Adjuvant Encorafenib and Binimetinib in High-risk Stage II Melanoma With a BRAF Mutation.

NCT ID: NCT05270044

Last Updated: 2023-11-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

815 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-05-02

Study Completion Date

2035-05-02

Brief Summary

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The purpose of the Columbus-AD study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 12 months of encorafenib in combination with binimetinib in adjuvant setting of BRAF V600E/K mutant stage IIB/C melanoma versus the current standard of care (surveillance).

Detailed Description

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This is a randomized triple-blind placebo-controlled international multicenter phase III superiority clinical trial.

Participants with completely resected cutaneous melanoma and documented BRAF V600E/K status by central assay will be randomized 1 to 1 to receive either treatment with encorafenib and binimetinib or their two placebos for 12 months. Patients will be stratified according to the stage of the disease according to AJCC version 8 between:

* stage IIB (i.e., pT3b or pT4a)
* stage IIC (i.e., pT4b).

The long-term evaluation of all endpoints (including information about the occurrence of new treatment-related adverse events, if any) will take place 10 years from the randomization of the last patient.

Conditions

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Melanoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Arm A

Encorafenib and Binimetinib

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Encorafenib and Binimetinib

Intervention Type DRUG

Encorafenib 450 mg (6 × 75 mg capsules) once daily (QD) and binimetinib 45 mg (3 x 15 mg tablets) twice daily (BID) orally for a maximum of 12 months.

Arm B

Placebo to match Encorafenib Placebo to match Binimetinib

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo to match Encorafenib ; Placebo to match Binimetinib

Intervention Type DRUG

Encorafenib (6 × 75 mg placebo capsules) QD and binimetinib (3 × 15 mg placebo tablets) BID placebos orally for a maximum of 12 months.

Interventions

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Encorafenib and Binimetinib

Encorafenib 450 mg (6 × 75 mg capsules) once daily (QD) and binimetinib 45 mg (3 x 15 mg tablets) twice daily (BID) orally for a maximum of 12 months.

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo to match Encorafenib ; Placebo to match Binimetinib

Encorafenib (6 × 75 mg placebo capsules) QD and binimetinib (3 × 15 mg placebo tablets) BID placebos orally for a maximum of 12 months.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Encorafenib: Braftovi / Binimetinib: Mektovi

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Pre-Screening

* Male or female ≥ 18 years of age;
* Surgically resected, with tumour free margins, and histologically/pathologically confirmed new diagnosis of stage II (pT3b-pT4bN0) cutaneous melanomaa;
* Sentinel node (SN) biopsy within 14 weeks from initial diagnosis of melanoma.
* Sentinel node (SN) staged node negative (pN0);
* Available tumour sample for central determination of the BRAF V600E/K mutation.

Screening

* Melanoma confirmed centrally to be BRAF V600E/K mutation-positive;
* Participant still free of disease as evidenced by the required baseline imaging and physical/dermatological assessments performed respectively within 6 weeks and 2 weeks before randomization (Day 1);
* No more than 12 weeks elapsed between full surgical resection (including SLNB) and randomization;
* Recovered from definitive surgery (e.g., complete wound healing, no uncontrolled wound infections or indwelling drains);
* ECOG performance status of 0 or 1;
* Adequate haematological function as defined as Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L, Platelets ≥ 100 x 109/L and Hemoglobin

≥ 9.0 g/dL;
* Adequate renal function as defined as Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 × ULN; or calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min;
* Adequate electrolytes, defined as serum potassium and magnesium levels within institutional normal limits;
* Adequate hepatic function as defined as Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN and \< 2 mg/dL, Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and/or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 x ULN;
* Adequate cardiac function as defined as LVEF ≥ 50% as determined by MUGA scan or echocardiogram and Mean triplicate QTcF value ≤ 480 msec and no history of QT syndrome;
* Adequate coagulation function, defined as INR ≤1.5× ULN unless the patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or aPTT is within the therapeutic range;
* Negative serum β-HCG test (female patient of childbearing potential only) performed within 3 days prior to Day 1;
* Female patients of child-bearing potential and male patients must agree to follow the protocol's contraception guidance during the treatment period and for ≥30 days after last administration.

Exclusion Criteria

Pre-screening

* Unknown ulceration status;
* Uveal and mucosal melanoma;
* Clinically apparent metastases (N+/M1);
* Microsatellites, satellites and/or in-transit metastases,
* Local (scar) recurrences.

Screening

* Breast feeding women;
* Pregnant women;
* History or current evidence of retinal vein occlusion (RVO) or current risk factors for RVO;
* History of thromboembolic or cerebrovascular events ≤ 12 weeks prior to randomization;
* History of previous or concurrent malignancy within preceding 3 years or any condition with a life expectancy of less than 5 years;
* Participants with a prior cancer associated with RAS mutation;
* Prior systemic anticancer therapy for melanoma or radiotherapy for melanoma;
* Hypersensitivity to the study drugs or to any of the excipients;
* Participants with severe lactose intolerance (e.g., Rare hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, total lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption);
* Impaired cardiovascular function or clinically significant cardiovascular diseases;
* Neuromuscular disorders that are associated with CK \> ULN (e.g., inflammatory myopathies, muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy);
* Non-infectious pneumonitis and Interstitial Lung Disease;
* Positive SARs-CoV-2 or variants of SARs-CoV2 RT-PCR test at screening or suspected to be infected with SARs-CoV2 or variants of SARsCoV2 with confirmation pending;
* Active bacterial, fungal, or viral infection, including, but not limited to HBV, HCV, and known HIV or AIDS-related illness, or an infection requiring systemic therapeutic treatment within 2 weeks prior to randomization.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

NETWORK

Sponsor Role collaborator

Pierre Fabre Medicament

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Alexander C.J. van AKKOOI, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

Locations

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Centro Oncologico Korben

CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Centro de Investigaciones Medicas Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Fundacion CIDEA

Ciudad Autonoma Bs As, Ciudad Autonoma Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Sanatorio Britanico S.A.

Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina

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Instituto de Oncologia de Rosario

Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina

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Hospital Aleman

Ciudad Autonoma Buenos Aires, , Argentina

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Instituto Medico Especializado Alexander Fleming

Ciudad Autonoma Buenos Aires, , Argentina

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Clinica Adventista Belgrano

Ciudad Autonoma Buenos Aires, , Argentina

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Westmead Hospital

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Melanoma Institute Australia

Wollstonecraft, New South Wales, Australia

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Princess Alexandra Hospital

Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia

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Adelaide Oncology & Haematolog, Calvary North Adelaide Hospital

North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Box Hill Hospital

Box Hill, Victoria, Australia

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Austin Health

Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

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The Alfred Hospital

Prahran, Victoria, Australia

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Hollywood Private Hospital

Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

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Landeskrankenhaus - Universitaetsklinikum Graz

Graz, , Austria

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Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen Linz

Linz, , Austria

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Universitätsklinikum St.Pölten-Lilienfeld

Sankt Pölten, , Austria

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AKH - Medizinische Universität Wien

Vienna, , Austria

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Institut Jules Bordet

Anderlecht, , Belgium

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ZNA Middelheim

Antwerp, , Belgium

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Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

Brussels, , Belgium

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Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

Brussels, , Belgium

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UZ Gent

Ghent, , Belgium

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ZNA

Merksem, , Belgium

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Vitaz

Sint-Niklaas, , Belgium

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CHU UCL Namur

Yvoir, , Belgium

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AMO - Assistência Multidisciplinar em Oncologia

Salvador, Estado de Bahia, Brazil

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Hospital Erasto Gaertner - Liga Paranaense de Combate ao Câncer

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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Instituto de Cancer de Londrina

Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

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Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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HGB - Hospital Giovanni Battista - Mãe de Deus Center

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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Instituto de Oncologia Saint Gallen

Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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CEPON - Centro de Pesquisas Oncológicas de Santa Catarina

Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

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Fundação Doutor Amaral Carvalho

Jaú, São Paulo, Brazil

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CEPHO - Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Hematologia e Oncologia

Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil

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A. C. Camargo Cancer Center

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) - Victoria Hospital

London, Ontario, Canada

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Toronto Sunnybrook Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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CIUSSS du Centre Ouest de l'lle de Montreal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Fakultni nemocnice Hradec Kralove

Hradec Králové, , Czechia

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Fakultni nemocnice Olomouc

Olomouc, , Czechia

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Fakultni nemocnice Ostrava

Ostrava - Poruba, , Czechia

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Fakultni nemocnice Kralovske Vinohrady

Prague, , Czechia

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Vseobecna fakultni nemocnice v Praze

Prague, , Czechia

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CHU Nice - Hopital de l Archet 2

Nice, Alpes Maritimes, France

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Hôpital de la Timone

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

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CHU de Dijon - Hôpital du Bocage

Dijon, Cote dÝOr, France

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CHU de Bordeaux - Hôpital Saint André

Bordeaux, Gironde, France

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Institut Claudius Regaud - Oncopole

Toulouse, Haute Garonne, France

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Hôpital Ambroise Paré

Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts De Seine, France

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CRLCC Eugene Marquis

Rennes, Ille Et Vilaine, France

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CHU Tours - Hôpital Trousseau

Chambray-lès-Tours, Indre Et Loire, France

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CHU de Grenoble - Hôpital André Michallon

La Tronche, Isere, France

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CHU Nantes - Hôtel Dieu

Nantes, Loire Atlantique, France

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Hopital Claude Huriez - CHU Lille

Lille, Nord, France

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Hôpital Saint-Louis

Paris, Paris, France

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CHU Saint Etienne - Hôpital Nord

Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc, Pays de la Loire Region, France

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CAC Clermont-Ferrand Centre Jean Perrin

Clermont-Ferrand, Puy De Dome, France

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Centre Hospitalier de Pau - Hôpital François Mitterrand

Pau, Pyrenees Atlantiques, France

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Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud

Pierre-Bénite, Rhone, France

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CHU de Rouen - Hôpital Charles Nicolle

Rouen, Seine Maritime, France

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Institut Gustave Roussy

Villejuif, Val De Marne, France

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CHU Poitiers - Hôpital la Milétrie

Poitiers, Vienne, France

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Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

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Universitaetsklinikum Wuerzburg

Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany

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Elbekliniken Buxtehude GmbH

Buxtehude, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Universitaetsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus TU Dresden

Dresden, Saxony, Germany

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Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein

Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Hamburg, , Germany

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General Hospital of Athens Laiko

Athens, , Greece

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Metropolitan Hospital

Neo Faliro, , Greece

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Bioclinic Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, , Greece

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Anticancer Hospital of Thessaloniki " Theagenio"

Thessaloniki, , Greece

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Interbalkan Hospital of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, , Greece

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Semmelweis Egyetem

Budapest, , Hungary

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Orszagos Onkologiai Intezet

Budapest, , Hungary

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Debreceni Egyetem

Debrecen, , Hungary

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Petz Aladar Egyetemi Oktato Korhaz

Győr, , Hungary

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Pecsi Tudomanyegyetem

Pécs, , Hungary

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Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem Szent-Gyorgyi Albert Klinikai Kozpont

Szeged, , Hungary

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IRCCS Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo Per Lo Studio e La Cura Dei Tumori "Dino Amadori" - IRST

Meldola, Forli - Cesena, Italy

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Ospedale San Vincenzo

Taormina, Messina, Italy

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Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione G. Pascale

Naples, Napoli, Italy

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IRCCS Centro di Riferimento Oncologico

Aviano, Pordenone, Italy

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Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II IRCCS Ospedale Oncologico Bari

Bari, , Italy

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Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII (Presidio Papa Giovanni XXIII)

Bergamo, , Italy

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Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera S.Croce e Carle

Cuneo, , Italy

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IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino

Genova, , Italy

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Ospedale San Raffaele

Milan, , Italy

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Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori

Milan, , Italy

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IEO Istituto Europeo di Oncologia

Milan, , Italy

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IOV - Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS

Padua, , Italy

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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico Paolo Giaccone

Palermo, , Italy

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Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia

Perugia, , Italy

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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana

Pisa, , Italy

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Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena IRCCS

Roma, , Italy

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IDI-Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IRCCS

Roma, , Italy

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Policlinico Universitario di Sassari

Sassari, , Italy

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A.O.U. Senese Policlinico Santa Maria alle Scotte

Siena, , Italy

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Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino

Torino, , Italy

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Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale

Udine, , Italy

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

Amsterdam, , Netherlands

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Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen (UMCG)

Groningen, , Netherlands

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Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum

Leiden, , Netherlands

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Maastricht University Medical Center

Maastricht, , Netherlands

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Radboudumc

Nijmegen, , Netherlands

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Erasmus MC

Rotterdam, , Netherlands

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UMC Utrecht

Utrecht, , Netherlands

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Isala

Zwolle, , Netherlands

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Ålesund Hospital

Ålesund, , Norway

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Oslo University Hospital

Oslo, , Norway

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Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. M. Sklodowskiej-Curie - Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy

Gliwice, , Poland

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Przychodnia Lekarska Komed

Konin, , Poland

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Centrum Onkologii-Instytut im. M. Sklodowskiej-Curie

Krakow, , Poland

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Wielkopolskie Centrum Onkologii

Poznan, , Poland

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Centrum Medyczne Pratia Poznan

Skórzewo, , Poland

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Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

Warsaw, , Poland

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Dolnoslaskie Centrum Onkologii

Wroclaw, , Poland

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Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, EPE

Lisbon, , Portugal

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Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte, E.P.E. - Hospital de Santa Maria

Lisbon, , Portugal

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Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, EPE

Porto, , Portugal

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S.C Medisprof S.R.L

Cluj-Napoca, , Romania

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S.C Centrul de Oncologie Sf. Nectarie S.R.L

Craiova, , Romania

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Institutul Regional de Oncologie Iasi

Iași, , Romania

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Clinical Center "Bezanijska kosa"

Belgrade, , Serbia

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Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia

Belgrade, , Serbia

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Military Medical Academy

Belgrade, , Serbia

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Oncology Institute of Vojvodina

Kamenitz, , Serbia

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Clinical Center Kragujevac

Kragujevac, , Serbia

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Clinical Center Nis

Niš, , Serbia

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National Hospital Oncology

Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa

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Johese Clinical Research: Midstream

Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

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Sandton Oncology Medical Group

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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ICO Badalona - Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol

Badalona, Barcelona, Spain

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ICO l'Hospitalet - Hospital Duran i Reynals

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

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Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca

El Palmar, Murcia, Spain

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Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron

Barcelona, , Spain

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Hospital Clinic de Barcelona

Barcelona, , Spain

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Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia

Córdoba, , Spain

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Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon

Madrid, , Spain

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Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal

Madrid, , Spain

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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

Madrid, , Spain

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Centro Integral Oncologico Clara Campal

Madrid, , Spain

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Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga

Málaga, , Spain

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Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia

Valencia, , Spain

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Hospital General Universitario de Valencia

Valencia, , Spain

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Karolinska University Hospital

Stockholm, , Sweden

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Norrlands Universitetssjukhus

Umeå, , Sweden

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Universitaetsspital Zuerich

Zurich, , Switzerland

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Royal Preston Hospital

Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom

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Northern Centre for Cancer Care

Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom

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Countries

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Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada Czechia France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Serbia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom

References

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van Akkooi AC, Hauschild A, Long GV, Mandala M, Kicinski M, Govaerts AS, Klauck I, Ouali M, Lorigan PC, Eggermont AM. COLUMBUS-AD: phase III study of adjuvant encorafenib + binimetinib in resected stage IIB/IIC BRAF V600-mutated melanoma. Future Oncol. 2023 Sep;19(30):2017-2027. doi: 10.2217/fon-2023-0414. Epub 2023 Sep 4.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37665297 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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W00090GE303/EORTC-2139-MG

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id