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A trial looking at whether aspirin can stop cancer coming back after treatment (Add Aspirin)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Breast cancer, Oesophageal cancer, Prostate cancer, Stomach cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial is looking at using aspirin to see if it can help stop cancer coming back after treatment. This trial is open to people who have had an of one of the following

  • Breast cancer

  • Cancer of the food pipe (oesophagus)

  • Stomach cancer

  • Prostate cancer

  • Bowel (colorectal) cancer

This trial is supported by Cancer Research UK.

Recruitment start: 8 October 2015

Recruitment end: 12 July 2024

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 Ruth Langley

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Bayer Pharma AG

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme

TATA Memorial Centre

University College London (UCL)

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/12/033.

Last reviewed: 11 July 2024

CRUK internal database number: 19889

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