Melanoma (Skin)Phase 3NCT00072124
Dacarbazine and/or Cisplatin Compared With Complete Metastasectomy in Treating Patients With Stage IV Melanoma
A Phase 3 study testing cisplatin, dacarbazine and conventional surgery in people with Melanoma (Skin), run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as dacarbazine and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Complete metastasectomy may be an effective treatment for metastatic melanoma and may improve quality of life and help patients live longer and more… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 16 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Melanoma (Skin)
- What is being tested?
- cisplatin, dacarbazine and conventional surgery
- Type of treatment
- Surgery or procedure
- How many people
- Not given
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Sep 2003to May 2005
- Phase
- Phase 3
- 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 16 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult, Older adult
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Diagnosis of metastatic melanoma
- Solitary pulmonary nodule may not be sole site of metastatic disease
- No disease limited to subcutaneous, cutaneous, or peripheral nodal (neck, axillary, groin, or iliac nodes) sites only
- Measurable disease
- Disease progression during or after prior interleukin-2 (IL-2)-based therapy OR ineligible for high-dose IL-2 therapy
- Metastatic disease amenable to complete surgical resection
- Less than 5% estimated mortality from surgery
- Prior complete metastasectomy allowed provided disease did not recur within 6 months after surgery
- No primary ocular or mucosal melanoma
- No brain metastases
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age
- 16 and over
Performance status
- ECOG 0-2
Life expectancy
- More than 3 months
Hematopoietic
- WBC at least 3,000/mm^3 OR
- Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm^3
- Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
- No coagulation disorder
Hepatic
- Hepatitis B surface antigen negative
- Hepatitis C antibody negative
Renal
- Creatinine no greater than 1.6 mg/dL OR
- Creatinine clearance at least 70 mL/min
- No major medical illness of the renal system
Cardiovascular
- No major medical illness of the cardiovascular system
Pulmonary
- No major medical illness of the respiratory system
Other
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- HIV negative
- No active systemic infection
- No form of primary or secondary immunodeficiency
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy
- See Disease Characteristics
Chemotherapy
- Not specified
Endocrine therapy
- Not specified
Radiotherapy
- No concurrent palliative radiotherapy
Surgery
- See Disease Characteristics
- No concurrent palliative surgery
Other
- More than 3 weeks since prior therapy for melanoma (except surgery)
- No other concurrent therapy for melanoma
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Studies Support
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-1182
About this study
Official title: A Prospective Random Assignment Trial Comparing Complete Metastasectomy to Chemotherapy for Selected Patients With Stage IV Melanoma
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as dacarbazine and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Complete metastasectomy may be an effective treatment for metastatic melanoma and may improve quality of life and help patients live longer and more comfortably. It is not yet known whether complete metastasectomy is more effective than chemotherapy in treating stage IV melanoma.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying dacarbazine and/or cisplatin to see how well they work compared to complete metastasectomy in treating patients with stage IV melanoma.
Read the detailed description
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- Compare overall survival in patients with stage IV melanoma treated with complete metastasectomy vs dacarbazine and/or cisplatin.
Secondary
- Compare time to progression in patients treated with these regimens.
- Determine the response rate in patients treated with dacarbazine and/or cisplatin.
- Compare the morbidity and quality of life of patients treated with these regimens.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are stratified according to prior exposure to dacarbazine and cisplatin (yes vs no) and number of sites of metastases (1 vs 2 or more). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I (surgery): Patients undergo complete metastasectomy. Patients with disease progression after surgery may undergo repeat resection or may receive dacarbazine and/or cisplatin as in arm II.
- Arm II (systemic therapy): Patients receive dacarbazine IV over 30-60 minutes and/or cisplatin IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 2, 3, 22, 23, and 24 (1 course). Courses repeat every 42 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving a complete response (CR) receive at least 1 additional course of chemotherapy beyond CR and are eligible for other investigational strategies.
Quality of life is assessed at baseline, at 3 and 6 months, and at 1 year.
Patients are followed every 3-4 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 74 patients (37 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 4 years.
- Conditions
- Melanoma (Skin)
- Being tested
- cisplatin, dacarbazine, conventional surgery
- 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.
cisplatinDrug
dacarbazineDrug
conventional surgeryProcedure or surgery
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted6 Nov 2003 (estimated)
- Study startSep 2003
- Study completionMay 2005
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Melanoma (Skin)Studies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by National Cancer Institute (NCI)The sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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 3
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Sponsor type
- US National Institutes of Health
- Investigators
- Richard M. Sherry, MD, Study chair, NCI - Surgery Branch
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00072124
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- CDR0000335471
- Other IDs
- NCI-03-C-0279
- Status last verified
- Jan 2005
- First submitted
- 4 Nov 2003
- Last updated
- 19 Jun 2013
- Results posted
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 19 Jun 2013. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Prospective Random Assignment Trial Comparing Complete Metastasectomy to Chemotherapy for Selected Patients With Stage IV Melanoma
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00072124
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CDR0000335471
- Conditions
- Melanoma (Skin)
- Keywords
- stage IV melanoma, recurrent melanoma
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Lead sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)US National Institutes of Health
- Study start
- Sep 2003
- Study completion
- May 2005 (actual)
- First posted
- 6 Nov 2003 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as dacarbazine and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Complete metastasectomy may be an effective treatment for metastatic melanoma and may improve quality of life and help patients live longer and more comfortably. It is not yet known whether complete metastasectomy is more effective than chemotherapy in treating stage IV melanoma.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying dacarbazine and/or cisplatin to see how well they work compared to complete metastasectomy in treating patients with stage IV melanoma.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- Compare overall survival in patients with stage IV melanoma treated with complete metastasectomy vs dacarbazine and/or cisplatin.
Secondary
- Compare time to progression in patients treated with these regimens.
- Determine the response rate in patients treated with dacarbazine and/or cisplatin.
- Compare the morbidity and quality of life of patients treated with these regimens.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are stratified according to prior exposure to dacarbazine and cisplatin (yes vs no) and number of sites of metastases (1 vs 2 or more). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I (surgery): Patients undergo complete metastasectomy. Patients with disease progression after surgery may undergo repeat resection or may receive dacarbazine and/or cisplatin as in arm II.
- Arm II (systemic therapy): Patients receive dacarbazine IV over 30-60 minutes and/or cisplatin IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 2, 3, 22, 23, and 24 (1 course). Courses repeat every 42 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving a complete response (CR) receive at least 1 additional course of chemotherapy beyond CR and are eligible for other investigational strategies.
Quality of life is assessed at baseline, at 3 and 6 months, and at 1 year.
Patients are followed every 3-4 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually thereafter.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 74 patients (37 per treatment arm) will be accrued for this study within 4 years.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 16 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| cisplatin | Drug | – |
| dacarbazine | Drug | – |
| conventional surgery | Procedure or surgery | – |
Primary outcome
Not reported in the source record.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 19 Jun 2013.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Richard M. Sherry, MD study chair
NCI - Surgery Branch
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 3 study testing cisplatin, dacarbazine and conventional surgery in people with Melanoma (Skin), run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site 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 19 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 1 site 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 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.
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?
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 19 Jun 2013.