A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of high-dose bosentan in patients with stage IV metastatic melanoma receiving first-line dacarbazine chemotherapy.

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Published in Mol Cancer on March 30, 2010

Authors

Richard F Kefford1, Philip R Clingan, Benjamin Brady, Andrea Ballmer, Adele Morganti, Peter Hersey

Author Affiliations

1: Westmead Institute for Cancer research and Melanoma Institute of Australia, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, NSW 2145, Australia. rick_kefford@wmi.usyd.edu.au

Associated clinical trials:

Effect of Bosentan in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma Treated With Dacarbazine (DTIC) | NCT01009177

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