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CompletedNCT03541148Updated May 30, 2018

Evaluation of Oncoxin-Viusid® in Cutaneous Melanoma

A Phase 2 interventional study of Oncoxin-Viusid in Cutaneous Melanoma, Stage II, Malignant Cutaneous Melanoma and Cutaneous Melanoma, Stage III, sponsored by Catalysis SL. Completed at 1 site in Cuba. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-05-30.

Sponsored by Catalysis SL · Phase 2, Interventional, and Supportive care

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 years 7 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Sep 2014, registered May 2018).
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
20
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Malignant melanoma, responsible for 75% of deaths from skin cancer. Current therapeutic options have poor response, many adverse events and high costs. For this reason, a study with nutritional supplement Oncoxin-Viusid was carried out. According to previous studies, it has an antitumor, immunomodulatory effect and to potentiate the antiproliferative effect of standard chemotherapeutic agents in different locations and stages of cancer.

Read the detailed description

Performed at Manuel Fajardo Surgical Clinical University Hospital in Havana, Cuba from September 2014 to April 2018, following a proof of concept open label study, with no control group in 20 patients diagnosed histologically in Fajardo Hospital or Oncology Institute, as Melanoma, primary cutaneous stage IIB-IIIA. All received conventional surgical treatment and oral Oncoxin-Viusid (25 ml 2 times a day for one year), where it was also indicated adjuvant treatment or chemotherapy. All were evaluated monthly the first year and semesterly the second year. Complying with the provisions of the Helsinki Act.

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Conditions studied

  • Cutaneous Melanoma, Stage II
  • Malignant Cutaneous Melanoma
  • Cutaneous Melanoma, Stage III

Keywords

  • Cutaneous malignant melanoma
  • Nutritional supplement
  • survival
  • Green tea
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In context

Melanoma

3,370 studies on the registry are indexed under Melanoma; 578 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 20 is below the median of 40 across 2,649 interventional studies indexed under Melanoma.

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Lead sponsor

Catalysis SL is the lead sponsor of 53 studies on the registry; 4 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
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with histological diagnosis of Malignant Cutaneous Melanoma in stage IIB-IIC-IIIA
  • Subjects of 18 years and over of both sexes.
  • General health status according to the Index ≥ 70.
  • Laboratory parameters within the normal limits defined as: Hematopoietic: ≥ 9 g / L, Total Leukocytes ≥ 3 x 109 cells / L, Neutrophils ≥ 1.5 x 109 cells / L, ≥ 100 x 109 / L Hepatic: Liver function within 2.5 times upper normal limit and without liver disease demonstrated by TGP, OGT and alkaline phosphatase.
  • Patients who express written voluntariness to enter the study with their signature of the document.
  • Women of childbearing age should have a negative pregnancy test and use effective methods such as intrauterine devices, hormonal contraceptives, barrier method or tubal ligation.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy or lactation.
  • Patients with a second concomitant tumor.
  • Present an associated chronic disease in the decompensation phase (heart disease, diabetes, hypertension).
  • History of to another similar product.
  • Severe acute allergic states.
  • Severe septic processes.
  • Non-operated patients, in whom the surgery was .
  • Patients at potential risk of not completing the study (those who will travel during the period of the investigation or distance in their residence, outside the city).
  • Subjects who are participating in another clinical trial.
  • Patients with cognitive disorders or a mental disorder that hinders their follow-up.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(7)

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Karnofsky performance status (KPS)

A 0–100 scale of how well someone can carry out everyday activities. 100 is no complaints and no signs of illness; 70 is able to look after yourself but not to work or keep up normal activity; 50 is needing considerable help and frequent medical care.

Studies often ask for 60 or 70 and above. Your doctor gives the score.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Informed consent

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You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
20 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Oncoxin-Viusid

    Nutritional supplement Oncoxin-Viusid 25 mL in oral solution twice a day

    Dietary Supplement: Oncoxin-Viusid

Interventions

  • Dietary supplementOncoxin-Viusid

    Oncoxin-Viusid supplement before/during/after standard surgical and adjuvant treatment or chemotherapy.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall survival rate

    Calculated according to the method of Kaplan Meyer

    Time frame: 2 years

  2. Disease free survival rate

    Calculated according to the Kaplan Meyer method

    Time frame: 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Temporary interruption of conventional treatment

    Due to adverse events

    Time frame: 2 years

  2. Presence of adverse events

    Associated with conventional treatment

    Time frame: 2 years

  3. Type of adverse events

    According to severity and causality

    Time frame: 2 years

  4. Quality of life

    Quality of life questionnaire of the EORTC: QLQ30

    Time frame: 2 years

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Study locations

1 site
  • Manuel Fajardo Clinical Surgical University Hospital
    La Habana, 10600, Cuba
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes

Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form, Clinical study report

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Sep 2014 to primary completion in Apr 2016, 18 months.

Of 106 industry-sponsored phase 2 interventional studies under Melanoma, half reached primary completion within 35 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 26 and three quarters within 60. This study's 18 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 383 studies reached it within 53 months; a quarter within 32 and three quarters within 88.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
May 3, 2018
First posted
May 30, 2018
StartActual
Sep 16, 2014
Primary completionActual
Apr 13, 2016
CompletionActual
Apr 13, 2018
Last update
May 30, 2018
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 30, 2018, 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
NCT03541148
Lead sponsor
Catalysis SL
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 30, 2018
Start date
Sep 16, 2014
Primary completion
Apr 13, 2016
Completion
Apr 13, 2018
Last update
May 30, 2018

Study contacts

Olaine R. Gray Lovio, Dr.
principal investigator · Manuel Fajardo Clinical Surgical University Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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