Methylphenidate in Treating Patients With Melanoma

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Fatigue, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

In brief

RATIONALE: Methylphenidate may relieve some of the side effects of chemotherapy in patients with melanoma. It is not known whether receiving methylphenidate is more effective than receiving no further therapy in treating patients with melanoma. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to determine if methylphenidate is more effective than no further therapy for the relief of fatigue and drowsiness in treating patients with melanoma who have received high-dose interferon alfa for 8-24 weeks.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00003266

Run by

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

People needed

200

Starts

1999-10-12

Last updated by the study team

2023-06-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Palo Alto — Palo Alto, California, United States
• Stanford University Medical Center — Stanford, California, United States
• CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program, Inc. — Denver, Colorado, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Gainsville — Gainesville, Florida, United States
• H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute — Tampa, Florida, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tampa (Haley) — Tampa, Florida, United States
• Emory University Hospital - Atlanta — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Atlanta (Decatur) — Decatur, Georgia, United States
• Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lakeside Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• CCOP - Central Illinois — Decatur, Illinois, United States
• CCOP - Evanston — Evanston, Illinois, United States
• CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association — Peoria, Illinois, United States
• CCOP - Carle Cancer Center — Urbana, Illinois, United States
• Indiana University Cancer Center — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Indianapolis (Roudebush) — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
• CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project — Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
• CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
• CCOP - Ochsner — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
• Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• New England Medical Center Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• CCOP - Kalamazoo — Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
• CCOP - Duluth — Duluth, Minnesota, United States
• CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

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