Clinical trial NCT03155217: Tolerance of Targeted Therapy Used in Metastatic Melanoma in Patients Aged Over 65 and 75-year-old
Official title: Safety of Targeted Therapies in Elderly Patients (Over 5 and 75 Year-old) With Metastatic Melanoma
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Metastatic Melanoma
Keywords: melanoma
elderly
tolerance
adverse effects
targeted therapies
Lead sponsor: University Hospital, Montpellier
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France
First posted: 2017-05-16
Enrollment: 358
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 110
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: More 65 and 75 yo patients, Braf mutated, treated with targeted therapies in mono or bitherapy for metastatic melanoma

Brief summary: Since 2013, therapeutic care of metastatic melanoma (MM) has greatly improved, especially thanks to BRAF and MEK targeted therapies. The efficacy of these treatments that are now used daily at first line for BRAF mutated MM is widely approved. Their toxicities, in monotherapy or in association, are also well-known: fever, arthralgias, digestive disorders, cutaneous rash, fatigue, photosensitivity, alopecia, cutaneous hyperkeratosis, squamous cell carcinomas, keratoacanthomas, de novo melanomas... However, onco-dermatologists are more and more faced with MM of elderly patients. Indeed, life expectancy continues to increase and the over-75-year-old age group is becoming larger. These patients are still active but much more vulnerable. Nevertheless, there is no data in the literature for this fragile population except the MM pivotal studies subgroups of those over 65-year-old. The results vary with different regimens. Therefore, there is a wide lack of information that could help make a therapeutic decision, inform patients, prevent or treat side effects of BRAF and MEK inhibitors in elderly patients

Detailed description: Since 2013, therapeutic care of metastatic melanoma (MM) has greatly improved, especially thanks to BRAF and MEK targeted therapies. The efficacy of these treatments that are now used daily at first line for BRAF mutated MM is widely approved. Their toxicities, in monotherapy or in association, are also well-known: fever, arthralgias, digestive disorders, cutaneous rash, fatigue, photosensitivity, alopecia, cutaneous hyperkeratosis, squamous cell carcinomas, keratoacanthomas, de novo melanomas... However, onco-dermatologists are more and more faced with MM of elderly patients. Indeed, life expectancy continues to increase and the over-75-year-old age group is becoming larger. These patients are still active but much more vulnerable. Nevertheless, there is no data in the literature for this fragile population except the MM pivotal studies subgroups of those over 65-year-old. The results vary with different regimens. Therefore, there is a wide lack of information that could help make a therapeutic decision, inform patients, prevent or treat side effects of BRAF and MEK inhibitors in elderly patients. This work aims to study the targeted therapies tolerance in over 65 or 75-year-old patients with BRAF mutated MM. The French clinical and biological database MELBASE will be analysed to carry out a descriptive retrospective multicentric study. This real-life assessment of the adverse effects in older patients will result in more adapted therapeutic decisions, better informed patients and improved follow-up care in order to increase quality of life and life expectancy.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Metastatic melanoma

Exclusion Criteria:

* none

Primary outcomes:
measure: grade 3-4 adverse effects
timeFrame: 1 day
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Treatment modification
timeFrame: 1 day
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Montpellier
country: France
facility: Uhmontpellier
Study officials:
affiliation: University Hospital, Montpellier
name: ondine BECQUART
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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