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A trial comparing trastuzumab emtansine and taxane chemotherapy for advanced cancer of the stomach (GATSBY)

Overview

Cancer types:

Stomach cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2/3

Details

This trial compared trastuzumab emtansine with taxane chemotherapy for cancer of the stomach or cancer where the stomach meets the oesophagus. It was for people whose cancer cells have large amounts of a protein called HER2 (HER2 positive cancer) and had spread.

Recruitment start: 3 September 2012

Recruitment end: 30 June 2015

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 Was Mansoor

Supported by

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Roche

Last reviewed: 22 July 2018

CRUK internal database number: 9724

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