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Active, not recruitingPhase 3
Efficacy and Safety of Selumetinib in Adults With NF1 Who Have Symptomatic, Inoperable Plexiform Neurofibromas
Key facts
- Who runs it
- AstraZeneca
- Where
- Commack, Gainesville, Rockville, and St Louis, United StatesSee the 4 sitesAlso in 12 other countries, 28 sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 3
- People taking part
- 145 people enrolled
- Started
- 19 Nov 2021
- Expected to end
- 15 Feb 2029
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets a placebo (a dummy treatment), for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Selumetinib
- Placebo
- Record updated
- 12 November 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Adults ≥ 18 years at enrollment with diagnosis of NF1 with symptomatic, inoperable PN
- At least one inoperable target PN measurable by volumetric MRI analysis
- Chronic target PN pain score documented for minimum period during screening period
- Stable chronic PN pain medication use at enrollment
- Adequate organ and marrow function
Who cannot take part
- Prior exposure to MEK inhibitors
- Confirmed or suspected malignant glioma or MPNST (low grade glioma, including optic glioma not requiring systemic therapy or radiation therapy are exempt from this exclusion)
- Ophthalmological findings/conditions including intraocular pressure > 21 mmHg, RPED/CSR or RVO
- Clinically significant cardiovascular disease, including inherited coronary disease, acute coronary syndrome within 6 months prior to enrollment, uncontrolled angina, symptomatic heart failure, cardiomyopathy, severe valvular heart disease, abnormal LVEF and uncontrolled hypertension
- History of malignancy except for malignancy treated with curative intent with no known active disease ≥ 5 years before the first dose of study intervention and of low potential risk for recurrence
Where in United States
Also in 12 other countries, 28 sites
- Commack, New YorkHospital not named in the registry
- Gainesville, FloridaHospital not named in the registry
- Rockville, MarylandHospital not named in the registry
- St Louis, MissouriHospital not named in the registry
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
A global study to demonstrate the effectiveness of selumetinib in participants with NF1 who have symptomatic, inoperable plexiform neurofibromas.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Arm ATreatment being tested
Selumetinib
Treatment: Selumetinib
- Arm BPlacebo, for comparison
Placebo
Treatment: Placebo
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- A Phase III, Multicentre, International Study With a Parallel, Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, 2 Arm Design to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Selumetinib in Adult Participants With NF1 Who Have Symptomatic, Inoperable Plexiform Neurofibromas (KOMET)
- Record updated
- 12 November 2026