New pill could help eye cancer patients keep their sight

NCT ID NCT07015190

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This phase 3 trial tests darovasertib, a daily pill, given before standard local therapy (radiation or surgery) for people with uveal melanoma that hasn't spread. The goal is to see if the drug can prevent vision loss and avoid eye removal. About 520 participants will be randomly assigned to receive darovasertib plus standard care or standard care alone.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
Darovasertib (a pill taken by mouth twice daily)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a way to treat uveal melanoma while saving vision and the eye itself, reducing the need for eye removal.
What could go wrong
This is still an experimental drug, and it may not prove better than current standard care. Side effects from darovasertib are possible, and the study is open-label, which can introduce bias.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • AHEPA University General Hospital of Thessaloniki

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Thessaloniki, Thessaloníki, 546 36, Greece

  • ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco - Ospedale Luigi Sacco

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Milan, Milan, 20157, Italy

  • Aarhus Universitetshospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Aarhus, Central Jutland, 8200, Denmark

  • Auckland Eye

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Auckland, Auckland, 1050, New Zealand

  • Augusta Health, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Fishersville, Virginia, 22939, United States

  • Austin Retina Associates - Central

    RECRUITING

    Austin, Texas, 78705, United States

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi

    RECRUITING

    Florence, Tuscany, 50134, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia - Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Perugia, Perugia, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia - Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Pisa, 56124, Italy

  • CHU de Nice-Hôpital Pasteur

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, 6000, France

  • CHU de Rennes - Hôpital Pontchaillou

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, 35000, France

  • Centre Hospitalier National D'ophtalmologie Des Quinze Vingts

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Paris, 75571, France

  • Centre Retine Gallien - Bordeaux

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Bordeaux, Gironde, 33000, France

  • Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Berlin, 12203, Germany

  • Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool - NWCRN - PPDS

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 4JY, United Kingdom

  • Clinica Universidad Navarra

    RECRUITING

    Pamplona, Navarre, 31008, Spain

  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc - PPDS

    RECRUITING

    Brussels, 1200, Belgium

  • Cole Eye Institute-9500 Euclid Ave

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • Cross Cancer Institute

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1Z2, Canada

  • East Tallinn Central Hospital-Pärnu road 104

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Tallinn, Harju, 11312, Estonia

  • Erasmus MC

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Rotterdam, South Holland, 3015 GD, Netherlands

  • Fakultna nemocnica s poliklinikou F. D. Roosevelta

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Banská Bystrica, 975 17, Slovakia

  • Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli - Rome - PPDS

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Rome, 168, Italy

  • Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Greenslopes, Queensland, QLD 4120, Australia

  • Hadassah Medical Center - PPDS

    RECRUITING

    Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel

  • Hautklinik Erlangen

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Erlangen, Bavaria, 91054, Germany

  • Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

    RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago

    RECRUITING

    Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, 15706, Spain

  • Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valladolid

    RECRUITING

    Valladolid, Valladolid, 47003, Spain

  • Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe de Valencia

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Valencia, Valencia, 46026, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena

    RECRUITING

    Seville, 41009, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 8907, Spain

  • Institut Curie - Hôpital de Paris

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Paris, Paris, 75248, France

  • Institute of Oncology Ljubljana

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Ljubljana, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia

  • Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Giovanni Pascale

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Naples, Campania, 80131, Italy

  • Jefferson Health Honickman Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

  • Jules Stein Eye Institute

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Los Angeles, California, 90024, United States

  • Kaiser Permanente-Riverside Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Riverside, California, 92505-3043, United States

  • LKH-Universitätsklinikum Graz

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Graz, 8036, Austria

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Mayo Clinic - PPDS

    RECRUITING

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

  • Mayo Clinic Jacksonville

    RECRUITING

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32224, United States

  • Mayo Clinic Scottsdale - PPDS

    RECRUITING

    Scottsdale, Arizona, 85259, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - 1275 York Ave

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10065-6635, United States

  • Moffit Cancer Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

  • Northwell Health Cancer Institute

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 11042, United States

  • Ohio State Eye and Ear Institute

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Columbus, Ohio, 43212, United States

  • PAGNI-University General Hospital of Heraklion

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Heraklion, Irakleio, 715 00, Greece

  • Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

    RECRUITING

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada

  • Retina Consultants of Oklahoma

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73112, United States

  • Retina Consultants of Texas - (Houston)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Houston, Texas, 77030-2727, United States

  • Rigshospitalet

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Copenhagen O, Capital, 2100, Denmark

  • SCRI Oncology Partners

    RECRUITING

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States

  • Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center

    RECRUITING

    Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

  • Städtisches Klinikum Dessau

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, 6847, Germany

  • TIERING Percentiles

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68105, United States

  • Texas Retina Associates - Dallas

    RECRUITING

    Dallas, Texas, 75231, United States

  • The Alfred Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia

  • The Cancer and Hematology Centers of West Michigan (CHCWM)

    RECRUITING

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States

  • The Chaim Sheba Medical Center - PPDS

    RECRUITING

    Ramat Gan, Central District, 5262100, Israel

  • The Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre (Westmead Hospital), NSW 214

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia

  • The Melanoma and Skin Cancer Institute

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Englewood, Colorado, 80113-2791, United States

  • The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Woodville South, South Australia, 5011, Australia

  • UCSD Moores Cancer Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    La Jolla, California, 92093, United States

  • UCSF Wayne and Gladys Valley Center for Vision

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    San Francisco, California, 94143, United States

  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States

  • USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States

  • USF Health Eye Institute

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Tampa, Florida, 33612-6601, United States

  • UZ Leuven - PPDS

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Leuven, 3000, Belgium

  • University College Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    London, NW1 2BU, United Kingdom

  • University General Hospital of Larissa

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Larissa, Larissa, 41 110, Greece

  • University of California Irvine Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Orange, California, 92868, United States

  • University of Colorado Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-5323 Harry Hines Blvd

    RECRUITING

    Dallas, Texas, 75390-9057, United States

  • University of Wisconsin Health

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53705-3644, United States

  • Universitätsklinikum AKH Wien

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Vienna, 1090, Austria

  • Universitätsklinikum Bonn

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Bonn, 53127, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Essen

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 45147, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg - Marburg (UKGM)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Marburg, 35043, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Innsbruck

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Innsbruck, 6020, Austria

  • Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Lübeck, 23562, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Tübingen

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, 72076, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Ulm

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Ulm, Baden-Wurttemberg, 89075, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Würzburg

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Würzburg, 97080, Germany

  • Universitätsspital Basel

    RECRUITING

    Basel, 4031, Switzerland

  • Universitätsspital Zürich

    RECRUITING

    Zurich, 8091, Switzerland

  • Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Poznaniu- Dluga 1/2

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Poznan, Greater Poland Voivodeship, 61-848, Poland

  • Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne w Gdansku - Debinki 7

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Gdansk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, 80-214, Poland

  • Ustredni vojenska nemocnice - Vojenska fakultni nemocnice Praha

    RECRUITING

    Prague, Prague, 169 02, Czechia

  • Vanderbilt Eye Institute

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

  • W Kellogg Eye Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105, United States

  • WIM-PIB, Centralny Szpital Kliniczny MON

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, 04-141, Poland

  • Weston Park Cancer Centre - PPDS

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Sheffield, S10 2TF, United Kingdom

  • Wilmer Eye Institute

    RECRUITING

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287-0005, United States

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