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A trial looking at treatment after surgery for kidney cancer (HYDRA)

Overview

Cancer types:

Kidney cancer, Renal cell cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial looked at using the drugs fluorouracil, interleukin 2 and interferon alpha after surgery to see if they could help improve the treatment outcome for kidney cancer. This trial was supported by Cancer Research UK.

Recruitment start: 29 May 1998

Recruitment end: 21 March 2007

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

Mr Michael Aitchinson

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/98/004.

Last reviewed: 20 September 2012

CRUK internal database number: 62

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