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A trial looking at different treatments for people with oropharyngeal cancer (CompARE)

Overview

Cancer types:

Head and neck cancers, Mouth and oropharyngeal cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial is for people who have intermediate or high risk oropharyngeal cancer. Cancer Research UK supports this trial.

Oropharyngeal cancer is cancer of the middle part of the throat (the oropharynx). The oropharynx includes:

  • the back third of your tongue

  • the soft area at the back of the roof of the mouth (the soft palate)

  • the tonsils and two ridges of tissue in front of and behind the tonsils

  • the back wall of your throat

Recruitment start: 6 July 2015

Recruitment end: 31 January 2024

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 Hisham Mehanna

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

University of Birmingham

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/13/026.

Last reviewed: 31 January 2024

CRUK internal database number: 11757

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