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A trial looking at deforolimus (AP23573) for people with soft tissue sarcoma or bone sarcoma that has spread (SUCCEED)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bone cancer, Children's cancers, Ewing sarcoma, Sarcoma, Soft tissue sarcoma

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial looked at a new drug called deforolimus (also called ridaforolimus) to find out if it could control the growth of a type of cancer called sarcoma. It was for people who had soft tissue sarcoma or osteosarcoma or Ewing sarcoma.

Recruitment start: 25 May 2008

Recruitment end: 31 December 2009

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 Beatrice Seddon

Supported by

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals Inc

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Last reviewed: 11 December 2014

CRUK internal database number: 1343

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