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A trial looking at low dose cyclophosphamide and nintedanib for ovarian cancer (METRO-BIBF)

Overview

Cancer types:

Ovarian cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial looked at adding nintedanib to cyclophosphamide for ovarian cancer that had come back.

It was open to women who had:

  • ovarian cancer

  • fallopian tube cancer

  • primary peritoneal cancer

Doctors treat these cancers in the same way. When we use the term ovarian cancer in this summary, we are referring to all 3.

This trial was open for women to join between 2014 and 2016. The team published the results in 2020.

Cancer Research UK supported this trial.

Recruitment start: 18 August 2014

Recruitment end: 12 December 2016

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 Marcia Hall

Supported by

Boehringer Ingelheim

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

University College London (UCL)

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUKE/11/024.

Last reviewed: 06 Sept 2021

CRUK internal database number: 8284

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