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

Overview

Cancer types:

Prostate cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial compared ibandronate with radiotherapy for pain caused by prostate cancer spread to the bone. This trial was supported by Cancer Research UK.

Recruitment start: 1 April 2003

Recruitment end: 27 November 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

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: 31 Jan 2012

CRUK internal database number: 35

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