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A study of a test to look for possible return of oesophageal cancer after chemoradiation treatment (CYTOFLOC)

Overview

Cancer types:

Oesophageal cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Other

Details

This study is looking at a test called Cytosponge to see if it can be used to check for cancer of the food pipe (oesophageal cancer) after chemoradiation.

Chemoradiation is a treatment for oesophageal cancer where you have chemotherapy and radiotherapy together.

Cancer Research UK supports this study.

Recruitment start: 13 April 2018

Recruitment end: 30 January 2020

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 Somnath Mukherjee

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

University of Oxford

University of Cambridge

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Last reviewed: 20 Feb 2020

CRUK internal database number: 16026

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