VEGF Trap in Treating Patients With Recurrent Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Ciliary Body and Choroid Melanoma, Medium/Large Size, Extraocular Extension Melanoma, Iris Melanoma, Metastatic Intraocular Melanoma, Recurrent Intraocular Melanoma, Recurrent Melanoma, Stage III Melanoma, Stage IV Melanoma

In brief

This phase II trial is studying how well VEGF Trap works in treating patients with recurrent stage III or stage IV melanoma that cannot be removed by surgery. Combinations of biological substances in VEGF Trap may be able to carry tumor-killing substances directly to melanoma cells. It may also stop the growth of melanoma by blocking blood flow to the tumor.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00450255

Run by

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

People needed

41

Starts

2007-06-01

Expected to finish

2011-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-05-24

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Histologically confirmed stage III or IV melanoma
• Cutaneous, ocular, or mucosal melanoma allowed
• Recurrent, inoperable disease
• Measurable disease, defined as ≥ 1 unidimensionally measurable lesion ≥ 20 mm by conventional techniques OR ≥ 10 mm by spiral CT scan
• No evidence of CNS disease, including primary brain tumor or brain metastases
• No brain metastases by MRI or CT scan within the past 4 weeks
• ECOG performance status (PS) 0-2 OR Karnofsky PS 60-100%
• Life expectancy > 3 months
• WBC ≥ 3,000/mm³
• Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm³
• Platelet count ≥ 75,000/mm³
• Bilirubin < 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
• AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 times ULN
• Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN OR creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min
• Urine protein:creatinine ratio < 1 OR urine protein < 500 mg by 24-hour urine collection
• PT INR ≤ 1.5 unless on full-dose warfarin
• Not pregnant or nursing
• Negative pregnancy test
• Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for ≥ 6 months after completion of study treatment
• No known hypersensitivity to Chinese hamster ovary cell products or other recombinant human antibodies
• No history of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biological composition to agents used in the study
• No serious or nonhealing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture
• No abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess within the past 28 days
• No significant traumatic injury within the past 28 days
• No clinically significant cardiovascular disease, including any of the following:

Where it is running

• City of Hope — Duarte, California, United States

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