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A trial of additional treatment for oesophageal cancer and stomach cancer (PLATFORM)

Overview

Cancer types:

Gastro oesophageal cancer, Oesophageal cancer, Stomach cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial is looking at giving more treatment after first treatment for oesophageal cancer and stomach cancer that can’t be removed by surgery. It is open to people with

  • Cancer of the food pipe (oesophageal cancer)

  • Cancer where the food pipe meets the stomach (gastro oesophageal junction cancer)

  • Stomach cancer

As well as the above, the cancer has spread into the nearby tissue or to another part of the body.

Recruitment start: 1 February 2015

Recruitment end: 7 March 2024

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 Cunningham

Supported by

Clovis Oncology Inc

Eli Lilly and Company Limited

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

MedImmune LLC (wholly-owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca)

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Last reviewed: 19 March 2024

CRUK internal database number: 11683

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