Scientists test unusual drug duo to fight skin cancer

NCT ID NCT03620019

Summary

This study tested whether adding a bone-strengthening drug (denosumab) to a standard immunotherapy could improve the body's ability to fight advanced melanoma. It involved 25 adults with stage III or IV melanoma who had not yet received certain immunotherapies. Researchers took blood and tumor samples to see how the drug combination changed the immune system's attack on cancer.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    Manchester, New Hampshire, 03104, United States

  • UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States

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