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A trial looking at standard treatment with or without irinotecan for cancer of the rectum (ARISTOTLE)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Rectal cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial is looking at adding irinotecan to the standard treatment for rectal cancer.

It is for people who have cancer that started in the and has spread into the surrounding tissues ().

This trial is supported by Cancer Research UK.

Recruitment start: 22 September 2011

Recruitment end: 29 June 2018

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 David Sebag-Montefiore

Supported by

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 CRUK/08/032.

Last reviewed: 28 Jun 2018

CRUK internal database number: 1006

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