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A trial looking at using antibiotics for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (The CLEAR Trial)

Overview

Cancer types:

Blood cancers, Chronic leukaemia, Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), Leukaemia

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial is looking at using for early chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL).

CLL can develop very slowly. So if you have no symptoms your doctor may not give you any CLL treatment until you do.

Doctors are not sure what causes symptoms to develop. But researchers think this may be linked to . The researchers in this trial want to give a short course of antibiotics to people with early CLL to find out if this might be true.

Recruitment start: 1 July 2011

Recruitment end: 21 January 2015

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 Stephen Devereux

Supported by

Bloodwise

Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Last reviewed: 20 Nov 2015

CRUK internal database number: 7443

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