Four-Pronged attack tested against aggressive stomach cancers

NCT ID NCT01191697

Summary

This study tested whether combining two chemotherapy drugs with two targeted antibody drugs was safe and effective for people with advanced HER2-positive stomach or esophageal cancer. It involved 37 adults whose cancer had spread and who had not received these specific drugs before. The goal was to see if this four-drug combination could shrink tumors and control the cancer's growth.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

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