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Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Interleukin-2 and Interferon Alfa in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Melanoma (Skin)
Registration Number
NCT00003027
Lead Sponsor
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Interleukin-2 may stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill melanoma cells. Interferon alfa may interfere with the growth of tumor cells. It is not yet known whether combination chemotherapy plus interleukin-2 and interferon alfa is more effective than combination chemotherapy alone for metastatic melanoma.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare combination chemotherapy with or without interleukin-2 and interferon alfa in treating patients who have metastatic melanoma that cannot be treated by surgery.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Compare response rate, duration of response, and survival rate in patients with metastatic malignant melanoma treated with cisplatin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine with or without interleukin-2 and interferon alfa-2b.

* Determine the toxic effects of these regimens in this patient population.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are stratified according to performance status (0 vs 1), prior interferon (yes vs no), and number of involved sites. Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive cisplatin IV over 30 minutes daily immediately followed by vinblastine IV on days 1-4. Patients also receive dacarbazine IV over 60 minutes on day 1 following vinblastine.

* Arm II: Patients receive treatment as in arm I. Patients also receive interleukin 2 (IL-2) IV continuously on days 1-4 and interferon alfa-2b subcutaneously (SC) daily before IL-2 on days 1-4 and after IL-2 on day 5, followed by filgrastim (G-CSF) (SC) daily on days 7-16.

Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed at 6 weeks, every 3 months for 18 months, every 6 months for 18 months, and then annually for 2 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 482 patients will be accrued for this study within 3.5 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
482
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

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Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall survival
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Response rate (complete and partial response)
Durable complete response rate
Response duration

Trial Locations

Locations (94)

USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson

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Jackson, Mississippi, United States

CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks

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Springfield, Missouri, United States

Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas

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Dallas, Texas, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Houston

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Houston, Texas, United States

UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

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San Francisco, California, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)

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San Antonio, Texas, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati

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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital

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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Huntsman Cancer Institute

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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City

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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Boston Medical Center

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

University of Mississippi Medical Center

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Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - West Los Angeles

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Los Angeles, California, United States

University of Texas Medical Branch

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Galveston, Texas, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle

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Seattle, Washington, United States

CCOP - Scott and White Hospital

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Temple, Texas, United States

Swedish Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center

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Seattle, Washington, United States

CCOP - Northwest

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Tacoma, Washington, United States

Providence Hospital - Southfield

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Southfield, Michigan, United States

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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San Antonio, Texas, United States

Brooke Army Medical Center

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Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States

MBCCOP - Gulf Coast

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Mobile, Alabama, United States

CCOP - Duluth

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Duluth, Minnesota, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple

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Temple, Texas, United States

CCOP - Greater Phoenix

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Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Arizona Cancer Center

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Tucson, Arizona, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)

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Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

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Duarte, California, United States

Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez

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Martinez, California, United States

Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Orange, California, United States

CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute

🇺🇸

Oakland, California, United States

CCOP - Atlanta Regional

🇺🇸

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital

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Santa Rosa, California, United States

Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center

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Fort Gordon, Georgia, United States

MBCCOP - University of Illinois at Chicago

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

David Grant Medical Center

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Travis Air Force Base, California, United States

CCOP - Central Illinois

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Decatur, Illinois, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)

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Hines, Illinois, United States

Loyola University Medical Center

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Maywood, Illinois, United States

Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky

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Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport

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Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita

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Wichita, Kansas, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport

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Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington

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Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi

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Biloxi, Mississippi, United States

Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB

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Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, United States

St. Louis University Health Sciences Center

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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium

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Billings, Montana, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque

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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC

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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albany

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Albany, New York, United States

Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

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New York, New York, United States

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

CCOP - Columbus

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Columbus, Ohio, United States

CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program

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Toledo, Ohio, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton

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Dayton, Ohio, United States

CCOP - Dayton

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Kettering, Ohio, United States

CCOP - Upstate Carolina

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Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Madigan Army Medical Center

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Tacoma, Washington, United States

CCOP - Wichita

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Wichita, Kansas, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson

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Tucson, Arizona, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)

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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States

CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau

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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

University of Rochester Medical Center

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Rochester, New York, United States

CCOP - Greenville

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Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Carl T. Hayden)

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Phoenix, Arizona, United States

University of California Davis Medical Center

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Sacramento, California, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

University of Colorado Cancer Center

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Denver, Colorado, United States

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit

🇺🇸

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver

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Denver, Colorado, United States

University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Henry Ford Hospital

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Detroit, Michigan, United States

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland

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Portland, Oregon, United States

CCOP - Columbia River Program

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Portland, Oregon, United States

OHSU Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Cancer Research Center of Hawaii

🇺🇸

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center

🇺🇸

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Tulane University School of Medicine

🇺🇸

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City

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Kansas City, Missouri, United States

CCOP - Kansas City

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Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Charleston

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Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Medical University of South Carolina

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Charleston, South Carolina, United States

University of Kansas Medical Center

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

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