Stage IV Surgery Versus Best Medical Therapy
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Official title
A Phase III, Randomized Trial of Surgical Resection With or Without BCG Versus Best Medical Therapy as Initial Treatment in Stage IV Melanoma
Brief summary
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This study will establish the role of surgical versus nonsurgical approaches in patients whose melanoma has spread to distant sites. Results will help clinicians develop a standardized initial approach that prolongs survival and optimizes quality of life. Results also will indicate whether Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) postoperative immunotherapy significantly improves the outcome of patients treated with surgery.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01013623
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 12 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Surgery Procedure
- Surgery plus 2 adjuvant doses of BCG Procedure
- best medical therapy Other
Procedure · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- 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 2009 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Sep 2012 (Actual)
- Completion
- Sep 2012 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Sep 26, 2012
2009 – 2012
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 15
- U.S. states
- 9
- U.S. cities
- 14
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Davis Medical Center | Sacramento | California | 95817 | — |
| John Wayne Cancer Institute | Santa Monica | California | 90404 | — |
| Rush University | Chicago | Illinois | 60612 | — |
| Mayo Clinic Cancer Center | Rochester | Minnesota | 55905 | — |
| Buffalo General Hospital | Buffalo | New York | 14203 | — |
| Wake Forest University | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 27157 | — |
| Ohio State University Medical Center | Columbus | Ohio | 43210 | — |
| Penn State Hershey Cancer Center | Hershey | Pennsylvania | 17033 | — |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19107 | — |
| Geisinger Clinic | Wilkes-Barre | Pennsylvania | 18711 | — |
| Main Line Health System | Wynnewood | Pennsylvania | 19096 | — |
| Dallas Surgical Group | Dallas | Texas | 75235 | — |
| UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | Dallas | Texas | 75390-9155 | — |
| IHC Cancer Services Intermountain Healthcare | Murray | Utah | 84157 | — |
| Huntsman Cancer Institute | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84112 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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About this trial record page
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- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01013623, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
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- Last update posted Sep 26, 2012 · Synced Oct 21, 2026
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