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A trial of binimetinib for melanoma that cannot be removed with surgery or has spread to another part of the body (NEMO)

Overview

Cancer types:

Melanoma, Secondary cancers, Skin cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial compared binimetinib with dacarbazine for melanoma that can’t be removed with surgery, or has spread to another part of the body. It was for people who have melanoma with a change in a gene called NRAS.

Recruitment start: 19 August 2013

Recruitment end: 28 April 2015

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Dr James Larkin

Supported by

Array Biopharma

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Novartis

Last reviewed: 23 Apr 2018

CRUK internal database number: 10622

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