New drug tested for Tough-to-Treat brain cancers

NCT ID NCT02315326

Summary

This study tested a drug called ibrutinib for adults with lymphoma that starts in or spreads to the brain and spinal cord. The main goals were to find the safest dose of ibrutinib and to see if it helped control the cancer when given alone or with standard chemotherapy. Researchers enrolled 93 adults to measure how well the treatment worked and what side effects it caused.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Montvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Commack, New York, 11725, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Uniondale, New York, 11553, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Harrison, New York, 10604, United States

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