Drug trial hopes to control deadly spread of eye cancer

NCT ID NCT00421317

Summary

This study tested whether the drug imatinib could help control metastatic ocular melanoma, a serious cancer that starts in the eye and spreads. It involved 13 adult patients whose cancer had spread to other parts of their body. The main goal was to see if the treatment could stop the cancer from getting worse for at least three months.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Centre Francois Baclesse

    Caen, 14076, France

  • Centre Georges-Francois Leclerc

    Dijon, 21079, France

  • Centre Gustave Roussy

    Villejuif, 94805, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire

    Lille, 59035, France

  • Centre Jean Perrin

    Clermont-Ferrand, 63011, France

  • Centre Leon Berard

    Lyon, 69373, France

  • Centre Oscar Lambret

    Lille, 59020, France

  • Centre Paul Strauss

    Strasbourg, 67065, France

  • Centre Val d'Aurelle Paul Lamarque

    Montpellier, 34298, France

  • Hopital Universitaire de Hautepierre

    Strasbourg, 67098, France

  • Institut Claudius Regaud

    Toulouse, 31052, France

  • Institut Curie

    Paris, 75248, France

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