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Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

NCT number NCT03553329
Other study ID # SVALMEL
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date June 2, 2018
Est. completion date June 2, 2018

Study information

Verified date June 2018
Source Poitiers University Hospital
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The therapeutic arsenal of metastatic melanoma has changed considerably over the past 10 years. The treatment of metastatic melanoma is now based on immunotherapy and targeted therapies, while the place of conventional chemotherapy becomes more restricted. Targeted therapies are indicated for BRAF mutated melanomas.

The mutation BRAF leads activation of MAP Kinases pathway and the proliferation of melanoma cell in the body . About 50% of metastatic melanoma is BRAF mutated. The most frequent mutation is the V600E. The targeted therapy by anti BRAF and anti MEK allows the double bloking of the MAP Kinases pathway. This treatment is more efficient than that of the anti BRAF alone. The association of anti BRAF and anti MEK have a global survival global rate of 41% at the 1 year, against 9% for the anti BRAF .

In 2014, a program of extended access to the association of anti BRAF and anti MEK (dabrafenib and trametinib) started in many french hospitals (Protocol Mekinist, Novartis laboratory). Patients who were included in this program and followed in Poitiers Hospital, had frequent abnormalities of albumin level without any sign of undernutrition.

Hypoabuminemia is a poor prognosis factor described in many cancers, including metastatic melanoma.

The only prognostic factor in metastatic melanoma is the rate of LDH . The level of albumin and its prognostic impact have not been studied for patients with a metastatic melanoma and treated by anti BRAF and anti MEK.

The objective of this studie was to analyze the variations of albumin level in patients with unresecable stage IIIc or stage IV melanoma treated in our Center by dabrafenib and trametinib


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 20
Est. completion date June 2, 2018
Est. primary completion date June 2, 2018
Accepts healthy volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 100 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Age > 18 ans

- the patients with unresecable stage IIIc or IV melanoma with BRAF V600 E or K mutation,

- treated by dabrafenib and trametinib by the program of extended access (research protocol Mekinist)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Age < 18 ans

- patients who had less than 3 months of treatment,

- patients for which the albumin level could not be carried out before starting treatment, and after the first month

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Melanoma
  • Unresecable Stage IIIc or IV Melanoma

Intervention

Drug:
dabrafenib
Monthly biological assessment which included: blood count, a blood electrolytes, an creatininemia, a dosage of urea, a dosage of transaminases, of gammaGT, of phosphatases alkaline, of LDH and of albumin.

Locations

Country Name City State
France CHU DE Poitiers Poitiers

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Poitiers University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Analyze the variations of albumin level in patients with unresecable stage IIIc or stage IV melanoma treated by dabrafenib and trametinib Biological assessment 1 months
Primary Analyze the variations of albumin level in patients with unresecable stage IIIc or stage IV melanoma treated by dabrafenib and trametinib Biological assessment 3 months