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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Jane Frances Kepros
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-11552 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Molecular cancer therapeutics 20080801 8
Elesclomol (formerly STA-4783) is a novel small molecule undergoing clinical evaluation in a pivotal phase III melanoma trial (SYMMETRY). In a phase II randomized, double-blinded, controlled, multi-center trial in 81 patients with stage IV metastatic melanoma, treatment with elesclomol plus paclitaxel showed a statistically significant doubling of progression-free survival time compared with treatment with paclitaxel alone. Although elesclomol displays significant therapeutic activity in the cli ...[more]