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A trial looking at pegylated interferon for polycythaemia vera and essential thrombocythaemia (Pegasys)

Overview

Cancer types:

Blood cancers, Polycythaemia, Thrombocythaemia

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial compared a pegylated interferon with hydroxyurea. It was for polycythaemia vera and essential thrombocythaemia.

The trial was supported by Cancer Research UK. It was open for people to join between 2011 and 2016. The research team published the results in 2022.

Recruitment start: 1 September 2011

Recruitment end: 30 June 2016

How to join

Please note: In order to you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Claire Harrison

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Mario Negri (IRCCS)

Myeloproliferative Disorders Research Consortium (USA)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Roche

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/11/048.

Last reviewed: 29 Nov 2022

CRUK internal database number: 8124

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