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A trial looking at weekly chemotherapy for ovarian cancer (ICON 8)

Overview

Cancer types:

Ovarian cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial compared chemotherapy every week with chemotherapy every 3 weeks for ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer or primary peritoneal cancer. It was supported by Cancer Research UK.

Recruitment start: 1 June 2011

Recruitment end: 30 November 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

Dr Andrew Clamp

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Medical Research Council (MRC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/10/030.

Last reviewed: 11 January 2018

CRUK internal database number: 6183

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