Melphalan and Whole-Body Hyperthermia in Treating Patients With Advanced Melanoma

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Melanoma (Skin)

In brief

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Hyperthermia therapy kills tumor cells by heating them to several degrees above body temperature. Combining hyperthermia with chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of melphalan and whole-body hyperthermia in treating patients with advanced melanoma.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00002973
Run by
University of Wisconsin, Madison
People needed
34
Starts
1995-12-01
Expected to finish
2000-12-01
Last updated by the study team
2015-10-02

Who can join

Age: 16 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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