New drug combo shows promise for Tough-to-Treat cancers
NCT ID NCT03485209
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 23, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a drug called tisotumab vedotin, alone or with other cancer medicines, in people with advanced colorectal, lung, pancreatic, or head and neck cancers that have stopped responding to standard treatments. About 350 participants receive different dosing schedules to see if the drug shrinks tumors and what side effects occur. The goal is to control the disease, not cure it.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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350 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2018
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Parts A, B, and C * Relapsed, locally-advanced or metastatic colorectal or pancreatic cancer, sqNSCLC, or HNSCC participants who are not candidates for standard therapy. * All participants must have experienced disease progression on or after their most recent systemic therapy. * Colorectal cancer (closed to enrollment): participants must have received prior therapy with each of following agents, if eligible: a fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin, irinotecan, and/or bevacizumab. Participants should have received no more than 3 systemic regimens in the metastatic setting. * sqNSCLC (closed to enrollment): Participants with NSCLC must have predominant squamous histology. Participants must have received prior therapy with a platinum-based treatment and a checkpoint inhibitor (CPI), if eligible. Participants should have received no more than 3 lines of systemic therapy in the metastatic setting. * Participants eligible for a tyrosine kinase inhibitor should have received such therapy. These participants should have received no more than 4 lines of systemic therapy in the metastatic setting. * Exocrine pancreatic adenocarcinoma (closed to enrollment): Participants with exocrine pancreatic adenocarcinoma must have predominant adenocarcinoma histology. Participants must have received prior therapy with a gemcitabine-based or 5FU-based regimen, if eligible, and should have received no more than 1 systemic regimen in the unresectable or metastatic setting. * HNSCC (closed to enrollment): Participants with HNSCC in Part C must have received prior therapy with a platinum-based regimen and/or a checkpoint inhibitor (CPI), if eligible, and must have experienced disease progression following such therapy. Participants should have received no more than 3 systemic lines of therapy in the recurrent or metastatic setting. * Part E * Part E is closed to enrollment. * Participants with HNSCC must have experienced disease progression on or after their most recent systemic therapy. Participants should have received no more than 1 or 2 systemic lines of therapy in the recurrent/metastatic setting as specified below. Participants must have received a platinum-based regimen and a PD-(L)1 inhibitor. * Parts D, F, and G * Part D and F are closed to enrollment. Part G will enroll only participants with HNSCC. * Participants with HNSCC must have received no previous systemic therapy in the recurrent or metastatic disease setting. * Part D only * Participants with NSCLC must have histologically or cytologically documented squamous cell NSCLC and must have received no previous systemic therapy for metastatic disease or radiation therapy to the lung that is \> 30 Gy within 6 months of the first dose of study treatment. * PD-L1 biomarker expression as determined by a PD-L1 IHC assay should be available * Part F only * Participants must have CPS ≥1 by local PD-L1 IHC assay to be eligible for enrollment. Participants must be able to submit a tissue sample for retrospective PD-L1 testing. Tissue may be fresh biopsy or archival, collected within 2 years of Cycle 1 Day 1. * Part G only * Part G cohort was not opened. * Non-EU eligibility criteria: No CPS requirement for the cohort evaluating tisotumab vedotin in combination with pembrolizumab and carboplatin. * EU-specific eligibility criteria: Participants must have a CPS ≥1 by local PD-L1 IHC assay. * Participants must be able to submit a tissue sample for retrospective PD-L1 testing. Tissue may be fresh biopsy or archival, collected within 2 years of Cycle 1 Day 1. * Baseline measurable disease as measured by RECIST v1. 1. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status score of 0 or 1. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants with primary neuroendocrine or sarcomatoid histologies. For HNSCC, participants may not have a primary site of nasopharynx or salivary gland. * Active bleeding conditions * Clinically significant cardiac disease including stable angina, acute myocardial infraction 6 months prior to screening * Ocular surface disease at the time of enrollment (Note: cataract is not considered active ocular surface disease for this protocol) * Other cancer: known past or current malignancy other than inclusion diagnosis. * Uncontrolled tumor-related pain * Inflammatory lung disease. Participants with pulmonary disease are allowed if systemic steroids and long-term oxygen are not required * Peripheral neuropathy greater than or equal to Grade 2 * Active brain metastasis * Ongoing clinically significant toxicity associated with prior treatment (including radiotherapy or surgery). * Part D, F, and G Only: Prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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ALTHAIA, Xarxa Assistencial Universitaria de Manresa.
Manresa, Barcelona, 08243, Spain
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AOU Università degli studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Policlinico di Napoli
Naples, 80131, Italy
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Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Health
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States
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Atrium Health Wake forest Baptist
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States
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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria - Universita della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Naples, 80131, Italy
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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C/O Thomas Ferenez.RPh,BCOP,Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven
New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
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CEPCM/CHU Timone, Batiment 3 -1er etage
Marseille, 13005, France
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CHRU de Besançon- Hopital Jean Minjoz
Besançon, Doubs, 25030, France
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Cancer Care & Hematology - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, Colorado, 80528, United States
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Cancer Care & Hematology - Greeley
Greeley, Colorado, 80634, United States
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Cancer Care & Hematology - Loveland
Loveland, Colorado, 80538, United States
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Cancer Center IDS Pharmacy
Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903, United States
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Clinical Research Facility - Clinical Research Facility
London, London, CITY of, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
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Community Health Network, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46219, United States
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Community Health Network, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46227, United States
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Community Health Network, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46250, United States
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Community Health Network, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46256, United States
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Cross Cancer Institute
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1Z2, Canada
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Duke Cancer Center
Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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Duke Raleigh Hospital
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27609, United States
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Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Emory University Hospital Midtown
Atlanta, Georgia, 30308, United States
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Eye Center of Northern Colorado
Fort Collins, Colorado, 80525, United States
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Eye Center of Northern Colorado
Fort Collins, Colorado, 80528, United States
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Family Focus Eye Care - Gainesville
Gainesville, Florida, 32605, United States
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Family Focus Eye Care - Lake City
Lake City, Florida, 32025, United States
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Farmacia Oncologica c/o Ospedale S.Maria delle Croci-AUSL Romagna
Ravenna, 48121, Italy
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States
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Fundació Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron - Institut de Recerca
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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Fundación Privada Instituto de Investigación Oncológica Vall d'Hebron (hereinafter "VHIO")
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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Gustave Roussy
Villejuif, 94805, France
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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust - Guy's Hospital
London, London, CITY of, Se1 9Rt, United Kingdom
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Guys and St Thomas Hospital
London, Other, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
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Hopital prive du Confluent S.A.S.
Nantes, 44277, France
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Hospital Quiron Salud Barcelona Plaza
Barcelona, 08023, Spain
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Hospital Quironsalud Barcelona Instituto Oncologico Baselga
Barcelona, Catalonia, 08023, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Dexeus - Grupo Quirónsalud
Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
Madrid, 28034, Spain
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Hôpital Foch
Suresnes, 92150, France
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Hôpital Foch Pharmacie - Essais Cliniques
Suresnes, 92150, France
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IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori- IRST S.r.l
Meldola (Fc), Emilia-Romagna, 47014, Italy
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IRST IRCCS - Farmacia Oncologica
Meldola (FC), Forli-cesena, 47014, Italy
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Ingalls Family Care Center (Infusion Center)
Flossmoor, Illinois, 60422, United States
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Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey, Illinois, 60426, United States
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Institut Catala D 'Oncologia-Hospital Germans Trias I Pujol,Servicio de Oncologia Medica
Barcelona, Badalona, 08916, Spain
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Institut Catala d'Oncologia (ICO BADALONA)
Barcelona, 08908, Spain
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Investigational Chemotherapy Service
Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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Investigational Drug Service, Emory University Clinic
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
Milan, MI, 20141, Italy
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Joe Arrington Cancer Research and Treatment Center
Lubbock, Texas, 79410, United States
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John Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baltimore, Maryland, 21231, United States
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John Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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Karmanos Cancer Institute
Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States
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Karmanos Cancer Institute Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center
Farmington Hills, Michigan, 48334, United States
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L'hôpital Privé du Confluent - Pharmacie
Nantes, 44277, France
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LBM UNIBIO Jean Herve Lebras
Tain-l'Hermitage, 26600, France
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Laboratoire Cerballiance Portes Les Valence
Portes-lès-Valence, 26800, France
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Laboratoire Oriade Noviale Medipole
Bourgoin, 38300, France
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Laboratoire Oriade Noviale Tixier
Bourgoin, 38300, France
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Laboratoire Trevoux-Dyomedea Neolab
Trévoux, 01600, France
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Lbmms Du Chu de Lyon
Lyon, 69424 CEDEX 03, France
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MSK Basking Ridge.
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, United States
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MSK Bergen
Montvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States
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MSK Commack.
Commack, New York, 11725, United States
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MSK Monmouth
Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States
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MSK Nassau.
Uniondale, New York, 11553, United States
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MSK Westchester.
Harrison, New York, 10604, United States
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Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary(MEEI)
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Mayo Clinic Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care (74th Street).
New York, New York, 10021, United States
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Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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Moffitt Cancer Center McKinley Hospital
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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North Carolina Basnight Cancer Hospital Infusion Pharmacy
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States
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Northwestern Medical Group
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Delnor
Geneva, Illinois, 60134, United States
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Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Kishwaukee
DeKalb, Illinois, 60115, United States
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Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Warrenville
Warrenville, Illinois, 60555, United States
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Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital
Geneva, Illinois, 60134, United States
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Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital
DeKalb, Illinois, 60115, United States
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois, 60208, United States
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Norton Audubon Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky, 40217, United States
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Norton Brownsboro Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky, 40241, United States
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Norton Cancer Institute Pharmacy
Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States
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Norton Cancer Institute, Audubon Hospital Campus
Louisville, Kentucky, 40217, United States
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Norton Cancer Institute, Brownsboro Hospital Campus
Louisville, Kentucky, 40241, United States
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Norton Cancer Institute, Downtown
Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States
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Norton Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States
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OHSU Center for Health and Healing
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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OHSU Center for Health and Healing 2
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Beaverton
Beaverton, Oregon, 97006, United States
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OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, East Portland
Portland, Oregon, 97216, United States
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OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Gresham
Gresham, Oregon, 97030, United States
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OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Northwest Portland
Portland, Oregon, 97210, United States
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OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Tualatin
Tualatin, Oregon, 97062, United States
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Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Civile S. Maria delle Croci
Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, 48121, Italy
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Oncology Research, HealthPartners Institute
Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, 55426, United States
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Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston Inc (OCB)
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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Oregon Health and Science University Research Pharmacy Services
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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Ospedale Cervesi di Cattolica-AUSL Romagna
Cattolica, RN, 47841, Italy
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Ospedale S.Jacopo di Pistoia, AUSL Toscana centro, SST
Pistoia, 51100, Italy
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Ospedale Umberto I di Lugo, AUSL della Romagna, SSR Emilia-Romagna
Lugo, 48022, Italy
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Ospedale degli Infermi -AUSL Romagna
Rimini, RN, 47923, Italy
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PO Ospedale degli Infermi Faenza, AUSL Romagna
Faenza, 48018, Italy
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Park Nicollet Frauenshuh Cancer Center
Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, 55426, United States
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Pharmacy Stores (CCR5916) - The Royal Marsden
Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5PT, United Kingdom
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Poudre Valley Hospital
Fort Collins, Colorado, 80524, United States
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Primary Healthcare Associates
Flossmoor, Illinois, 60422, United States
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Primary Healthcare Associates
Harvey, Illinois, 60426, United States
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Primary Healthcare Associates
Tinley Park, Illinois, 60477, United States
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Renovatio Clinical.
The Woodlands, Texas, 77380, United States
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Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States
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Richard M Schulze Family Foundation Outpatient Center at McKinley Campus
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - HNTU
Sutton, SM2 5PT, United Kingdom
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Simlow Cancer Hospitalat Yale-New Haven
New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States
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Siteman Cancer Center - North County
Florissant, Missouri, 63031, United States
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Siteman Cancer Center - South County
St Louis, Missouri, 63129, United States
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Siteman Cancer Center - St. Peters
City of Saint Peters, Missouri, 63376, United States
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Siteman Cancer Center - West County
Creve Coeur, Missouri, 63141, United States
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Stanford Cancer Center South Bay
San Jose, California, 95124, United States
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Synlab Bourgogne Pont de Vaux
Pont-de-Vaux, 01190, France
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The Centre Léon Bérard
Lyon, 69373, France
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The Emory Clinic
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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The Eye Care Institute
Louisville, Kentucky, 40206, United States
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The Miriam Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, 02906, United States
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The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (RM).
London, SW3 6JJ, United Kingdom
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The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation trust (RM)
Sutton, SM2 5PT, United Kingdom
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The University of Chicago Medicine Center for Advanced Care Orland Park
Orland Park, Illinois, 60462, United States
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The University of Kansas Cancer Center
Westwood, Kansas, 66205, United States
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The University of Kansas Cancer Center ,Investigational Drug Services
Fairway, Kansas, 66205, United States
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The University of Kansas Clinical Research Center
Fairway, Kansas, 66205, United States
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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U.O. Oncologia
Brescia, Lombardy, 25123, Italy
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UC San Diego Health - Rancho Bernardo
San Diego, California, 92127, United States
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UC San Diego Medical Center - La Jolla (Jacobs Medical Center / Thornton Pavilion)
La Jolla, California, 92037, United States
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UC San Diego Medical Center- Hillcrest
San Diego, California, 92103, United States
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UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
La Jolla, California, 92037, United States
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UC San Diego/Moores Cancer Center
La Jolla, California, 92093, United States
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UCSD Koman Family Outpatient Pavilion
La Jolla, California, 92037, United States
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UCSD Medical Center - Encinitas
Encinitas, California, 92024, United States
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UCSD Medical Center - Vista
Vista, California, 92081, United States
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UCSD Shiley Eye Institute
La Jolla, California, 92093, United States
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UChicago Medicine - River East
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial
Harvey, Illinois, 60426, United States
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UChicago Medicine at Ingalls - Flossmoor
Flossmoor, Illinois, 60422, United States
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UChicago Medicine at Ingalls - Tinley Park
Tinley Park, Illinois, 60477, United States
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UF Health Davis Cancer Pavilion and Shands Med Plaza
Gainesville, Florida, 32608, United States
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UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital
Gainesville, Florida, 32608, United States
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UF Health Shands Hospital
Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States
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UNC Hospitals, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States
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UOC Oncologia Medica
Rome, Lazio, 00128, Italy
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UVA Health System; Attention: GI Team
Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States
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University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, 95817, United States
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University of California, Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sacramento, California, 95817, United States
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University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center at Silver Cross Hospital
New Lenox, Illinois, 60451, United States
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University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center
Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903, United States
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University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States
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Vall d'Hebron University Hospital
Barcelona, 08023, Spain
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Vincentius-Diakonissen-Kliniken gAG Medizinische Klinik 2
Karlsruhe, 76137, Germany
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Vincentius-Diakonissen-Klinken Gag Augenklinik
Karlsruhe, 76135, Germany
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Vincentius-Diakonissen-Klinken Gag Radiologisches Institut
Karlsruhe, 76137, Germany
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Vincentius-Diakonissen-Klinken Gag Zentralapotheke
Karlsruhe, 76137, Germany
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Washington University - Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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Washington University School of Medicine
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Yale-New Haven Hospital- Yale Cancer Center
New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States
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