A trial looking at irosustat to treat advanced womb cancer

This trial compared irosustat with megestrol acetate to treat women with advanced womb cancer or womb cancer that had come back. Womb cancer is sometimes called endometrial or uterine cancer. It was for women who:

• had been through the menopause

• had womb cancer that is sensitive to the female hormone oestrogen (oestrogen receptor positiveor ER positive)

• could not have surgery or radiotherapy