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A trial looking at relieving a blockage caused by bowel cancer with a tube inside the bowel (CReST)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial looked at putting an expanding tube (a stent) inside the bowel instead of having emergency surgery when the bowel was blocked.

Cancer Research UK supported this trial.

Recruitment start: 1 March 2009

Recruitment end: 31 December 2014

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 Jim Hill

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

University of Birmingham

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/08/005.

Last reviewed: 15 February 2017

CRUK internal database number: 1704

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