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A trial to see if olaparib can reduce the risk of breast cancer coming back after treatment (OLYMPIA)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial is for people who have had surgery and chemotherapy for triple negative or hormone receptor positive breast cancer.

Breast cancer that doesn’t have receptors for the hormones progesterone and oestrogen, or for the protein , is called triple negative breast cancer.

Breast cancer that has receptors for the hormones oestrogen and progesterone is called hormone receptor positive breast cancer.

Recruitment start: 9 September 2014

Recruitment end: 1 April 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

Professor Andrew Tutt

Supported by

AstraZeneca

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Last reviewed: 11 Apr 2019

CRUK internal database number: 12373

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