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A trial looking at vandetanib and fulvestrant for advanced breast cancer that has become resistant to hormone therapy (FURVA)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer, Secondary cancers

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial looked at a drug called vandetanib alongside a type of hormone therapy called fulvestrant.

It was for women who had been through the .

This trial was supported by Cancer Research UK. Women could join between 2015 and 2017. The team published the results in 2023.

You pronounce vandetanib as van-det-a-nib.

Recruitment start: 20 April 2015

Recruitment end: 31 October 2017

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 Mark Beresford

Professor Robert Jones

Supported by

AstraZeneca

Cancer Research UK

NCRI Breast Clinical Studies Group

Velindre NHS Trust

Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/13/029.

Last reviewed: 04 Mar 2026

CRUK internal database number: 11760

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