Clinical trial tag: Bowel obstruction

 

Closed trial

EDMONd: A study looking at the elemental diet for women with ovarian cancer and inoperable malignant bowel obstruction

Bowel blockage is a common complication in people with ovarian, peritoneal and bowel cancer as these cancers can grow on the bowel surface. Unfortunately this type of blockage often occurs on many parts of the bowel. This means that surgery often isn't possible and chemotherapy often isn't effective. When a person has a bowel blockage, eating a…

Close up of a woman looking at Target Ovarian Cancer's website on her phone during chemotherapy
Closed trial

CEBOC: A study into the safety of cediranib in the prevention of bowel perforation

The main purpose of conducting the trial is to: determine the safety of combining cediranib, a VEGF inhibitor, with paclitaxel a weekly chemotherapy regime find out how well the treatment works in terms of shrinking the cancer and preventing bowel obstruction. If the cancer responds to this treatment then after the course of paclitaxel…