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A trial looking at chemotherapy with other treatments for bowel cancer that has spread (ORCHESTRA)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Colon cancer, Rectal cancer, Secondary cancers

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial looked at removing as much of the cancer as possible. It was in people whose cancer had spread to 2 or more organs of the body (metastatic bowel cancer).

The trial was open for people to join between 2013 and 2023. The team presented the results at a conference in 2024. They plan to publish the full results in a medical journal in the future. We hope to update this page once more results are available.

Recruitment start: 1 February 2020

Recruitment end: 31 May 2023

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 Henk Verheul

Dr Cornelis Verhoef

Supported by

Radboud University Medical Center

Dutch Cancer Foundation

Roche Nederland

Blokker-Verwer Foundation

Erasmus MC Cancer Institute

Last reviewed: 03 Oct 2025

CRUK internal database number: 16928

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