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A trial looking at adding cetuximab to chemotherapy for bowel cancer that has spread to the liver (New EPOC)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Cancer spread to the liver, Secondary cancers

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial looked at chemotherapy with or without cetuximab for bowel cancer. It was for people whose cancer had spread to the liver and who were suitable for surgery to remove these areas.

Cancer Research UK supported this trial.

Recruitment start: 5 February 2007

Recruitment end: 12 November 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 John Primrose

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/06/031.

Last reviewed: 20 July 2020

CRUK internal database number: 801

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