Clinical Trial: Perioperative Treatment With Tranexamic Acid in Melanoma
Study Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Recruit Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Condition: Melanoma
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Perioperative Treatment With Tranexamic Acid in Melanoma; Prognostic and Treatment-related Impact of the Plasminogen-plasmin Pathway
Brief Summary:
Surgery is a key element in the treatment of melanoma, and naturally linked with an inflammatory response and recruitment of innate immune cells.Although surgery has a favorable intent, surgery-induced inflammation, neutrophils in particular, may accelerate growth of local and systemic micrometastases.Thus, improving cancer surgery and modulating the wound microenvironment in ways that benefit the patients is crucial.Repurposing already approved drugs in a cancer setting has gained increasing interest in recent…
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