STA-9090(Ganetespib) in Patients With Unresectable Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma

Summary

STA9090 is a drug which inactivates or blocks the work of a protein called Heat Shock Protein 90 or HSP90. HSP90 is a protein that helps some molecules inside your cells to have the right shape. By stopping HSP90's activity, those molecules never get to have the right structure of be functional and they are destroyed. The investigators believe that if they stop the activity of HSP90, the rapidly dividing cells that are in your tumor(s) may slow down. In this research study the investigators are looking to see how well STA9090 works in stopping the spread of your melanoma.

Timeline

Start

2011-09

Primary completion

2012-09

Completion

2012-09

Drugs

Indications