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Completed Phase 3 Interventional

Methylphenidate in Treating Patients With Melanoma

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00003266

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Official title

Double-Blind Randomized Trial of Methylphenidate for Alleviation of Fatigue and Lethargy Associated With Interferon Alpha 2b

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00003266
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Lead sponsor
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
Network
Enrollment
200 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

  • methylphenidate hydrochloride Drug
  • quality-of-life assessment Procedure

Drug · Procedure

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
Oct 11, 1999
Primary completion
Apr 30, 2002
Completion
Not listed
Last update posted
Jun 17, 2023

Started 1999

United States locations

U.S. sites
57
U.S. states
24
U.S. cities
47
Facility City State ZIP Site status
CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program Scottsdale Arizona 85259-5404
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Palo Alto Palo Alto California 94304
Stanford University Medical Center Stanford California 94305-5408
CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program, Inc. Denver Colorado 80209-5031
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Gainsville Gainesville Florida 32608-1197
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Tampa Florida 33612-9497
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tampa (Haley) Tampa Florida 33612
Emory University Hospital - Atlanta Atlanta Georgia 30322
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Atlanta (Decatur) Decatur Georgia 30033
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Chicago Illinois 60611-3013
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lakeside Chicago Chicago Illinois 60611
CCOP - Central Illinois Decatur Illinois 62526
CCOP - Evanston Evanston Illinois 60201
CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association Peoria Illinois 61602
CCOP - Carle Cancer Center Urbana Illinois 61801
Indiana University Cancer Center Indianapolis Indiana 46202-5289
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Indianapolis (Roudebush) Indianapolis Indiana 46202
CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project Cedar Rapids Iowa 52403-1206
CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association Des Moines Iowa 50309-1016
CCOP - Ochsner New Orleans Louisiana 70121
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Baltimore Maryland 21231-2410
New England Medical Center Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02111
CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional Ann Arbor Michigan 48106
CCOP - Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Michigan 49007-3731
CCOP - Duluth Duluth Minnesota 55805
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis Minneapolis Minnesota 55417
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Rochester Minnesota 55905
CCOP - Metro-Minnesota Saint Louis Park Minnesota 55416
CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium Omaha Nebraska 68131
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange East Orange New Jersey 07018-1095
CCOP - Northern New Jersey Hackensack New Jersey 07601
Cancer Institute of New Jersey New Brunswick New Jersey 08901
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Brooklyn Brooklyn New York 11209
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New York New York New York 10010
NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center New York New York 10016
University of Rochester Cancer Center Rochester New York 14642
Albert Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center The Bronx New York 10461
MBCCOP-Our Lady of Mercy Cancer Center The Bronx New York 10466
CCOP - Merit Care Hospital Fargo North Dakota 58122
Ireland Cancer Center Cleveland Ohio 44106-5065
CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program Toledo Ohio 43623-3456
CCOP - Oklahoma Tulsa Oklahoma 74136
CCOP - Geisinger Clinic and Medical Center Danville Pennsylvania 17822-2001
Hahnemann University Hospital Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19102-1192
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104-4283
Kimmel Cancer Center of Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19107-5541
Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19111
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15240
CCOP - MainLine Health Wynnewood Pennsylvania 19096
CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium Sioux Falls South Dakota 57104
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tennessee Valley Healthcare System - Nashville Campus Nashville Tennessee 37212
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Nashville Tennessee 37232-6838
University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas 77030-4009
University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center Madison Wisconsin 53792-6164
CCOP - Marshfield Medical Research and Education Foundation Marshfield Wisconsin 54449
Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee Wisconsin 53226
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Milwaukee (Zablocki) Milwaukee Wisconsin 53295

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Non-U.S. locations

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