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A trial looking at measuring circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) and whether it can help doctors decide when to give more treatment (c-TRAK TN)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Other

Details

This trial was done to find out more about levels of ctDNA after treatment for . It also looked at whether pembrolizumab is a useful treatment for people who have ctDNA.

The trial was open for people to join between December 2017 and December 2019. The team published the results in 2023.

Recruitment start: 21 December 2017

Recruitment end: 6 December 2019

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 Nicholas Turner

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Le Cure

Merck, Sharp & Dohme

NIHR Royal Marsden Biomedical Research Centre

The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR)

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUKE/16/024

Last reviewed: 05 Oct 2023

CRUK internal database number: 14957

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