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Brief Title: Ph 1 Trial of ADI-PEG 20 Plus Cisplatin in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma
Official Title: Phase 1 Trial of ADI-PEG 20 Plus Cisplatin in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma or Other Advanced Solid Malignancies
Study ID: NCT01665183
Brief Summary: Certain cancers require the amino acid arginine. Arginine deiminase (ADI) is an enzyme from microbes that degrades arginine. ADI has been formulated with polyethylene glycol, and has been used to treat patients that have cancers that require arginine. In this study, ADI will be combined with the well known chemotherapy cisplatin, and the safety and potential efficacy of this combination will be explored in patients with cancers that require arginine.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
NCKUH, Tainan, , Taiwan
Name: Siqing Fu, MD
Affiliation: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR