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A trial looking at radiotherapy or ibandronate for pain caused by lung cancer that has spread to the bone (RIB trial)

Overview

Cancer types:

Cancer spread to the bone, Lung cancer, Secondary cancers

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial compared ibandronate with radiotherapy as treatment for pain caused by lung cancer that has spread to the bone. This trial was supported by Cancer Research UK.

Recruitment start: 1 April 2003

Recruitment end: 12 February 2008

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

Prof Peter Hoskin

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Roche

University College London (UCL)

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/02/011.

Last reviewed: 2 February 2012

CRUK internal database number: 12480

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