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"nct_id": "NCT00068172",
"official_title": "A Phase I/II Study of PI-88 in Advanced Malignancies (Phase I), and in Advanced Melanoma (Phase II)",
"inclusion_criteria": "Healthy volunteers allowed\nMust have minimum age of 18 Years",
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