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A trial looking at capecitabine and radium-223 for advanced breast cancer (CARBON)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer, Cancer spread to the bone, Secondary cancers

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 1/2

Details

This trial looked at capecitabine and a type of internal radiotherapy called radium-223. It was for women with breast cancer that had spread to the bones.

The study was open for people to join between 2016 and 2019. The team published the results in 2022.

Recruitment start: 28 September 2016

Recruitment end: 20 March 2019

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 Janet Brown

Supported by

Bayer

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Yorkshire Cancer Research

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

University of Leeds

University of Sheffield

Last reviewed: 21 February 2023

CRUK internal database number: 13882

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