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A trial of different treatments for women who have ovarian cancer (OCTOVA)

Overview

Cancer types:

Ovarian cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial was for women whose had stopped working.

It was for women with one of the following cancers:

  • ovarian cancer

  • primary peritoneal cancer

  • fallopian tube cancer

These cancers are treated in a similar way. When we use the term ovarian cancer in this summary, we are referring to all 3.

The trial was open for women to join between 2017 and 2020. The team published the results in 2024.

Cancer Research UK supported this trial.

Recruitment start: 9 March 2017

Recruitment end: 10 January 2020

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 Shibani Nicum

Supported by

AstraZeneca

Cancer Research UK

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

University of Oxford

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUKE/15/016.

Last reviewed: 20 December 2024

CRUK internal database number: 13387

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