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A trial looking at ceritinib for people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Overview

Cancer types:

Lung cancer, Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial is for people with non small cell lung cancer that has spread to the brain or the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord (the leptomeninges). The tumour must also have a change to a protein called anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK).

Recruitment start: 29 October 2015

Recruitment end: 20 April 2017

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

Dr Joyce Thompson

Supported by

Novartis

Last reviewed: 19 April 2017

CRUK internal database number: 13654

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