First-in-Human cancer pill targets specific gene fault

NCT ID NCT02122913

Summary

This first-in-human study tested the safety and effects of an oral drug called larotrectinib in adults with advanced solid tumors that have a specific genetic change (NTRK fusion). The trial involved 75 patients for whom other effective therapies did not exist. Researchers aimed to find a safe dose and see how the body processes the drug, which is designed to block the faulty gene driving the cancer.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Radiology

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Mass General Cancer Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • OHSU Hospital - Neurology

    Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

  • SCRI Oncology Partners

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States

  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - Texas Medical Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • UCHealth Cancer Center - Anschutz Medical Campus - University of Colorado Cancer Center

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • UH Seidman Cancer Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

  • UPMC Mercy - Oncology

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15219, United States

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