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A trial of AZD5363 with paclitaxel for advanced breast cancer (BEECH)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 1/2

Details

This trial is looking at a drug called AZD5363 alongside paclitaxel for breast cancer that has spread into surrounding tissue or to another part of the body.

Doctors often use a chemotherapy drug called paclitaxel (Taxol) to treat breast cancer that has spread. But researchers are looking for ways to improve treatment. In this trial, they are looking at a drug called AZD5363.

Recruitment start: 1 October 2013

Recruitment end: 22 February 2016

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 Nicholas Turner

Supported by

AstraZeneca

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Last reviewed: 17 March 2016

CRUK internal database number: 10683

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