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A study looking at heparin for blood clots caused by cancer (ALICAT)

Overview

Cancer types:

All cancer types

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This study looked at how long people should be treated with heparin for blood clots caused by cancer. It was for people who had already had heparin to treat their blood clot for about 6 months. They also had cancer that had spread into surrounding tissue, or elsewhere in the body.

Recruitment start: 20 December 2013

Recruitment end: 1 July 2014

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

Dr Simon Noble

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Cardiff University

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme

Last reviewed: 29 Feb 2016

CRUK internal database number: 10700

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