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.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
Oncoxin-Viusid supplement before/during/after standard surgical and adjuvant treatment or chemotherapy.
Manuel Fajardo Clinical Surgical University Hospital
La Habana, Cuba
Overall survival rate
Calculated according to the method of Kaplan Meyer
Time frame: 2 years
Disease free survival rate
Calculated according to the Kaplan Meyer method
Time frame: 2 years
Temporary interruption of conventional treatment
Due to adverse events
Time frame: 2 years
Presence of adverse events
Associated with conventional treatment
Time frame: 2 years
Type of adverse events
According to severity and causality
Time frame: 2 years
Quality of life
Quality of life questionnaire of the EORTC: QLQ30
Time frame: 2 years
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