looking at whether changing the dose of radiotherapy improves swallowing for people with head and neck cancer (DARS)

Overview

Cancer types:

Head and neck cancers

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial looked at different doses of radiotherapy as part of chemoradiotherapy to treat throat (pharyngeal) cancer.

The trial was supported by Cancer Research UK. It was open for people to join between 2016 and 2018. The team published the results in 2023.

Recruitment start: 20 May 2016

Recruitment end: 27 April 2018

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 Christopher Nutting

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Institute of Cancer Research (ICR)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Cancer Trials Ireland

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/14/014.

Last reviewed: 5 September 2024

CRUK internal database number: 12056

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