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A study of radioembolisation with Therasphere and chemotherapy for bowel cancer that has spread to the liver (EPOCH)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Cancer spread to the liver, Colon cancer, Rectal cancer, Secondary cancers

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This study is to see if adding radioembolisation to chemotherapy improves treatment for people whose bowel cancer has spread to the liver.

It is open to people who have finished their first combination of chemotherapy for cancer spread to the liver and:

  • whose cancer has continued to grow

  • who can’t have surgery to remove the cancer

Recruitment start: 10 May 2012

Recruitment end: 12 October 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

Prof Ricky Sharma

Supported by

Biocompatibles UK Ltd

Other information

For more information you can watch this video from the EPOCH study team(link is external).

Last reviewed: 11 October 2018

CRUK internal database number: 15280

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