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A trial looking at imatinib and dasatinib for newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukaemia (SPIRIT 2)

Overview

Cancer types:

Blood cancers, Chronic leukaemia, Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), Leukaemia

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial compared 2 drugs called imatinib and dasatinib for chronic myeloid leukaemia. The trial was for people whose chronic myeloid leukaemia was recently diagnosed in chronic phase.

Recruitment start: 7 August 2008

Recruitment end: 8 March 2013

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 Stephen O'Brien

Supported by

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUKE/09/003.

Last reviewed: 19 October 2015

CRUK internal database number: 3351

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