A trial looking at aspirin and fish oil as a possible way of preventing small growths forming in the bowel (seAFOod)

Please note

This trial is no longer recruiting patients. We hope to add results when they are available.

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial is looking to see if a type of fish oil, on its own or in combination with aspirin, can stop small growths on the bowel lining growing back after being removed. Doctors are keen to remove these small growths () because there is a risk that they may develop into bowel cancer.

Recruitment start: 11 November 2011

Recruitment end: 10 June 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 Mark Hull

Supported by

Clinical Trials Unit of the University of Nottingham

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme

University of Leeds

Last reviewed: 9 June 2016

CRUK internal database number: 7675

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