Related Pages Clinical Trial Search NCI's PDQ® registry of cancer clinical trials. Cyclooxygenase (COX) Inhibitors A collection of material about cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors - drugs that are being tested for a variety of therapeutic purposes, including the prevention and treatment of certain cancers. Cancer Prevention Cancer prevention information from the National Cancer Institute, including prevention information for specific cancers.

Current knowledge about aspirin's potential role in cancer prevention comes from a range of clinical trials that are now completed and closed to enrollment. The following link provides a list of such trials drawn from PDQ®, the clinical trials database of the National Cancer Institute.

The list includes not only prevention trials, but also studies of what affect aspirin might have on such cancer-related issues as blood clotting and pain. Findings from these trials may or may not have been published in the medical literature. Aspirin's chemical name is acetylsalicyclic acid.

Closed clinical trials involving aspirin

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