• CancerBACUP, the cancer information charity, answers any questions about any cancer, by freephone helpline and with full range of written information
  • Allows people affected by cancer and health professionals to search across all the major clinical trial databases both in the UK and in Europe.
  • Produces information on understanding clinical trials
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  • It is the patient information website of Cancer Research UK written specifically for patients and relatives
  • Covers more than 28 cancers in detail
  • The site has a large section explaining clinical trials
  • Searchable database of clinical trials recruiting in the UK, with all trials explained in plain English

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  • Identifies completed controlled trials in cancer
  • contains bibliographic details of more than 25,000 reports of controlled cancer trials
  • Identifies trials that have been included in Cochrane systematic reviews or NICE guideliness
  • Reference source for policy-makers and funders of Phase 3 trials
  • Trials identified by an international network of literature searchers

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  • Free access to the ISRCTN Register - a database of randomised controlled trials with an International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN)
  • Free access to the metaRegister of Controlled Trials (mRCT) an international database combining registers of ongoing randomised controlled trials in all areas of healthcare
  • Both registers are fully searchable

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  • Provides information on NCRI-funded and other high quality Phase 2 and Phase 3 trials and well-designed research
  • Gives eligibility criteria and information on status of trial
  • Searchable by cancer type
  • Gives start/end date of trial

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  • Provides information on Phase 1 and Phase 2 trials
  • Searchable by cancer type
  • Includes patient information sheets
  • Provides eligibility criteria and the location of trial
  • Includes a letter for physicians providing information about the register

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  • Prospective register of UK randomised trials in cancer
  • Includes both ongoing and completed trials
  • information on more than 600 trials
  • Fully searchable by dsease type, trial id, funding body, or by keywords
  • includes objectives, eligibility criteria, recruitment status, accrual information and publication details

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