Interferon Alfa With or Without Combination Chemotherapy Plus Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Melanoma
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Official title
Adjuvant Therapy for Melanoma Patients With Regional Lymph Node Metastases With Interferon Alfa-2B vs. Biochemotherapy Using Cisplatin + Vinblastine + DTIC + Interferon Plus IL-2
Brief summary
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RATIONALE: Interferon alfa may interfere with the growth of cancer cells. Interleukin-2 may stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill melanoma cells. It is not yet known whether interferon alfa plus combination chemotherapy and interleukin-2 is more effective than interferon alfa alone in treating patients with melanoma. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of interferon alfa with or without combination chemotherapy plus interleukin-2 in treating patients with melanoma.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00002882
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 140 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Aldesleukin (IL-2) Biological
- Recombinant Interferon Alfa (IFN-A) Biological
- Cisplatin Drug
- Dacarbazine Drug
- Vinblastine Drug
- Adjuvant Therapy Procedure
Biological · Drug · Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 10 Years to 70 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Oct 31, 1995
- Primary completion
- Jul 31, 2003
- Completion
- Mar 31, 2006
- Last update posted
- Dec 12, 2011
1995 – 2006
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston | Texas | 77030-4009 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Dec 12, 2011 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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