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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:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial is looking at adding other treatments to chemotherapy for bowel cancer that has spread elsewhere in the body. Bowel cancer that has spread is called metastatic or advanced bowel cancer.

The trial is for people who:

  • are due to have chemotherapy

  • have cancer spread to at least 2 different organs in the body

  • can’t have treatment with the aim to cure it

Recruitment start: 1 February 2020

Recruitment end: 5 July 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 Lotte Bakkerus

Supported by

Radboud University Medical Center

Dutch Cancer Foundation

Roche Nederland

Blokker-Verwer Foundation

Last reviewed: 6 July 2025

CRUK internal database number: 16928

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