AstraZeneca provides update on selumetinib in uveal melanoma
22 July 2015 AstraZeneca today announced that the Phase III SUMIT study of selumetinib in combination with dacarbazine for the treatment of patients with metastatic uveal melanoma did not meet its primary endpoint of progression free survival. This combination therapy showed an adverse event profile generally consistent with current knowledge of the safety profiles of dacarbazine and selumetinib. A full evaluation of the data is ongoing. Selumetinib is a MEK inhibitor in late-stage development, with a primary programme in second-line KRAS-mutant advanced non-small cell lung cancer in