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Melanoma (Skin)Phase 2NCT00026520

Interferon Alfa and Thalidomide in Treating Patients With Stage IV Melanoma

A Phase 2 study testing recombinant interferon alfa and thalidomide in people with Melanoma (Skin), run by SWOG Cancer Research Network at 94 sites in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Interferon alfa may interfere with the growth of cancer cells and slow the growth of the tumor. Thalidomide may stop the growth of cancer by stopping blood flow to the tumor. Combining interferon alfa with thalidomide may kill more tumor cells. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Melanoma (Skin)
What is being tested?
recombinant interferon alfa and thalidomide
How many people
Not given
Where
94 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Nov 2001to Apr 2006
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed stage IV malignant melanoma
  • Surgically incurable disease
  • Measurable or evaluable disease
  • No brain metastases by CT scan or MRI
  • Prior brain metastases allowed only if completely resected and treated with whole brain radiotherapy
  • Must have received 1, and only 1, prior systemic therapy for metastatic disease
  • Chemotherapy, biologic/immunotherapy, hormonal therapy, or combination therapy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • Adult

Performance status:

  • Zubrod 0-2

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,000/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 75,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • SGOT and/or SGPT no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Bilirubin no greater than ULN

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use 2 methods of effective contraception 4 weeks before, during, and for 4 weeks after study
  • HIV negative
  • No AIDS or HIV-1-associated complex
  • No other serious illness
  • No serious active infections
  • No sensory neuropathy greater than grade 1
  • No prior seizures or concurrent potential risk factors for the development of seizures
  • No other prior malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or adequately treated stage I or II cancer currently in complete remission

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 21 days since prior biologic therapy or immunotherapy in the adjuvant or metastatic setting and recovered
  • No concurrent filgrastim (G-CSF)
  • No other concurrent biologic therapy

Chemotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 21 days since prior chemotherapy in the adjuvant or metastatic setting and recovered
  • No concurrent chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 21 days since prior hormonal therapy in the adjuvant or metastatic setting and recovered
  • No concurrent hormonal therapy
  • No concurrent systemic steroids (including creams)

Radiotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 21 days since prior radiotherapy and recovered
  • Prior radiotherapy to all known sites of disease allowed if there is objective evidence of progression
  • No concurrent radiotherapy

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 21 days since prior surgery for primary or metastatic disease and recovered
  • No concurrent surgery

Other:

  • At least 21 days since prior systemic therapy or combination regimen for metastatic disease and recovered
  • At least 21 days since prior adjuvant isolation limb perfusion therapy and recovered
  • No other concurrent therapy
  • No other concurrent investigational drugs
  • No concurrent immunosuppressive medications
  • Concurrent antihistamines allowed if no alternative medication available

Trial locations and contacts

94 sites in 1 country.

94 sites in 1 country

United States94 sites

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albany

    Albany, New York, 12208

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87108-5138

  • MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105

  • CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48106

  • University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-0752

  • CCOP - Atlanta Regional

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30342-1701

  • CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium

    Billings, Montana, 59101

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi

    Biloxi, Mississippi, 39531-2410

  • Boston Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02118

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Charleston

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29401-5799

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425-0721

  • MBCCOP - University of Illinois at Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612-7323

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45220-2288

  • Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45267-0502

  • Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195

  • CCOP - Columbus

    Columbus, Ohio, 43206

  • Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1240

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton

    Dayton, Ohio, 45428

  • CCOP - Central Illinois

    Decatur, Illinois, 62526

  • University of Colorado Cancer Center

    Denver, Colorado, 80010

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver

    Denver, Colorado, 80220

  • Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

    Detroit, Michigan, 48201-1379

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit

    Detroit, Michigan, 48201-1932

  • Henry Ford Hospital

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202

  • Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

    Duarte, California, 91010-3000

  • CCOP - Duluth

    Duluth, Minnesota, 55805

  • Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center

    Fort Gordon, Georgia, 30905-5650

  • Brooke Army Medical Center

    Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 78234

  • University of Texas Medical Branch

    Galveston, Texas, 77555-0209

  • CCOP - Greenville

    Greenville, South Carolina, 29615

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

    Hines, Illinois, 60141

  • Cancer Research Center of Hawaii

    Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Houston

    Houston, Texas, 77030

  • University of Mississippi Medical Center

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216-4505

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)

    Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 02130

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    Kansas City, Kansas, 66160-7357

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64128

  • CCOP - Kansas City

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64131

  • Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB

    Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, 39534-2576

  • CCOP - Dayton

    Kettering, Ohio, 45429

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40511-1093

  • Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40536-0084

  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

    Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)

    Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205

  • USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital

    Los Angeles, California, 90033-0804

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - West Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, 90073

  • Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

    Los Angeles, California, 90095-1781

  • Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez

    Martinez, California, 94553

  • Loyola University Medical Center

    Maywood, Illinois, 60153

  • MBCCOP - Gulf Coast

    Mobile, Alabama, 36688

  • MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112

  • Tulane University School of Medicine

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112

  • Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10032

  • CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute

    Oakland, California, 94609-3305

  • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104

  • Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Orange, California, 92868

  • CCOP - Greater Phoenix

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85006-2726

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Hayden)

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85012

  • Oregon Cancer Center

    Portland, Oregon, 97201-3098

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland

    Portland, Oregon, 97207

  • CCOP - Columbia River Program

    Portland, Oregon, 97213

  • University of Rochester Medical Center

    Rochester, New York, 14642

  • University of California Davis Medical Center

    Sacramento, California, 95817

  • Huntsman Cancer Institute

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84148

  • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

    San Antonio, Texas, 78284-7811

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)

    San Antonio, Texas, 78284

  • UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

    San Francisco, California, 94143-0128

  • CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital

    Santa Rosa, California, 95403

  • CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98101

  • Swedish Cancer Institute

    Seattle, Washington, 98104

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle

    Seattle, Washington, 98108

  • Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport

    Shreveport, Louisiana, 71130-3932

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport

    Shreveport, Louisiana, 71130

  • Providence Hospital - Southfield

    Southfield, Michigan, 48075-9975

  • CCOP - Upstate Carolina

    Spartanburg, South Carolina, 29303

  • CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks

    Springfield, Missouri, 65807

  • St. Louis University Health Sciences Center

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110-0250

  • CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau

    St Louis, Missouri, 63141

  • CCOP - Northwest

    Tacoma, Washington, 98405-0986

  • Madigan Army Medical Center

    Tacoma, Washington, 98431-5000

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple

    Temple, Texas, 76504

  • CCOP - Scott and White Hospital

    Temple, Texas, 76508

  • CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program

    Toledo, Ohio, 43623-3456

  • David Grant Medical Center

    Travis Air Force Base, California, 94535

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson

    Tucson, Arizona, 85723

  • Arizona Cancer Center

    Tucson, Arizona, 85724

  • CCOP - Wichita

    Wichita, Kansas, 67214-3882

  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita

    Wichita, Kansas, 67218

  • CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27104-4241

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About this study

Official title: Evaluation of Interferon Alpha-2b and Thalidomide in Patients With Disseminated Malignant Melanoma, Phase II

RATIONALE: Interferon alfa may interfere with the growth of cancer cells and slow the growth of the tumor. Thalidomide may stop the growth of cancer by stopping blood flow to the tumor. Combining interferon alfa with thalidomide may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining interferon alfa with thalidomide in treating patients who have stage IV melanoma.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the 6-month progression-free survival rate in patients with stage IV melanoma treated with interferon alfa and thalidomide.
  • Determine the confirmed and unconfirmed complete and partial response rates in patients with measurable disease treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the quantitative and qualitative toxic effects of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive interferon alfa subcutaneously twice daily and oral thalidomide once daily on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving complete response (CR) receive 2 additional courses after documentation of CR.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 1 year.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 35 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions
Melanoma (Skin)
Being tested
recombinant interferon alfa, thalidomide
Keywords
stage IV melanoma, recurrent melanoma
Medical subject headings
Melanoma

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted25 Jun 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 2001
  3. Study completionApr 2006

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00026520
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000069046
Other IDs
SWOG-S0026
Status last verified
Apr 2003
First submitted
9 Nov 2001
Last updated
24 Jun 2013
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Hutchins LF, Moon J, Clark JI, Thompson JA, Lange MK, Flaherty LE, Sondak VK. Evaluation of interferon alpha-2B and thalidomide in patients with disseminated malignant melanoma, phase 2, SWOG 0026. Cancer. 2007 Nov 15;110(10):2269-75. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23035.

    PubMed 17932881

  • Hutchins L, Moon J, Clark J, et al.: Interferon alpha-2b and thalidomide in previously treated patients with disseminated malignant melanoma: SWOG 0026. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 22 (Suppl 14): A-7527, 716s, 2004.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing recombinant interferon alfa and thalidomide in people with Melanoma (Skin), run by SWOG Cancer Research Network at 94 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Jun 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 94 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00026520, which also lists 2 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 24 Jun 2013.

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