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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00304525
Date of registration: 17/03/2006
Primary sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Public title: A Study to Evaluate RAF265, an Oral Drug Administered to Subjects With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Melanoma CHIR-265-MEL01
Scientific title: A Phase I/II, Open-label, Dose Escalation Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of RAF265 (CHIR-265)Administered Orally to Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Melanoma.
Date of first enrolment: April 2006
Target sample size: 170
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00304525
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands Switzerland United States
Contacts
Name:   Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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Affiliation:  Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Name:   Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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Affiliation:  Novartis Pharmeceuticals
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Confirmed diagnosis of melanoma, locally advanced AJCC Stage IIIB to metastatic Stage
IV

2. Measurable disease - at least one lesion measured in at least one dimension as = 20
mm with conventional techniques or = 10 mm with spiral computed tomography (CT) scan

3. ECOG performance status of 0 or 1

4. No concurrent anticancer or investigational therapy for at least 4 weeks prior to
enrollment

5. No major surgery for at least 4 weeks prior to enrollment

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Significant cardiac disease or other significant medical/psychiatric disease

2. History of primary central nervous system tumor or brain metastases onths

3. History of melena, hematemesis, or hemoptysis within the last 3 months

4. Previous therapy with certain molecularly targeted agents



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Metastatic Melanoma
Intervention(s)
Drug: RAF265
Primary Outcome(s)
Dose limiting toxicities [Time Frame: during the PK run-in phase and first cycle (28 day cycle)]
Evaluate potential pharmacodynamic effects [Time Frame: throughout the study]
Maximum tolerated dose [Time Frame: at the end of dose escalation]
Pharmacokinetic profile [Time Frame: throughout the study]
Safety profile [Time Frame: throughout the study]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Determine the recommended phase two dose [Time Frame: at the end of dose escalation]
Determine the response rate for BRAF mutant patients [Time Frame: Every 2 months]
Evaluate whether somatic mutations in BRAF and N-RAS genes are associated with modulation of pharmacodynamic markers and clinical response [Time Frame: throughout the study]
Secondary ID(s)
2007-005367-10
CRAF265A2101
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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