Information with regards to Melanoma
Dear North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust,
I would like to please request the following information:
The purpose of these questions is to understand the variability of treatment within your trust and in context to the rest of the country.
Q1. In the past 3 months (or the latest 3 months data you have available), how many melanoma patients were treated with:
• Bevacizumab (Avastin)
• Dacarbazine (DTIC)
• Trametinib (Mekinist)
• Dabrafenib (Tafinlar)
• Ipilimumab (Yervoy)
• Vemurafenib (Zelboraf)
• Nivolumab (Opdivo)
• Nivolumab + Ipilimumab (Opdivo + Yervoy)
• Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
• Vemurafenib + cobimetinib (Zelboraf + Cotellic)
• Dabrafenib + Trametinib (Tafinlar + Mekinist)
• Braftovi (encorafenib) in combination with Mektovi (binimetinib) for BRAF V600 patients
• Other active systemic anti-cancer therapy [please state]
• Palliative care only
Q2. In the past 3 months (or the latest 3 months data you have available), how many metastatic melanoma patients were treated with the following:
• Ipilimumab
• Ipilimumab AND Nivolumab
• Nivolumab
• Pembrolizumab
• Dabrafenib AND Trametinib
• Any Other Targeted Therapy (Dabrafenib /Encorafenib AND Binimetinib /Trametinib /Vemurafenib /Vemurafenib AND Cobimetinib)
• Other active systemic anti-cancer therapy
• Palliative care only
Thank you for answering these questions.
Yours faithfully,
Ed Fryer
Dear Sir / Madam
Please accept this as acknowledgement of receipt of your request for
information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We are processing your request which is due to you within 20 working days
in accordance with the deadline stipulated by the Act.
Kind Regards
Lisa Wilkinson
Corporate Governance Manager / Assistant Trust Board Secretary
Dear Ed
Thank you for your email.
Unfortunately as we are a mental health trust we are unable to provide a response to this request as we do not provide these services
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you require any further information.
Many thanks
Lisa Wilkinson
Corporate Governance Manager / Assistant Trust Board Secretary
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Lawton House, Bellringer Road, Trentham Lakes South
Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8HH
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