Is clarithromycin a potential treatment for cachexia in people with lung cancer?: a feasibility study

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Is clarithromycin a potential treatment for cachexia in people with lung cancer?: a feasibility study

Clarithromycin may improve cachexia and survival in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but adequately controlled data are lacking. This study was undertaken primarily to inform the feasibility and scale of a phase III trial. Eligible consenting patients with stage IV NSCLC and cachexia were to be r...

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Main Authors:	Awan, Sarah, Crosby, Vincent, Potter, Vanessa, Hennig, Ivo, Baldwin, David, Ndlovu, Mehluli, Paradine, Sharon, Wilcock, Andrew
Format:	Article
Published:	Elsevier 2017
Subjects:	Cachexia; Clarithromycin; Macrolide antibiotics; Non-small cell lung cancer
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48254/

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