Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Melanoma of the Eye

Phase 3

Terminated

• Conditions: Intraocular Melanoma

• Registration Number: NCT00036816
• Lead Sponsor: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells and decrease the recurrence of melanoma of the eye.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to determine the effectiveness of vaccine therapy in treating patients who are at high risk for recurrent melanoma of the eye.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine whether adjuvant NA17-A and melanoma differentiation peptides are effective in decreasing the occurrence of liver metastasis in HLA-A2-positive patients with primary ocular melanoma at high risk of relapse.

* Determine whether this regimen increases survival of these patients.

* Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to tumor size (medium vs large), prior treatment of primary tumor (surgery vs radiotherapy), and participating center. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive vaccination with NA17-A and melanoma differentiation peptides (e.g., tyrosinase, Melan-A, and gp100 antigens) subcutaneously and intradermally on days 1, 8, 15, and 22. Patients then receive a vaccination once every 14 days for 4 doses, once every 28 days for 4 doses, once every 56 days for 4 doses, and then once every 3 months for a total of 4 years.

* Arm II: Patients undergo observation only every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 2 years.

All patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year and then every 6 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 600 patients (300 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 2 years.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2002-02
• Study First Submitted: 2002-05-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2003-01-26
• Study First Posted: 2003-01-27
• Primary Completion: 2003-02
• Status Verified: 2012-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-09-20
• Last Update Posted: 2012-09-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 13

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

University of Copenhagen; 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Denmark

Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc; 🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium