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A trial looking at AEZS 108 for advanced womb cancer

Overview

Cancer types:

Womb (uterine or endometrial) cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial is looking at a new drug called AEZS 108 to treat womb (endometrial) cancer.

If womb cancer has spread to other parts of the body, or has come back after it was first treated, it is called advanced womb cancer. Doctors can use treatments such as chemotherapy for advanced womb cancer. One chemotherapy drug they use is called doxorubicin.

AEZS 108 has 2 parts. One part is doxorubicin. The other is a type of . The hormone helps doxorubicin attach to the cancer cells using certain hormone receptors.

The main aim of this trial is to compare AEZS 108 with doxorubicin to find out which helps women with advanced womb cancer live longer.

Recruitment start: 26 July 2013

Recruitment end: 29 June 2015

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 Hani Gabra

Supported by

Aeterna Zentaris Inc

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Last reviewed: 03 Aug 2015

CRUK internal database number: 11516

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