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A trial of gene therapy for cancer in the liver that can be removed with surgery (GDEPT)

Overview

Cancer types:

Liver cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 1

Details

This trial was looking at a type of gene therapy. It was for primary liver cancer or bowel cancer that had spread to the liver. The people taking part were going to have surgery to remove the cancer from their liver.

Recruitment start: 1 February 2002

Recruitment end: 1 December 2003

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 Nick James Professor Daniel Palmer

Supported by

ML Laboratories plc

University of Birmingham

Last reviewed: 12 Jan 2016

CRUK internal database number: 890

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