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A trial of apatorsen and chemotherapy for non small cell lung cancer that has spread

Overview

Cancer types:

Lung cancer, Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial is looking at gemcitabine and carboplatin chemotherapy with a new drug called apatorsen for people with non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that has spread. It is for people with a type of NSCLC called squamous cell lung carcinoma. The trial is supported by CRUK.

Recruitment start: 26 July 2014

Recruitment end: 22 December 2016

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 Peter Schmid

Supported by

Barts Cancer Institute

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Oncogenex Pharmaceuticals Inc

Queen Mary University of London

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK number CRUKE/13/014

Last reviewed: 10 March 2017

CRUK internal database number: 10902

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