Interferon Alfa and Thalidomide in Treating Patients With Stage IV Melanoma

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Melanoma (Skin)

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00026520

Run by

SWOG Cancer Research Network

Starts

2001-11-01

Expected to finish

2006-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-06-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• CCOP - Greater Phoenix — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Hayden) — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson — Tucson, Arizona, United States
• Arizona Cancer Center — Tucson, Arizona, United States
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan) — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
• Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope — Duarte, California, United States
• USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - West Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez — Martinez, California, United States
• CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute — Oakland, California, United States
• Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center — Orange, California, United States
• University of California Davis Medical Center — Sacramento, California, United States
• UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute — San Francisco, California, United States
• CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital — Santa Rosa, California, United States
• David Grant Medical Center — Travis Air Force Base, California, United States
• University of Colorado Cancer Center — Denver, Colorado, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver — Denver, Colorado, United States
• CCOP - Atlanta Regional — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center — Fort Gordon, Georgia, United States
• Cancer Research Center of Hawaii — Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
• MBCCOP - University of Illinois at Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital) — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• MBCCOP - Gulf Coast — Mobile, Alabama, United States

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