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Gamma-Secretase/Notch Signalling Pathway Inhibitor RO4929097 in Treating Patients With Stage IV Melanoma

Phase 2
Terminated
Conditions
Solar Radiation-related Skin Melanoma
Acral Lentiginous Malignant Melanoma
Lentigo Maligna Malignant Melanoma
Nodular Malignant Melanoma
Stage IV Melanoma
Recurrent Melanoma
Superficial Spreading Malignant Melanoma
Interventions
Drug: gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Registration Number
NCT01120275
Lead Sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Brief Summary

This phase II trial is studying how well gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097 works in treating patients with stage IV melanoma. Gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess the six-month progression-free survival and one-year overall survival probability in Stage IV melanoma patients treated with RO4929097 (gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To investigate in a preliminary manner the relationship between Notch activation status and gene expression profile of tumor and clinical outcomes from patients in this study.

II. To study the effects of the investigational therapy on T cell function, which will provide a basis for subsequent trials combining Notch blockade with immunomodulatory therapy for advanced melanoma.

III. To assess the response rate (confirmed and unconfirmed complete and partial responses).

IV. To assess toxicity.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097 orally (PO) on days 1-3, 8-10, and 15-17. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Some patients undergo blood collection at baseline and during study for analysis of T-cell function by flow cytometry and ELISA. Tumor tissue samples from biopsy or surgery are also analyzed for Notch activation by IHC and qRT-PCR.

After completion of study therapy, patients are followed up every 3 months for 1 year and then every 6 months for 2 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
TERMINATED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
36
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients must have histologically confirmed melanoma of cutaneous or unknown origin (ocular primary and mucosal primary excluded); patients must have Stage IV disease

  • All patients must undergo a computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain within 42 days prior to registration that is negative for brain metastases; patients with a history of brain metastases are ineligible

  • Patients must have measurable disease; all measurable lesions must be assessed (by physical examination, CT, or MRI scan) within 28 days prior to registration; tests to assess non-measurable disease must be performed within 42 days prior to registration; all disease must be assessed and documented on the Baseline Tumor Assessment Form (Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors [RECIST] 1.1); the CT from a combined positron emission tomography (PET)/CT must not be used to document measurable disease unless it is of diagnostic quality

  • Sites must offer all patients participation in translational medicine studies and banking of paraffin embedded tissue and whole blood

  • Patients must not have received any prior systemic therapy for Stage IV disease except for noncytotoxic biologic agents (e.g., vaccines, cytokines, cell therapies that do not require cytotoxic agents); patients may have received prior treatment with up to two prior biological therapies - no cytotoxics or kinase inhibitors - for advanced disease

  • Patients may have had prior adjuvant immunotherapy with biological response modifiers (examples include but are not limited to interferon, vaccines, GM-CSF, and CTLA-4 blocking antibodies); prior adjuvant immunotherapy must have been completed at least 28 days prior to registration

  • Adjuvant therapy containing cytotoxic agents is allowed if completed >= 180 days prior to registration

  • Patients may have received prior radiation therapy; any side effects the patients had due to prior radiation therapy must have resolved to =< Grade 1 prior to registration; prior radiation therapy must have completed at least 28 days prior to registration

  • Patients must have Zubrod performance status of 0-1

  • Leukocytes >= 3,000/mcL

  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,500/mcL

  • Platelets >= 100,000/mcL

  • Hemoglobin >= 9 g/dL

  • Total bilirubin =< institutional upper limit of normal (IULN)

  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 2.5 x IULN

  • Serum creatinine =< IULN OR measured or calculated creatinine clearance >= 60 mL/min

  • Patients must have the following serum electrolytes within the institutional ranges of normal: potassium, sodium, magnesium, phosphorous, chloride and calcium (corrected for serum albumin); these tests must be performed within 28 days prior to registration; patient must not require parenteral replacement therapy

  • Patients must not have a history of allergic reaction attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to RO4929097

  • Patients must be able to swallow tablets

  • Patients must not have malabsorption syndrome or other condition that would interfere with intestinal absorption of the agent

  • Patients taking medications with narrow therapeutic indices that are metabolized by cytochrome P450 (CYP450), including warfarin sodium (Coumadin), are ineligible

  • Patients must not be taking strong inducers or strong inhibitors of CYP3A4 at the time of registration

  • Patients must not be known to be serologically positive for Hepatitis A, B, or C, or have a history of liver disease, other forms of hepatitis, or cirrhosis

  • Patients must have an ECG within 28 days prior to registration. Patients must not have a QTcF > 450 msec (males) or QTcF > 470 msec (females)

  • Patients must not have symptomatic congestive heart failure or unstable angina pectoris

  • Patients with a history of torsades de pointes or any significant cardiac arrhythmia (except asymptomatic unifocal ventricular premature beats or supraventricular tachycardia easily controlled with oral medications) are excluded; any patient requiring or expected to require antiarrhythmics or other therapy known to prolong QTc is also excluded

  • No other prior malignancy is allowed except for the following: adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, adequately treated Stage I or II cancer from which the patient is currently in complete remission, or any other cancer from which the patient has been disease free for five years

  • Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 14 days prior to registration (the type of pregnancy test used is at the discretion of the registering institution); female patients of childbearing potential include the following:

    • Patients with regular menses
    • Patients, after menarche with amenorrhea, irregular cycles, or using a contraceptive method that precludes withdrawal bleeding
    • Women who have had tubal ligation
  • Women must not be nursing due to possible harm to a nursing infant from the treatment regimen

  • All patients must be informed of the investigational nature of this study and must sign and give written informed consent in accordance with institutional and federal guidelines

  • At the time of patient registration, the treating institution's name and ID number must be provided to the Data Operations Center in Seattle in order to ensure that the current (within 365 days) date of institutional review board approval for this study has been entered into the data base

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Treatment (gamma-secretase inhibitor RO4929097)gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097Patients receive gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097 PO on days 1-3, 8-10, and 15-17. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Treatment (gamma-secretase inhibitor RO4929097)laboratory biomarker analysisPatients receive gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097 PO on days 1-3, 8-10, and 15-17. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall SurvivalWeekly, up to 3 years.

From date of registration to date of death due to any cause. Patients last known to be alive are censored at date of last contact.

Progression-free Survival According to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version 1.1Disease assessments were performed every 6 weeks, up to 3 years.

From date of registration to date of first documentation of progression or symptomatic deterioration, or death due to any cause.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of Participants With Confirmed and Unconfirmed Complete or Partial ResponseDisease assessments for response were performed every 6 weeks, up to 3 years

Complete disappearance of all measurable and non-measurable disease, or greater than or equal to 30% decrease under baseline of the sum of the longest diameters of all target measurable lesions.

Number of Patients With Gr 3 Through 5 Adverse Events That Are Related to Study DrugsToxicity assessment was evaluated at least every 3 weeks at the beginning of each cycle, up to 3 years

Adverse Events (AEs) are reported by CTCAE version 4.0. Only adverse events that are possibly, probably or definitely related to study drug are reported.

Trial Locations

Locations (178)

Good Samaritan Regional Health Center

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Mount Vernon, Illinois, United States

Highland Clinic

🇺🇸

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Montana Cancer Specialists

🇺🇸

Missoula, Montana, United States

Mission Hospital-Memorial Campus

🇺🇸

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

Mercy Hospital Springfield

🇺🇸

Springfield, Missouri, United States

Hematology-Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies PC

🇺🇸

Billings, Montana, United States

Kalispell Regional Medical Center

🇺🇸

Kalispell, Montana, United States

Bozeman Deaconess Hospital

🇺🇸

Bozeman, Montana, United States

Benefis Healthcare- Sletten Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Great Falls, Montana, United States

Glacier Oncology PLLC

🇺🇸

Kalispell, Montana, United States

University of Chicago

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Group Health Cooperative-Seattle

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Swedish Medical Center-First Hill

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

The Polyclinic

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

University of Arizona Health Sciences Center

🇺🇸

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Reid Hospital and Health Care Services

🇺🇸

Richmond, Indiana, United States

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

🇺🇸

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Providence Hospital

🇺🇸

Mobile, Alabama, United States

Pali Momi Medical Center

🇺🇸

Aiea, Hawaii, United States

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

Fairbanks, Alaska, United States

Castle Medical Center

🇺🇸

Kailua, Hawaii, United States

Poudre Valley Hospital

🇺🇸

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Northeast Georgia Medical Center

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Gainesville, Georgia, United States

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center - Topeka

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Topeka, Kansas, United States

Decatur Memorial Hospital

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Decatur, Illinois, United States

Saint Edward Mercy Medical Center

🇺🇸

Ft. Smith, Arkansas, United States

Loma Linda University Medical Center

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Loma Linda, California, United States

Saint Luke's South Hospital

🇺🇸

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

University of California Medical Center At Irvine-Orange Campus

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Orange, California, United States

Fremont - Rideout Cancer Center

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Marysville, California, United States

Tahoe Forest Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Truckee, California, United States

Menorah Medical Center

🇺🇸

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Hurley Medical Center

🇺🇸

Flint, Michigan, United States

Memorial Medical Center

🇺🇸

Springfield, Illinois, United States

Grand Rapids Clinical Oncology Program

🇺🇸

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Hays Medical Center

🇺🇸

Hays, Kansas, United States

Liberty Hospital

🇺🇸

Liberty, Missouri, United States

Genesys Regional Medical Center-West Flint Campus

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Flint, Michigan, United States

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Louisiana State University Sciences Center- Monroe

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Monroe, Louisiana, United States

Allegiance Health

🇺🇸

Jackson, Michigan, United States

Mercy Health Mercy Campus

🇺🇸

Muskegon, Michigan, United States

Sparrow Hospital

🇺🇸

Lansing, Michigan, United States

Munson Medical Center

🇺🇸

Traverse City, Michigan, United States

CoxHealth Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Branson, Missouri, United States

Saint Joseph Mercy Oakland

🇺🇸

Pontiac, Michigan, United States

Saint Mary's of Michigan

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Saginaw, Michigan, United States

Saint Mary Mercy Hospital

🇺🇸

Livonia, Michigan, United States

Central Care Cancer Center-Carrie J Babb Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Bolivar, Missouri, United States

Wellmont Holston Valley Hospital and Medical Center

🇺🇸

Kingsport, Tennessee, United States

Dayton CCOP

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Dayton, Ohio, United States

Saint Francis Medical Center

🇺🇸

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States

Saint Joseph Mercy Port Huron

🇺🇸

Port Huron, Michigan, United States

Grady Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

Delaware, Ohio, United States

Great Falls Clinic

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Great Falls, Montana, United States

Miami Valley Hospital

🇺🇸

Dayton, Ohio, United States

Licking Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

Newark, Ohio, United States

Upper Valley Medical Center

🇺🇸

Troy, Ohio, United States

Mount Carmel Health Center West

🇺🇸

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Nevada Cancer Research Foundation CCOP

🇺🇸

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Montana Cancer Consortium CCOP

🇺🇸

Billings, Montana, United States

CoxHealth South Hospital

🇺🇸

Springfield, Missouri, United States

Grant Medical Center

🇺🇸

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Billings Clinic

🇺🇸

Billings, Montana, United States

Grandview Hospital

🇺🇸

Dayton, Ohio, United States

Metro Health Hospital

🇺🇸

Wyoming, Michigan, United States

Saint Peter's Community Hospital

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Helena, Montana, United States

Riverside Methodist Hospital

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Columbus, Ohio, United States

Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center

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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Wayne Memorial Hospital

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Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States

Mary Rutan Hospital

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Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States

Marietta Memorial Hospital

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Marietta, Ohio, United States

Atrium Medical Center-Middletown Regional Hospital

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Franklin, Ohio, United States

Columbus CCOP

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Columbus, Ohio, United States

Memorial Hospital Of Martinsville

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Martinsville, Virginia, United States

Evergreen Hematology and Oncology PS

🇺🇸

Spokane, Washington, United States

Minor and James Medical PLLC

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Seattle, Washington, United States

Highline Medical Center-Main Campus

🇺🇸

Burien, Washington, United States

Columbia Basin Hematology and Oncology PLLC

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Kennewick, Washington, United States

McLeod Regional Medical Center

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Florence, South Carolina, United States

Harborview Medical Center

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

University of Washington Medical Center

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Evergreen Hospital Medical Center

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Kirkland, Washington, United States

PeaceHealth Saint Joseph Medical Center

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Bellingham, Washington, United States

Harrison HealthPartners Hematology and Oncology-Bremerton

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Bremerton, Washington, United States

Welch Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Sheridan, Wyoming, United States

Rocky Mountain Oncology

🇺🇸

Casper, Wyoming, United States

Good Samaritan Hospital - Cincinnati

🇺🇸

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

University of Cincinnati

🇺🇸

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Heartland Regional Medical Center

🇺🇸

Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States

Saint John's Mercy Medical Center

🇺🇸

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Lawrence Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

Lawrence, Kansas, United States

Kansas City CCOP

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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States

Shawnee Mission Medical Center

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Shawnee Mission, Kansas, United States

Salina Regional Health Center

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Salina, Kansas, United States

Wilcox Memorial Hospital and Kauai Medical Clinic

🇺🇸

Lihue, Hawaii, United States

Maui Memorial Medical Center

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Wailuku, Hawaii, United States

United General Hospital

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Sedro-Woolley, Washington, United States

Wenatchee Valley Medical Center

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Wenatchee, Washington, United States

William Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak

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Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

Saint John Macomb-Oakland Hospital

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Warren, Michigan, United States

Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers

🇺🇸

Beech Grove, Indiana, United States

Saint Joseph Health Center

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Fairfield Medical Center

🇺🇸

Lancaster, Ohio, United States

Saint Anthony's Health

🇺🇸

Alton, Illinois, United States

Genesis Medical Center - East Campus

🇺🇸

Davenport, Iowa, United States

Springfield Regional Medical Center

🇺🇸

Springfield, Ohio, United States

Promise Regional Medical Center-Hutchinson

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Hutchinson, Kansas, United States

Wayne Hospital

🇺🇸

Greenville, Ohio, United States

Saint Luke's East - Lee's Summit

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Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States

Knox Community Hospital

🇺🇸

Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States

Clinton Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

Wilmington, Ohio, United States

Saint Mary's Hospital and Regional Medical Center

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Grand Junction, Colorado, United States

Samaritan North Health Center

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Dayton, Ohio, United States

Spectrum Health at Butterworth Campus

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Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Via Christi Hospital-Pittsburg

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Pittsburg, Kansas, United States

Mercy Health Saint Mary's

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Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

University of Rochester

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Rochester, New York, United States

Greene Memorial Hospital

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Xenia, Ohio, United States

Cancer Care Center at Island Hospital

🇺🇸

Anacortes, Washington, United States

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center

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Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Loyola University Medical Center

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Maywood, Illinois, United States

Wesley Medical Center

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Wichita, Kansas, United States

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport

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Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Bronson Battle Creek

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Battle Creek, Michigan, United States

Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital

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Big Rapids, Michigan, United States

Oakwood Hospital

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Dearborn, Michigan, United States

Saint Louis Cancer and Breast Institute-South City

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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Saint Louis-Cape Girardeau CCOP

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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Bozeman Deaconess Cancer Center

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Bozeman, Montana, United States

Ozark Health Ventures LLC dba Cancer Research for The Ozarks Springfield

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Springfield, Missouri, United States

Saint Vincent Healthcare

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Billings, Montana, United States

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada

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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Saint Patrick Hospital - Community Hospital

🇺🇸

Missoula, Montana, United States

Iredell Memorial Hospital

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Statesville, North Carolina, United States

Adena Regional Medical Center

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Chillicothe, Ohio, United States

Doctors Hospital

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Columbus, Ohio, United States

Good Samaritan Hospital - Dayton

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Dayton, Ohio, United States

Kettering Medical Center

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Kettering, Ohio, United States

Blanchard Valley Hospital

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Findlay, Ohio, United States

Saint Ann's Hospital

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Westerville, Ohio, United States

Genesis HealthCare System

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Zanesville, Ohio, United States

Spartanburg Regional Medical Center

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Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Upstate Carolina CCOP

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Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

AnMed Health Hospital

🇺🇸

Anderson, South Carolina, United States

Thompson Cancer Survival Center

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Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Danville Regional Medical Center

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Danville, Virginia, United States

Virginia Mason CCOP

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Skagit Valley Hospital

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Mount Vernon, Washington, United States

Pacific Medical Center-First Hill

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Seattle, Washington, United States

Cancer Care Northwest - Spokane South

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Spokane, Washington, United States

University of Colorado Cancer Center - Anschutz Cancer Pavilion

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Aurora, Colorado, United States

University of California at Davis Cancer Center

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Sacramento, California, United States

Denver Veterans Administration Medical Center

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Denver, Colorado, United States

Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute

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Detroit, Michigan, United States

Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Michigan Cancer Research Consortium Community Clinical Oncology Program

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

University of Michigan

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Saint John Hospital and Medical Center

🇺🇸

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Adventist Medical Center

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Portland, Oregon, United States

SWOG

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Portland, Oregon, United States

Research Medical Center

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Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Saint Luke's Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

North Kansas City Hospital

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Truman Medical Center

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Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Oncare Hawaii Inc-POB II

🇺🇸

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Queen's Medical Center

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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Straub Clinic and Hospital

🇺🇸

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

University of Hawaii

🇺🇸

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Oncare Hawaii Inc-Kuakini

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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

The Cancer Center of Hawaii-Liliha

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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

🇺🇸

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

University of Kentucky

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Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Harrison HealthPartners Hematology and Oncology-Poulsbo

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Poulsbo, Washington, United States

Margaret R Pardee Memorial Hospital

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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States

University of Kansas Medical Center

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Kansas City, Kansas, United States

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