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A trial of nivolumab, ipilimumab and chemotherapy for oesophageal cancer (CheckMate 648)

Overview

Cancer types:

Oesophageal cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial is for people with advanced cancer of the food pipe (oesophageal cancer). It is open to people with:

  • cancer that has come back (recurrent cancer)

  • advanced cancer that can’t be removed with surgery

  • cancer that has spread elsewhere in the body (metastatic cancer)

Recruitment start: 13 November 2017

Recruitment end: 22 November 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

Dr Ian Chau

Supported by

Bristiol Myers-Squibb

Last reviewed: 28 November 2019

CRUK internal database number: 14911

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