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A trial of chemotherapy and bevacizumab before surgery for rectal cancer (BACCHUS)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Rectal cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial was for people whose rectal cancer had grown into surrounding tissue but hadn’t spread elsewhere in the body.

Cancer Research UK supported this trial.

This trial was open for people to join between 2013 and 2015. The team published the results in 2018.

Recruitment start: 12 April 2013

Recruitment end: 8 September 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 Rob Glynne-Jones

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Roche

University College London (UCL)

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/10/003.

Last reviewed: 24 March 2021

CRUK internal database number: 5093

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