A trial for small cell lung cancer, looking at chemotherapy with or without pravastatin (LungStar)

Overview

Cancer types:

Lung cancer, Small cell lung cancer

Status:

Results

Details

This trial compared chemotherapy with and without a drug called pravastatin, for people with small cell lung cancer (SCLC). It was supported by Cancer Research UK.

Recruitment start: 19 February 2007

Recruitment end: 3 January 2012

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 M.J. Seckl

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/06/009.

Last reviewed: 7 May 2018

CRUK internal database number: 591

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