Old HIV drug gets new shot at fighting cancer

NCT ID NCT03077451

Summary

This study tested whether nelfinavir, a medication originally developed for HIV, could help treat Kaposi sarcoma skin cancer. Researchers gave 36 participants with Kaposi sarcoma increasing doses of the drug to see if it could shrink their tumors. The trial measured how many people responded to treatment and monitored side effects of the higher doses.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • African Cancer Institute, Stellenbosch University

    Cape Town, South Africa

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98101, United States

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Emory University/Grady Hospital

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30308, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Montefiore Medical Center

    The Bronx, New York, 10461, United States

  • Ohio State University

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21231-2410, United States

  • Uganda Cancer Institute

    Kampala, Uganda

  • University of Miami

    Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

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