S0008: Chemotherapy Plus Biological Therapy in Treating Patients With Melanoma
Completed · Phase 3
Conditions studied: Melanoma (Skin)
In brief
RATIONALE: Interferon alfa may interfere with the growth of cancer cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Interleukin-2 may stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill melanoma cells. It is not yet known whether interferon alfa is more effective with or without combination chemotherapy and interleukin-2 for melanoma. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of interferon alfa with or without combination chemotherapy consisting of cisplatin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine, plus interleukin-2, in treating patients who have melanoma.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00006237
- Run by
- SWOG Cancer Research Network
- People needed
- 432
- Starts
- 2000-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-03-25
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Mobile Infirmary Medical Center — Mobile, Alabama, United States
- Banner Thunderbird Medical Center — Glendale, Arizona, United States
- Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- CCOP - Western Regional, Arizona — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Phoenix Children's Hospital — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Arizona Cancer Center at University of Arizona Health Sciences Center — Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Hembree Mercy Cancer Center at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center — Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States
- Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
- Eden Medical Center — Castro Valley, California, United States
- Saint Rose Hospital — Hayward, California, United States
- Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center — La Jolla, California, United States
- Highland General Hospital — Oakland, California, United States
- Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Summit Campus — Oakland, California, United States
- CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute — Oakland, California, United States
- Valley Care Medical Center — Pleasanton, California, United States
- Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Oakland — Sacramento, California, United States
- Scripps Cancer Center - San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
- Doctors Medical Center - San Pablo Campus — San Pablo, California, United States
- CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital — Sana Rosa, California, United States
- Poudre Valley Hospital — Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
- Front Range Cancer Specialists — Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
- Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center — Farmington, Connecticut, United States
- George Bray Cancer Center at the Hospital of Central Connecticut - New Britain Campus — New Britain, Connecticut, United States
- Lurleen Wallace Comprehensive Cancer at University of Alabama - Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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