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. 2012 Aug 15;2012(8):CD005343. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005343.pub3
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