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A trial looking at nutritional supplement drinks for people with bowel cancer who are losing weight (POSiCC)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Colon cancer, Rectal cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Other

Details

This trial was done to see if having supplement drinks before surgery for bowel cancer can help people recover more quickly.

Recruitment start: 1 November 2013

Recruitment end: 28 February 2015

How to join

Please note: In order to you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Dr Sorrel Burden

Supported by

British Dietetic Association

Macmillan Cancer Support

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

University of Manchester

Last reviewed: 04 Jun 2019

CRUK internal database number: 9494

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