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Completed Phase 3 Interventional

Interferon Alfa-2b in Treating Patients With Melanoma and Early Lymph Node Metastasis

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00004196

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Official title

A Multicenter Trial of Adjuvant Interferon Alfa-2b for Melanoma Patients With Early Lymph Node Metastasis Detected by Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

Brief summary

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RATIONALE: Interferon alfa-2b may interfere with the growth of cancer cells. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to study the effectiveness of interferon alfa-2b in treating patients who have melanoma with early lymph node metastasis.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00004196
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Enrollment
3,000 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Biological · Procedure · Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 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 1999 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Oct 2004 (Actual)
Completion
Nov 2007 (Actual)
Last update posted
Jan 20, 2014

1999 – 2007

United States locations

U.S. sites
4
U.S. states
4
U.S. cities
4
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center Birmingham Alabama 35294-3300 —
James Graham Brown Cancer Center at University of Louisville Louisville Kentucky 40202 —
Cancer Institute of New Jersey New Brunswick New Jersey 08903 —
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo New York 14263-0001 —

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