A trial looking at zoledronate or ibandronate for breast cancer that has spread to the bones (ZICE trial)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial compared zoledronate through a drip with ibandronate tablets. The treatment was for bone weakness and bone pain caused by breast cancer that has spread. This trial was supported by Cancer Research UK.

Recruitment start: 13 January 2006

Recruitment end: 4 October 2010

How to join

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Chief investigators

Prof P Barrett-Lee

Dr N Murray

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Roche Products Limited

Velindre NHS Trust

Wales Cancer Trials Unit

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUKE/04/022.

Last reviewed: 8 April 2014

CRUK internal database number: 790

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