Trial name or title | CHORUS (Chemotherapy or Upfront Surgery). A randomised feasibility trial to determine the impact of timing of surgery and chemotherapy in newly diagnosed patients with advanced epithelial ovarian, primary peritoneal or fallopian tube carcinoma. ISRCTN number: 74802813 |
Methods | RCT |
Participants | 550 women with stage IIIc/IV epithelial ovarian cancer |
Interventions | Primary surgery then 6 cycles of platinum‐based chemotherapy or 3 cycles of platinum‐based chemotherapy, surgery, then a further 3 cycles of platinum‐based chemotherapy |
Outcomes | OS, PFS, QoL |
Starting date | March 2004 |
Contact information | Professor S. Kehoe sean.kehoe@obs‐gyn.ox.ac.uk |
Notes | www.ctu.mrc.ac.uk/plugins/StudyDisplay/protocols/CHORUS protocol Version 2.0 ‐ 05 June 2008.pdf Expected end date: Jan 2013 |