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A trial looking at plasma exchange in patients with newly diagnosed myeloma and kidney failure (MERIT)

Overview

Cancer types:

Blood cancers, Myeloma

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial looked at plasma exchange to help treat kidney damage in people with myeloma.

Recruitment start: 5 January 2004

Recruitment end: 23 January 2009

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 Judith Behrens

Dr Gill Gaskin

Supported by

Bloodwise

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Renal Association

UK Myeloma Forum

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/03/004.

Last reviewed: 21 November 2018

CRUK internal database number: 330

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