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A trial looking at preventing bowel cancer with aspirin or resistant starch (CAPP 2)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Colon cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial looked at aspirin and starch to prevent people with a rare condition called HNPCC from developing bowel cancer.

Recruitment start: 1 January 2000

Recruitment end: 31 July 2005

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 Sir John Burn

Supported by

Bayer Corporation

Cancer Research UK

European Union

Medical Research Council (MRC)

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)

Last reviewed: 22 August 2013

CRUK internal database number: 15

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