Ecog-acrin Cancer Research Group

This study tested two drugs, infliximab and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), to treat a serious lung inflammation called pneumonitis that did not get better with steroids. The inflammation was a side effect of cancer immunotherapy. Only one person enrolled before the study was …

This study tested two drugs, encorafenib and binimetinib, given before surgery to people with a certain type of advanced melanoma (stage IIIB-D) that had spread to lymph nodes. The goal was to see if the drugs could shrink or eliminate the cancer before removal. The trial was sto…

This study looked at adding hydroxychloroquine (a malaria drug) to standard targeted therapy (dabrafenib and trametinib) for people with advanced BRAF V600E/K melanoma that had high LDH levels. The goal was to see if the combination could delay cancer growth. Only 5 people enroll…