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Pemetrexed Disodium/Observation in Treating Patients W/ Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma w/Out Progressive Disease After 1st Line Chemotherapy

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Malignant Mesothelioma
Interventions
Other: clinical observation
Registration Number
NCT01085630
Lead Sponsor
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Pemetrexed disodium may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well pemetrexed disodium or observation works in treating patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma without progressive disease after first-line chemotherapy.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* To determine if maintenance therapy with pemetrexed disodium versus observation improves progression-free survival of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma who have at least stable disease after completion of first-line therapy comprising pemetrexed disodium with cisplatin or carboplatin.

Secondary

* To determine the overall survival of patients treated with this regimen versus observation.

* To evaluate the frequency of responses in patients treated with this regimen.

* To assess the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to first-line chemotherapy regimen (cisplatin/pemetrexed disodium vs carboplatin/pemetrexed disodium), histologic subtype (epithelioid vs other) and number of courses received (\< 6 vs 6).

* Arm I: Patients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

* Arm II: Patients undergo observation until disease progression. After completion of study therapy, patients are followed up every 6 months for 3 years.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
72
Inclusion Criteria
  • Histologically confirmed malignant pleural mesothelioma meeting 1 of the following cell types:

    • Epithelial

    • Sarcomatoid

    • Mixed type

      • Histologically documented malignant pleural mesothelioma, epithelial, sarcomatoid or mixed type, not amenable to surgical resection
      • Prior treatment
  • Currently receiving first-line treatment with pemetrexed + platinum; patients are to be registered to Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) 30901 no later than the last day of cycle 4 of first line therapy

  • Prior intracavitary cytotoxic or sclerosing therapy (including bleomycin) are acceptable; prior intrapleural cytotoxic chemotherapy will not be considered systemic chemotherapy

  • Prior surgical treatment is allowed

  • Prior radiation therapy is allowed

    • Non-pregnant and non-nursing; women of child bearing potential and men must agree to use an appropriate method of birth control throughout their participation in this study; appropriate methods of birth control include abstinence, oral contraceptives, implantable hormonal contraceptives (Norplant), or double barrier methods (diaphragm plus condom)
    • RANDOMIZATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
    • Patients with complete response, partial response, or stable disease following 4, 5 or 6 cycles of first-line chemotherapy with pemetrexed AND either cisplatin or carboplatin; a maximum of 6 cycles of chemotherapy may have been given
    • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1
    • Granulocytes >= 1,500/ul
    • Platelet count >= 100,000/ul
    • Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
    • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) =< 2 x ULN
    • Calculated creatinine clearance >= 45 ml/min
  • Disease not amenable to surgery

  • Must be enrolled on imaging protocol CALGB-580903

  • Complete response, partial response, or stable disease after completion of 4 courses of first-line chemotherapy comprising pemetrexed disodium AND cisplatin or carboplatin

    • Study therapy will begin within 9 weeks following day 1 of cycle 4 of first-line treatment
  • No clinically significant pleural or peritoneal effusions that cannot be adequately managed by drainage before or during pemetrexed disodium

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • ECOG performance status of 0-1

  • Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks

  • Granulocytes ≥ 1,500/μL

  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/μL

  • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)

  • AST ≤ 2 times ULN

  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 45 mL/min

  • Not pregnant or nursing

  • Negative pregnancy test

  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

  • No psychiatric illness that would prevent the patient from giving informed consent

  • No second malignancy except non-melanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix unless curatively treated with no evidence of active disease for ≥ 5 years

  • No medical conditions that, in the opinion of the treating physician, would make study treatment unreasonably hazardous for the patient including, but not limited to, the following:

    • Ongoing or active infection such as HIV positivity
    • Inability to take oral medications
    • Psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics

  • Prior intracavitary cytotoxic or sclerosing therapy (including bleomycin) allowed

    • Prior intrapleural cytotoxic chemotherapy not considered systemic chemotherapy
  • Prior surgery allowed

  • Prior radiotherapy allowed

    • No concurrent palliative radiotherapy
  • No concurrent hormones or other chemotherapeutic agents except for the following:

    • Steroids for adrenal failure
    • Hormones for nondisease-related conditions (e.g., insulin for diabetes)
    • Intermittent use of dexamethasone as an antiemetic or premedication for pemetrexed disodium
Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Arm IIclinical observationPatients undergo observation until disease progression.
Arm Ipemetrexed disodiumPatients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Progression-free SurvivalBaseline up to 3 years

Progression free survival (PFS) is defined as the time from the date of randomization to the date of disease progression or death resulting from any cause, whichever comes first. Progression is defined according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) version 1.1. The median and 95% confidence intervals are estimated using the Kaplan-Meier estimator.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall SurvivalBaseline up to 3 years

Overall survival time is defined as the time from randomization to death due to any cause. The median and 95% confidence intervals are estimated using the Kaplan-Meier estimator.

Toxicity, Assessed Using National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 4.0 (v4)Baseline up to 3 years

The number of patients reporting grade 3 or higher adverse events considered at least possibly related to study treatment as graded by the NCI's Common Toxicity Criteria (CTCAE) Version 4 are reported here. A complete list of all reported adverse events is reported in the Adverse Events section of this report.

Response RateUp to 3 years

The response rate (percentage) is the percent of patients whose best response was Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) as defined by RECIST 1.1 criteria. Percentage of successes will be estimated by 100 times the number of successes divided by the total number of evaluable patients. Response rates (including complete and partial response) will be tested using Fisher's exact test

Trial Locations

Locations (145)

Essentia Health - Duluth Clinic

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Duluth, Minnesota, United States

Summa Center for Cancer Care at Akron City Hospital

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Akron, Ohio, United States

CCOP - Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York

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East Syracuse, New York, United States

Michiana Hematology-Oncology, PC - Elkhart

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Elkhart, Indiana, United States

Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City

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Sioux City, Iowa, United States

CCOP - Duluth

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Duluth, Minnesota, United States

Mid Dakota Clinic, PC

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Bismarck, North Dakota, United States

Providence Newberg Medical Center

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Newberg, Oregon, United States

Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center

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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States

Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Columbus, Ohio, United States

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada

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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

CCOP - Nevada Cancer Research Foundation

🇺🇸

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Masonic Cancer Center at University of Minnesota

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

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San Francisco, California, United States

Illinois CancerCare - Carthage

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Carthage, Illinois, United States

Illinois CancerCare - Bloomington

🇺🇸

Bloomington, Illinois, United States

Illinois CancerCare - Princeton

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Princeton, Illinois, United States

CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services

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Newark, Delaware, United States

Michiana Hematology Oncology PC - Plymouth

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Plymouth, Indiana, United States

George Bray Cancer Center at the Hospital of Central Connecticut - New Britain Campus

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New Britain, Connecticut, United States

Eureka Community Hospital

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Eureka, Illinois, United States

Illinois CancerCare - Havana

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Havana, Illinois, United States

Community Hospital of Ottawa

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Ottawa, Illinois, United States

Illinois CancerCare - Pekin

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Pekin, Illinois, United States

St. Joseph Medical Center

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Bloomington, Illinois, United States

Tunnell Cancer Center at Beebe Medical Center

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Lewes, Delaware, United States

Saint Francis/Mount Sinai Regional Cancer Center at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center

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Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Ochsner Health Center - Covington

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Covington, Louisiana, United States

Illinois CancerCare - Eureka

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Eureka, Illinois, United States

Galesburg Clinic, PC

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Galesburg, Illinois, United States

Elkhart General Hospital

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Elkhart, Indiana, United States

University of Chicago Cancer Research Center

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

La Grange Memorial Hospital

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La Grange, Illinois, United States

Michiana Hematology Oncology PC - La Porte

🇺🇸

Westville, Indiana, United States

Illinois CancerCare - Macomb

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Macomb, Illinois, United States

CCOP - Northern Indiana CR Consortium

🇺🇸

South Bend, Indiana, United States

Ochsner Health Center - Bluebonnet

🇺🇸

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Illinois CancerCare - Monmouth

🇺🇸

Monmouth, Illinois, United States

Center for Cancer Therapy at LaPorte Hospital and Health Services

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La Porte, Indiana, United States

CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association

🇺🇸

Peoria, Illinois, United States

OSF St. Francis Medical Center

🇺🇸

Peoria, Illinois, United States

Elkhart Clinic, LLC

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Elkhart, Indiana, United States

St. Alexius Medical Center Cancer Center

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Bismarck, North Dakota, United States

Hillcrest Cancer Center at Hillcrest Hospital

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Mayfield Heights, Ohio, United States

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Independence, Ohio, United States

Parma Community General Hospital

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Parma, Ohio, United States

Geisinger Hazleton Cancer Center

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Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States

Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

UPMC Cancer Centers

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Barberton Citizens Hospital

🇺🇸

Barberton, Ohio, United States

Cleveland Clinic Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center

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Beachwood, Ohio, United States

Willamette Falls Hospital

🇺🇸

Oregon City, Oregon, United States

Kinston Medical Specialists

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Kinston, North Carolina, United States

Iredell Memorial Hospital

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Statesville, North Carolina, United States

Medcenter One Hospital Cancer Care Center

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Bismarck, North Dakota, United States

Danville Regional Medical Center

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Danville, Virginia, United States

Geisinger Cancer Institute at Geisinger Health

🇺🇸

Danville, Pennsylvania, United States

Gundersen Lutheran Center for Cancer and Blood

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La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

Rosenfeld Cancer Center at Abington Memorial Hospital

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Abington, Pennsylvania, United States

Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - McPherson

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McPherson, Kansas, United States

Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Newton

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Newton, Kansas, United States

Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Parsons

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Parsons, Kansas, United States

Associates in Womens Health, PA - North Review

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Wichita, Kansas, United States

Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - El Dorado

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El Dorado, Kansas, United States

Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Wellington

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Wellington, Kansas, United States

Via Christi Cancer Center at Via Christi Regional Medical Center

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Wichita, Kansas, United States

Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Dodge City

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Dodge City, Kansas, United States

Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Liberal

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Liberal, Kansas, United States

Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Winfield

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Winfield, Kansas, United States

Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Medical Arts Tower

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Wichita, Kansas, United States

Cancer Center of Kansas - Fort Scott

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Fort Scott, Kansas, United States

Cancer Center of Kansas-Independence

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Independence, Kansas, United States

Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Wichita

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Wichita, Kansas, United States

Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Salina

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Salina, Kansas, United States

Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Chanute

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Chanute, Kansas, United States

Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Kingman

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Kingman, Kansas, United States

Lawrence Memorial Hospital

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Lawrence, Kansas, United States

Cancer Center of Kansas, PA - Pratt

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Pratt, Kansas, United States

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

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Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Providence Cancer Center at Providence Portland Medical Center

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

CCOP - Columbia River Oncology Program

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Proctor Hospital

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Peoria, Illinois, United States

Illinois CancerCare - Peru

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Peru, Illinois, United States

Oncology Hematology Associates of Central Illinois, PC - Ottawa

🇺🇸

Ottawa, Illinois, United States

Cancer Treatment Center at Pekin Hospital

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Pekin, Illinois, United States

Illinois Valley Community Hospital

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Peru, Illinois, United States

Geisinger Medical Group - Scenery Park

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State College, Pennsylvania, United States

Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center at Fairview Hospital

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

North Coast Cancer Care, Incorporated

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Sandusky, Ohio, United States

Clackamas Radiation Oncology Center

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Clackamas, Oregon, United States

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Strongsville

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Strongsville, Ohio, United States

Cleveland Clinic - Wooster

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Wooster, Ohio, United States

Illinois CancerCare - Spring Valley

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Spring Valley, Illinois, United States

Providence Milwaukie Hospital

🇺🇸

Milwaukie, Oregon, United States

Mayo Clinic Scottsdale

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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Illinois CancerCare - Canton

🇺🇸

Canton, Illinois, United States

Saint Alphonsus Cancer Care Center at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center

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Boise, Idaho, United States

Illinois CancerCare - Kewanee Clinic

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Kewanee, Illinois, United States

Illinois CancerCare - Community Cancer Center

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Normal, Illinois, United States

BroMenn Regional Medical Center

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Normal, Illinois, United States

Community Cancer Center

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Normal, Illinois, United States

OSF Holy Family Medical Center

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Monmouth, Illinois, United States

Oncology Hematology Associates of Central Illinois, PC - Peoria

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Peoria, Illinois, United States

Methodist Medical Center of Illinois

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Peoria, Illinois, United States

Michiana Hematology-Oncology, PC - South Bend

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Mishawaka, Indiana, United States

Howard Community Hospital

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Kokomo, Indiana, United States

Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center

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Mishawaka, Indiana, United States

Siouxland Hematology-Oncology Associates, LLP

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Sioux City, Iowa, United States

Memorial Hospital of South Bend

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South Bend, Indiana, United States

St. Luke's Regional Medical Center

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Sioux City, Iowa, United States

CCOP - Wichita

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Wichita, Kansas, United States

Greenebaum Cancer Center at University of Maryland Medical Center

🇺🇸

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Baltimore

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Union Hospital of Cecil County

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Elkton, Maryland, United States

Genesys Hurley Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Flint, Michigan, United States

Oakwood Cancer Center at Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center

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Dearborn, Michigan, United States

Genesys Regional Medical Center

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Grand Blanc, Michigan, United States

Hurley Medical Center

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Flint, Michigan, United States

Van Elslander Cancer Center at St. John Hospital and Medical Center

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Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, United States

Foote Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

Jackson, Michigan, United States

St. Joseph Mercy Oakland

🇺🇸

Pontiac, Michigan, United States

St. Mary Mercy Hospital

🇺🇸

Livonia, Michigan, United States

Sparrow Regional Cancer Center

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Lansing, Michigan, United States

Seton Cancer Institute at Saint Mary's - Saginaw

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Saginaw, Michigan, United States

Mercy Regional Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital

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Port Huron, Michigan, United States

St. Joseph's Medical Center

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Brainerd, Minnesota, United States

Lakeside Cancer Specialists, PLLC

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Saint Joseph, Michigan, United States

St. John Macomb Hospital

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Warren, Michigan, United States

Lakeland Regional Cancer Care Center - St. Joseph

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Saint Joseph, Michigan, United States

Miller - Dwan Medical Center

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Duluth, Minnesota, United States

Cancer Institute of New Jersey at Cooper - Voorhees

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Voorhees, New Jersey, United States

SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital

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Syracuse, New York, United States

Duke Cancer Institute

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Durham, North Carolina, United States

Wayne Memorial Hospital, Incorporated

🇺🇸

Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States

Southwest Washington Medical Center Cancer Center

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Vancouver, Washington, United States

Northwest Cancer Specialists at Vancouver Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Vancouver, Washington, United States

Saint Joseph Mercy Cancer Center

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

CCOP - Michigan Cancer Research Consortium

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

New Orleans Cancer Institute at Memorial Medical Center

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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

CCOP - Ochsner

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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Ochsner Cancer Institute at Ochsner Clinic Foundation

🇺🇸

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Roper St. Francis Cancer Center at Roper Hospital

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Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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