Clinical trial tag: Stage IV

 

A female ovarian cancer researcher wearing a headscarf, purple gloves and a lab coat using equipment
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VALTIVE 1: A trial of a new blood test to find out which patients are responding to bevacizumab

In this study, researchers want to test a new blood test that they have developed which can tell doctors if a person is responding to the drug bevacizumab.Bevacizumab is a type of targeted therapy that works by blocking a growth factor (like a hormone) that makes blood vessels. This growth factor is called VEGF. By blocking VEGF, some cancers in so…

A woman with ovarian cancer smiling wearing a black head scarf and a black top

UKP3BEP: A trial of BEP chemotherapy in metastatic germ cell tumours

Germ cells are cells in the body that develop into sperm or eggs. Cancerous tumours can develop from these germ cells. This trial is looking at a number of different germ cell tumours, this summary, however, focuses only on ovarian germ cell tumours in adult women. The current standard treatment for germ cell tumours is a combination of chemotherap…