Temozolomide and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IV Malignant Melanoma With Measurable and Unresectable Cancer of the Central Nervous System
Stopped early · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Melanoma (Skin), Metastatic Cancer
In brief
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining temozolomide with radiation therapy may make the tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy and kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving temozolomide together with radiation therapy works in treating patients with stage IV malignant melanoma with measurable and unresectable cancer limited to the central nervous system.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00068666
- Run by
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
- People needed
- 41
- Starts
- 2004-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-12-15
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Mayo Clinic Scottsdale — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
- Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers - Beech Grove Campus — Beech Grove, Indiana, United States
- McFarland Clinic, PC — Ames, Iowa, United States
- Cedar Rapids Oncology Associates — Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States
- Mercy Capitol Hospital — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
- CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
- John Stoddard Cancer Center at Iowa Methodist Medical Center — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
- Medical Oncology and Hematology Associates at John Stoddard Cancer Center — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
- Medical Oncology and Hematology Associates at Mercy Cancer Center — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
- Mercy Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
- John Stoddard Cancer Center at Iowa Lutheran Hospital — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
- Siouxland Hematology-Oncology Associates, LLP — Sioux City, Iowa, United States
- Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City — Sioux City, Iowa, United States
- St. Luke's Regional Medical Center — Sioux City, Iowa, United States
- Medical Oncology and Hematology Associates - West Des Moines — West Des Moines, Iowa, United States
- Fairview Ridges Hospital — Burnsville, Minnesota, United States
- Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital — Coon Rapids, Minnesota, United States
- Fairview Southdale Hospital — Edina, Minnesota, United States
- Mercy and Unity Cancer Center at Unity Hospital — Fridley, Minnesota, United States
- Hutchinson Area Health Care — Hutchinson, Minnesota, United States
- Meeker County Memorial Hospital — Lichfield, Minnesota, United States
- HealthEast Cancer Care at St. John's Hospital — Maplewood, Minnesota, United States
- Minnesota Oncology Hematology, PA at Maplewood Cancer Center — Maplewood, Minnesota, United States
- Virginia Piper Cancer Institute at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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