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A trial looking at treating anaemia before surgery for bowel cancer (IVICA)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Colon cancer, Rectal cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 4

Details

This trial compared 2 ways of giving iron supplements to people with a low red blood cell count due to bowel cancer. A low red blood cell count is called anaemia.

Recruitment start: 22 May 2012

Recruitment end: 1 July 2014

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

Mr Austin Acheson

Supported by

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Last reviewed: 12 March 2019

CRUK internal database number: 8741

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