Scientists test drug combo in fight against rare, spreading eye cancer

NCT ID NCT01979523

Summary

This study is testing whether adding a second drug (GSK2141795) to an existing cancer medication (trametinib) works better for controlling advanced uveal melanoma, a rare cancer that starts in the eye and has spread. It enrolled 42 patients who had not received prior drug treatment for their advanced disease. The main goal is to see which approach keeps the cancer from growing longer and is better tolerated.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • Institut Curie Paris

    Paris, 75005, France

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • NYP/Columbia University Medical Center/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • The University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, L69 3GA, United Kingdom

  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

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