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Completed Phase 3 Interventional

Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Interleukin-2 and Interferon Alfa in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00003027

Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00003027. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.

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Official title

A Randomized Phase III Trial of Concurrent Biochemotherapy With Cisplatin, Vinblastine, Dacarbazine, IL-2 and Interferon A-2B Versus Cisplatin, Vinblastine, Dacarbazine Alone in Patients With Metastatic Malignant Melanoma

Brief summary

Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.

RATIONALE: 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. Interferon alfa may interfere with the growth of tumor cells. It is not yet known whether combination chemotherapy plus interleukin-2 and interferon alfa is more effective than combination chemotherapy alone for metastatic melanoma. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare combination chemotherapy with or without interleukin-2 and interferon alfa in treating patients who have metastatic melanoma that cannot be treated by surgery.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00003027
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Enrollment
482 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Biological · Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 120 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
Nov 12, 1997
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2007
Completion
Not listed
Last update posted
Jun 21, 2023

Started 1997

United States locations

U.S. sites
94
U.S. states
27
U.S. cities
64
Facility City State ZIP Site status
MBCCOP - Gulf Coast Mobile Alabama 36688 —
CCOP - Greater Phoenix Phoenix Arizona 85006-2726 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Carl T. Hayden) Phoenix Arizona 85012 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson Tucson Arizona 85723 —
Arizona Cancer Center Tucson Arizona 85724 —
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock Arkansas 72205 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan) Little Rock Arkansas 72205 —
Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope Duarte California 91010-3000 —
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital Los Angeles California 90033-0804 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - West Los Angeles Los Angeles California 90073 —
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA Los Angeles California 90095-1781 —
Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez Martinez California 94553 —
CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute Oakland California 94609-3305 —
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Orange California 92868 —
University of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento California 95817 —
UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute San Francisco California 94143-0128 —
CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa California 95403 —
David Grant Medical Center Travis Air Force Base California 94535 —
University of Colorado Cancer Center Denver Colorado 80010 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver Denver Colorado 80220 —
CCOP - Atlanta Regional Atlanta Georgia 30342-1701 —
Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center Fort Gordon Georgia 30905-5650 —
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii Honolulu Hawaii 96813-2424 —
MBCCOP - University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois 60612-7323 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital) Chicago Illinois 60612 —
CCOP - Central Illinois Decatur Illinois 62526 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital) Hines Illinois 60141 —
Loyola University Medical Center Maywood Illinois 60153 —
University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City Kansas 66160-7353 —
CCOP - Wichita Wichita Kansas 67214-3882 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita Wichita Kansas 67218 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington Lexington Kentucky 40502-2236 —
Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky Lexington Kentucky 40536-0084 —
MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Louisiana 70112 —
Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans Louisiana 70112 —
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Shreveport Louisiana 71130-3932 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport Shreveport Louisiana 71130 —
Boston Medical Center Boston Massachusetts 02118 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain) Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor Michigan 48105 —
CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional Ann Arbor Michigan 48106 —
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center Ann Arbor Michigan 48109-0912 —
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute Detroit Michigan 48201-1379 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit Detroit Michigan 48201-1932 —
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit Michigan 48202 —
Providence Hospital - Southfield Southfield Michigan 48075-9975 —
CCOP - Duluth Duluth Minnesota 55805 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi Biloxi Mississippi 39531-2410 —
University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson Mississippi 39216-4505 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson Jackson Mississippi 39216 —
Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB Keesler Air Force Base Mississippi 39534-2576 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City Kansas City Missouri 64128 —
CCOP - Kansas City Kansas City Missouri 64131 —
CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks Springfield Missouri 65807 —
St. Louis University Health Sciences Center St Louis Missouri 63110 —
CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau St Louis Missouri 63141 —
CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium Billings Montana 59101 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque Albuquerque New Mexico 87108-5138 —
MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC Albuquerque New Mexico 87131 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albany Albany New York 12208 —
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center New York New York 10032 —
University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester New York 14642 —
CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium Winston-Salem North Carolina 27104-4241 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati Cincinnati Ohio 45220-2288 —
Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital Cincinnati Ohio 45267-0501 —
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center Cleveland Ohio 44195 —
CCOP - Columbus Columbus Ohio 43206 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton Dayton Ohio 45428 —
CCOP - Dayton Kettering Ohio 45429 —
CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program Toledo Ohio 43623-3456 —
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City Oklahoma 73104 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Oklahoma 73104 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland Portland Oregon 97207 —
CCOP - Columbia River Program Portland Oregon 97225 —
OHSU Cancer Institute Portland Oregon 97239 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Charleston Charleston South Carolina 29401-5799 —
Medical University of South Carolina Charleston South Carolina 29425-0721 —
CCOP - Greenville Greenville South Carolina 29615 —
CCOP - Upstate Carolina Spartanburg South Carolina 29303 —
Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas Dallas Texas 75235-8852 —
Brooke Army Medical Center Fort Sam Houston Texas 78234-6200 —
University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston Texas 77555-0565 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Houston Houston Texas 77030 —
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio Texas 78284-7845 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy) San Antonio Texas 78284 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple Temple Texas 76504 —
CCOP - Scott and White Hospital Temple Texas 76508 —
Huntsman Cancer Institute Salt Lake City Utah 84112-5550 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City Salt Lake City Utah 84148 —
CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center Seattle Washington 98101 —
Swedish Cancer Institute Seattle Washington 98104 —
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle Seattle Washington 98108 —
CCOP - Northwest Tacoma Washington 98405-0986 —
Madigan Army Medical Center Tacoma Washington 98431-5048 —

Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.

About this trial record page

What this page shows
Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00003027, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
What this page does not do
No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
Where the data comes from
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