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A trial of ceritinib for people with advanced non small cell lung cancer who have already had chemotherapy and crizotinib (ASCEND-5)

Overview

Cancer types:

Lung cancer, Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial compared ceritinib with chemotherapy for people with non small cell lung cancer who had already had chemotherapy and crizotinib. It was for people with ALK gene changes (ALK positive cancer).

This trial was open for people to join between 2013 and 2015, and the team published the results in 2017.

Recruitment start: 16 December 2013

Recruitment end: 13 October 2015

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 Samreen Ahmed

Supported by

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Novartis

Last reviewed: 2 August 2020

CRUK internal database number: 11151

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