Phase II trial of the regulatory T cell-depleting agent, denileukin diftitox, in patients with unresectable stage IV melanoma.

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Published in BMC Cancer on December 13, 2011

Authors

Sucheta Telang1, Mary Ann Rasku, Amy L Clem, Karen Carter, Alden C Klarer, Wesley R Badger, Rebecca A Milam, Shesh N Rai, Jianmin Pan, Hana Gragg, Brian F Clem, Kelly M McMasters, Donald M Miller, Jason Chesney

Author Affiliations

1: Molecular Targets Program, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Phase II Trial of Ontak With Metastatic Melanoma | NCT00299689

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