Randomised phase III clinical trial in patients radically operated for stage III melanoma (American Joint Committee on Cancer [AJCC]): comparison between Interferon (IFN) alpha-2b (sec Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group [ECOG] 1684) versus intensified Interferon alpha-2b
- Conditions
- Melanoma of cutaneous origin with regional lymph-node metastasis radically resectedCancer
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN75125874
- Lead Sponsor
- Italian Melanoma Intergroup - IMI (Italy)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 328
1. Primary melanoma of any tumour stage in presence of N1 regional lymph node metastases detected at elective or selective lymph node dissection with clinically not apparent regional lymph node metastases (designed CS1PS2, any TpN1M0)
2. Clinically apparent N1 regional lymph node involvement synchronous with primary melanoma of T1-4 (designed CS2PS2, any TcN1M0)
3. Regional lymph node recurrence at any interval after appropriate surgery for primary melanoma of any depth (designed CS2R, TxrN1M0)
4. ECOG performance status (PS) zero to one
5. Age 18 to 70
6. Absence of active medical or psychiatric troubles requiring medical or pharmacological interventions
7. Absence of thyroid or auto-immune pathology
8. Written informed consent
1. Patients with non-cutaneous primary melanoma
2. Clinical or pathological evidence of not completely resected melanoma or of lymph-node metastases
3. Clinical history of progressed neoplasia, except for the in situ carcinoma of the cervix and of radically treated basal carcinomas
4. Patients requiring a continuous treatment with steroids, non-steroid antiinflammatory drugs or other inhibitors of the prostaglandins synthesis, antihistaminic (cimetidine, ranitidine, famotidine and nazatidine) or other known immunomodulators
5. Patients with history of (ventricular or supraventricular) heart rhythm troubles needing treatment, or congestive heart failure (class New York Heart Association [NYHA] more than two)
6. Patients with organic brain syndrome or significant deterioration of the basal cognitive function or with any psychiatric trouble which may hinder the complete participation in the protocol or which may be exacerbated from the IFN therapy (e.g. depression)
7. Patients previously submitted to adjuvant therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, including any perfusion therapy before surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Overall survival
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Toxicity<br>2. Disease free survival