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A trial of selumetinib with dacarbazine for advanced melanoma in people with a BRAF gene fault

Overview

Cancer types:

Melanoma, Skin cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial looked at a drug called selumetinib alongside dacarbazine for people with melanoma that has spread to another part of the body. This is called advanced melanoma.

The trial was for people whose melanoma cells have a change () in a called BRAF.

Recruitment start: 20 July 2009

Recruitment end: 8 April 2010

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

Prof Mark Middleton

Supported by

AstraZeneca

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Last reviewed: 6 May 2015

CRUK internal database number: 5289

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