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Systemische Therapie des Melanoms

Aktuelle klinische Studien

Systemic treatment of melanoma

Current clinical trials

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Das maligne Melanom stellt derzeit mit 4–5% aller Tumoren des Menschen und steigender Inzidenz eine der häufigsten Krebsarten dar. Basierend auf interdisziplinär erstellten Leitlinien ist die Versorgung von Melanompatienten in Deutschland weitgehend standardisiert. Dennoch ist festzustellen, dass die therapeutischen Ergebnisse sowohl für die adjuvante, insbesondere aber für die palliative Therapie des Melanoms unbefriedigend sind. Daher besteht zum gegenwärtigen Zeitpunkt ein großer Bedarf an kontrollierten klinischen Studien mit dem Ziel, bisherige Therapieverfahren zu optimieren und den Einsatz neuer Substanzen zu prüfen. Die Behandlung betroffener Patienten im Rahmen von klinischen Studien kann derzeit als Standardvorgehen betrachtet werden. In der vorliegenden Übersicht werden die wichtigsten, aktuell durchgeführten klinischen Studien zur adjuvanten und palliativen Therapie des malignen Melanoms dargestellt.

Abstract

Malignant melanoma is one of the most common cancers accounting for 4–5% of all human malignancies and steadily increasing in incidence. The medical management of melanoma patients in Germany can be regarded as largely standardized based upon interdisciplinary guide lines. The results of adjuvant and especially palliative treatment of melanoma are unsatisfactory. Thus there is an urgent need for controlled clinical trials in order to optimize standard treatment approaches and to evaluate new drugs. The treatment of patients affected with high risk or metastatic melanoma within those clinical trials should be standard of care. This overview delineates the most important clinical trials currently conducted or planned in the adjuvant and palliative setting of melanoma treatment.

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Hauschild, A., Rass, K. & Tilgen, W. Systemische Therapie des Melanoms. Hautarzt 59, 484–491 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00105-008-1569-0

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