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A trial looking at ceritinib for people who have cancer with a change in the ALK gene (ASCEND 1)

Overview

Cancer types:

All cancer types, Lung cancer, Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 1

Details

This trial looked at whether ceritinib can stop the growth of cancers that have a change to a gene called ALK.

Recruitment start: 24 January 2011

Recruitment end: 26 July 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

Professor Jeff Evans (UK)

Supported by

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Novartis

Last reviewed: 19 Dec 2017

CRUK internal database number: 7741

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