New pill tested to fight rare, spreading eye cancer

NCT ID NCT01587352

Summary

This study is testing whether a pill called vorinostat can help control a rare and aggressive eye cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. It will involve about 40 adults with metastatic uveal melanoma. The main goal is to see if the treatment shrinks tumors and how well patients tolerate it.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • 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

  • Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

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