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A trial looking at vandetanib and radiotherapy for melanoma that has spread to the brain (RADVAN)

Overview

Cancer types:

Cancer spread to the brain, Melanoma, Secondary cancers, Skin cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

The trial was looking at vandetanib and radiotherapy for melanoma that had spread to the brain. It was for people who were unable to have surgery to remove the melanoma in their brain.

Recruitment start: 23 December 2011

Recruitment end: 1 May 2014

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

Professor Mark Middleton

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

AstraZeneca

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

University of Oxford

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUKE/11/017.

Last reviewed: 13 April 2016

CRUK internal database number: 7404

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