Add-Aspirin
Can taking daily aspirin after treatment for cancer stop or delay the cancer from coming back?
Welcome to Add-Aspirin
This website is designed to provide information about the Add-Aspirin Trial, both for people taking part in the trial (participants) and collaborators. Please use the menus at the top of the screen to find out more about the trial.
Add-Aspirin is a large randomised clinical trial, which is taking place in the UK, Republic of Ireland and India. It will recruit 11,000 participants to help find out whether regular aspirin use after treatment for an early stage cancer can prevent the cancer from coming back and preventing deaths.
Congratulations to our top 5 recruiting centres:
- Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
- University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire
- Western General Hospital
- Worcestershire Royal Hospital
- Royal Lancaster Infirmary
*FOR GENERAL AND CLINICAL QUERIES, PLEASE CHECK OUR FAQs*
News
A notice for Participants being randomised in Add-Aspirin from 1st April 2023
Please read here.
New link for site users to access DSMS and Registration/Randomisation Server
Our weblink has been updated. Please use the following link when registering patients (and randomising in ROI/India) and accessing the Drug Supply Management System: https://extapps.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/ctux
New Participant Information Video
To find out more about the Add-Aspirin clinical trial, please watch our video. This video is for UK patients only.
Quick Links
From Monday 16th March 2020, to RANDOMISE a participant from the UK please call +44 (0)20 7670 4925, rather than the usual randomisation line.
To RANDOMISE a participant from Republic of Ireland or India only, please use the 'Register a participant' link above to randomise online. Please make sure to press 'Randomise' once logged in to the server.
Unblind a participant in the UK
Breast
We aim to recruit 4300 individuals who have had surgery to remove an early stage breast cancer.
CURRENT RECRUITMENT STATUS:
OPEN IN INDIA
CLOSED IN THE UK AND ROI
Detailed eligibility criteria available here
Top recruiters: Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai, Western General Hospital, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Churchill Hospital Oxford
PARTICIPANTS REGISTERED: 4296
PARTICIPANTS RANDOMISED: 3650
Colon/Rectum
We aim to to recruit 2700 individuals who have had surgery to remove an early stage bowel cancer.
CURRENT RECRUITMENT STATUS:
OPEN IN INDIA
CLOSED IN THE UK AND ROI
Detailed eligibility criteria available here
Top recruiters: Western General Hospital, St James's University Hospital, Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai, Bristol Haematology & Oncology Centre
PARTICIPANTS REGISTERED: 2755
PARTICIPANTS RANDOMISED: 2321
Gastro
We aim to recruit 1000 individuals who have had surgery or a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy to treat a cancer of the stomach or oesophagus (food pipe).
CURRENT RECRUITMENT STATUS: OPEN IN UK AND INDIA
CLOSED IN THE ROI
Detailed eligibility criteria available here
Top recruiters: Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai, Cancer Institute (WIA), Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital & Research Institute, Christie Hospital
PARTICIPANTS REGISTERED: 801
PARTICIPANTS RANDOMISED: 641
Prostate
We aim to recruit 2200 individuals who have had surgery or radiotherapy to treat an early stage prostate cancer.
CURRENT RECRUITMENT STATUS:
CLOSED
Detailed eligibility criteria available here
Top recruiters: University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire, Darent Valley Hospital, University Hospital of Wales, Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn
PARTICIPANTS REGISTERED: 2198
PARTICIPANTS RANDOMISED: 1897
the trial is being jointly funded by
