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Filter by:The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of multiple sub-cutaneous injections of GeniusVac-Mel4, a dendritic cell-based cancer vaccine, in patients with melanoma. The secondary objectives are to determine immune response and clinical efficacy of such injections in patients with melanoma.
The specific aim of this study is to determine if interactive touchscreen-based learning with deliberate practice modules can enhance the retention of life-saving medical skills when incorporated into medical training curricula. We will analyze the retention and confidence of screening skills by comparing outcomes on pretest and posttest in each arm.
This open-label, multicenter, 3-period, fixed-sequence study will evaluate the effect of multiple doses of vemurafenib on the pharmacokinetics of a single dose of acenocoumarol in participants with BRAFV600 mutation-positive metastatic malignancies. Participants will receive a single dose of acenocoumarol 4 mg orally on Day 1 and Day 23, vemurafenib 960 mg orally twice daily on Days 4-26. After completion of pharmacokinetic assessments on Day 26, eligible participants will have the option to continue treatment with vemurafenib as part of an extension study (GO28399 [NCT01739764]).
This open-label, multicenter, parallel study will evaluate the effect of multiple doses of vemurafenib on the pharmacokinetics of a single dose of phenprocoumon in patients with BRAFV600 mutation-positive metastatic malignancies. Patients will be randomized to receive either treatment A: a single oral dose of phenprocoumon 6 mg on Day 1 (Eligible patients will have the option to continue treatment with vemurafenib as part of an extension study (NCT01739764).), or treatment B: vemurafenib 960 mg orally twice daily on Days 1-29 plus a single oral dose of phenprocoumon 6 mg on Day 22 (with the option to receive vemurafenib in the extension study after completion of pharmacokinetic assessments).
The purpose of this study is to learn what effects (good and bad) experimental phosphopeptide vaccines plus a tetanus peptide and other substances called polyICLC and Montanide ISA-51 have on people with melanoma. The investigators will also look at whether the experimental reagents cause any changes in the immune system.
This open-label, multicenter, 3-period, fixed-sequence study will evaluate the effect of multiple oral doses of vemurafenib on the pharmacokinetics of a single oral dose of tizanidine in participants with BRAFV600 mutation-positive metastatic malignancies. Participants will receive a single oral dose of tizanidine on Day 1, vemurafenib orally twice daily on Days 2 to 21, and tizanidine and vemurafenib on Day 22. Eligible participants will have the option to continue treatment with vemurafenib as part of an extension study (NCT01739764).
In western countries, melanoma represents a major mistake of public health by its frequency, lethality and the increasing of incidence. Surgery can cure melanoma diagnosed very early. In other cases, it exists a risk of recurrence of lymph node and visceral. At the stage of visceral metastases, the prognosis of melanoma is catastrophic, with a median survival of 6 months. Indeed, the reference chemotherapy by dacarbazine induces a very limited response rate of 10-20%, the ipilimumab which has been authorized in the second intention, has a response rate of 10%, and other available treatments don't have a superior efficiency. Metformin is an oral antidiabetic of biguanides family which acts by inducing the activation of AMPK, a molecule which is inactivated in many cancers including the melanoma. In agreement with these data, several preclinical studies suggested that metformin has antineoplastic activity. In the case of melanoma, a study published recently has showed that metformin inhibits proliferation of melanoma cells in vitro and we confirmed for our part these results in our laboratory (INSERM U895).
This randomized phase II trial studies how well cabozantinib-s-malate works compared with temozolomide or dacarbazine in treating patients with melanoma of the eye (ocular melanoma) that has spread to other parts of the body and cannot be removed by surgery. Cabozantinib-s-malate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide and dacarbazine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. It is not yet known whether cabozantinib-s-malate works better than temozolomide or dacarbazine in treating patients with melanoma of the eye.
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if the combination of ipilimumab and ABI-007 (abraxane) can help to control metastatic melanoma. The safety of this drug combination will also be studied. Ipilimumab is designed to increase the immune system's ability to fight cancer. Abraxane is designed to stop cancer cells from making new DNA (the genetic material of cells). This may stop the cancer cells from dividing into new cells.
The investigators plan to study the ability to identify the lymph nodes beyond the sentinel lymph node that may harbor cancer using methylene blue dye.