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A trial to see if the protein ERCC1 affects how non small cell lung cancer responds to different types of chemotherapy

Overview

Cancer types:

Lung cancer, Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial looked at whether chemotherapy without platinum drugs worked better than platinum based chemotherapy for people with lung cancer. It was for people with a non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that had spread (advanced cancer).

Cancer Research UK supported this trial.

Recruitment start: 2 October 2009

Recruitment end: 24 July 2013

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

Prof Siow Ming Lee

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Eli Lilly and Company Limited

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

UCL Cancer Trials Centre

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUKE/08/021.

Last reviewed: 2 April 2017

CRUK internal database number: 2414

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