Immunotherapy trial aims to stop Melanoma's return after surgery

NCT ID NCT03405155

Summary

This study tested whether the immunotherapy drug nivolumab could help prevent melanoma from returning after surgery. The trial involved 26 patients with stage IIB or IIC melanoma who had their tumors surgically removed. Researchers gave patients nivolumab after surgery to see if it could keep the cancer from coming back or spreading to other parts of the body.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Columbia University

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903, United States

  • Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

  • Univeristy of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

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