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CompletedNCT02517736O-Mel-SoraUpdated Feb 17, 2026

Study Multicentre Evaluating the Effectiveness and Toxicity Sorafenib (Nexavar®) in Adult Patients With Uveal Melanoma and Metastatic Dissemination

A Phase 2 interventional study of Sorafenib at a dose of 800 mg / day in Uveal Melanoma, sponsored by University Hospital, Caen. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-02-17.

Sponsored by University Hospital, Caen · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 years 6 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Feb 2012, registered Aug 2015).
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
32
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The objective of the study is to determine the efficacy and toxicity of sorafenib in metastatic uveal melanoma.

The main objective is to determine the non-tumor progression rate 24 weeks after initiation of treatment with sorafenib at a dose of 800 mg / day

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Conditions studied

  • Uveal Melanoma

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In context

Uveal Melanoma

103 studies on the registry are indexed under Uveal Melanoma; 37 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 32 is below the median of 41 across 92 interventional studies indexed under Uveal Melanoma.

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Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Caen is the lead sponsor of 505 studies on the registry; 80 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female over 18 years old suffering from uveal melanoma with metastasis
  • At least one measurable metastases by more than 10 mm acoording to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST)
  • At least 28 days from the previous treatment (systemic or major surgery)
  • Performance Index (WHO ≤ 2 or ≥ 70% Karnofsky)
  • Weight loss compared to pre morbid weight \<20% in the last 12 months
  • White blood cells at least 3000 / mm 3, polynuclear neutrophils less than 1500 / mm3, platelets at least 100,000 / mm3, hemoglobin at least 9.0 g / dl
  • Total Bilirubin ≤1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (or less than or equal to 2.5 in liver metastasis), ASAT and ALAT ≤ 2.5 x ULN (or ≤ 5 in liver metastasis) Serum Creatinine (calculated using the cockcroft-Gault method) ≤ 1.5 x ULN, Amylase and lipase \<1.5 x ULN
  • prothrombin rate and international normalized ratio (INR) or activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≤ 1.5 x ULN. Possibility of using low molecular weight heparin in place of anti vitamin K treatment
  • higher life expectancy than or equal to 3 months
  • Negative pregnancy test for women of childbearing age and using a method of contraception during treatment
  • No one benefiting from a Social Security scheme
  • Informed consent and signed by the patient or his legal representative

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

    • Patient who received more than 2 lines of treatment (chemotherapy or immunotherapy), whatever the indication

      • Major surgery (excluding the possible diagnostic biopsy) or radiation therapy in the 4 weeks preceding the inclusion
      • single liver metastasis treatable by surgery
      • active peptic ulcer, uncontrolled
      • Other progressive malignancy or during treatment (except basal cell carcinoma)
      • Cardiac arrhythmias requiring anti-arrhythmic (excluding beta-blockers or digoxin for chronic atrial fibrillation), active or ischemic coronary disease (myocardial infarction within the last 6 months), or heart failure> New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II
      • Bacterial or fungal infection active (grade> 2 Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Effects (CTCAE) v4.03)
      • known HIV infection or chronic hepatitis B or C
      • cerebral or meningeal tumor metastasis (symptomatic or asymptomatic)
      • epileptic disease requiring anti-epileptic taken
      • Previous history of organ transplantation or peripheral stem cells
      • Patient kidney dialysis
      • Concomitant treatment with cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) inducers such as rifampin, St. John's wort, phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital and dexamethasone
      • Prior therapy with bevacizumab or other targeted therapy
      • Known or suspected allergy to sorafenib
      • Any unstable chronic illness can jeopardize patient safety or its compliance
      • Women pregnant or lactating
      • coagulopathy
      • Uncontrolled hypertension
      • Inability to swallow
      • Failure to submit to medical monitoring of the trial due to geographical, social or psychic
      • Persons deprived of liberty or under supervision
      • Patient refusing ambulatory care
      • Patient simultaneously participating in another clinical trial
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
32 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    sorafenib at a dose of 800 mg / day

    Drug: Sorafenib at a dose of 800 mg / day

Interventions

  • DrugSorafenib at a dose of 800 mg / day
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. non-tumor progression rate

    with sorafenib at a dose of 800 mg / day

    Time frame: 24 weeks after initiation of treatment

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Study locations

1 site
  • Service d'ophtalmologie, CHU de Caen
    Caen, 14000, France
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References and documents

Publications

  • Mouriaux F, Servois V, Parienti JJ, Lesimple T, Thyss A, Dutriaux C, Neidhart-Berard EM, Penel N, Delcambre C, Peyro Saint Paul L, Pham AD, Heutte N, Piperno-Neumann S, Joly F. Sorafenib in metastatic uveal melanoma: efficacy, toxicity and health-related quality of life in a multicentre phase II study. Br J Cancer. 2016 Jun 28;115(1):20-4. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.119. Epub 2016 Jun 2. PubMed 27253171 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 17, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02517736
Lead sponsor
University Hospital, Caen
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 7, 2015
Start date
Feb 2012
Primary completion
Jan 13, 2015
Completion
Jan 13, 2015
Last update
Feb 17, 2026

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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