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Adesleukin With or Without Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Melanoma

Alternate Title
Basic Trial Information
Trial Description
     Purpose
     Eligibility
     Treatment/Intervention
Trial Contact Information
Registry Information

Alternate Title

Phase III Randomized Study of High-Dose Aldesleukin With or Without gp100 Antigen in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Cutaneous Melanoma

Basic Trial Information

Phase
Type
Status
Age
Sponsor
Protocol IDs

Phase III


Treatment


Active


18 and over


NCI, Pharmaceutical / Industry


CCCGHS-NCI-T98-0085
NCI-T98-0085, NCI-99-C-0051B, T98-0085, NCT00019682

Trial Description

Purpose:

Aldesleukin may stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill melanoma cells. Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known whether combining aldesleukin with vaccine therapy is more effective than aldesleukin alone in treating metastatic melanoma.

Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of aldesleukin with or without vaccine therapy in treating patients with stage III or stage IV melanoma.

Eligibility:

Eligibility criteria include the following:

Final eligibility for a clinical trial is determined by the health professionals conducting the trial.

Treatment/Intervention:

Patients will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. Patients in group one will receive an infusion of aldesleukin every 8 hours for up to 12 doses. Patients in group two will receive an injection of the gp100 vaccine plus aldesleukin as in group one. Treatment may be repeated every 3 weeks for up to 14 courses. Quality of life will be assessed before and after the first course of aldesleukin. Patients will receive follow-up evaluations every 3 months for 1 year, every 4 months for 1 year, every 6 months for 2 years, and once a year thereafter.

Important:

For more details about this trial, refer to the Health Professional version of the trial summary.

If you are interested in participating in a clinical trial, contact your doctor for a referral or call a trial contact person listed below. You may see the same contact person listed at more than one site, however, if you call the number listed you can ask to speak to the study coordinator or person involved with the specific trial you are interested in. If you have questions about cancer or clinical trials, call the Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237). General information about clinical trials, including risks, benefits, and costs, can be found on NCI's Web site.

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

Center for Cancer Care at Goshen General Hospital

Douglas Schwartzentruber, MD, Protocol chair
Ph: 574-535-2893; 866-711-2888
Daniel Bruetman, MD, Protocol co-chair
Ph: 574-535-2888; 866-711-2888
Email: dbruetma@goshenhealth.com

Trial Sites

U.S.A.
Alabama
  Birmingham
 Lurleen Wallace Comprehensive Cancer at University of Alabama - Birmingham
 Clinical Trials Office - Lurleen Wallace Comprehensive Cancer
Ph: 205-934-0309
Arizona
  Phoenix
 Mayo Clinic Hospital
 Barbara Pockaj, MD
Ph: 480-301-6551
800-446-2279
 Email: pockaj.barbara@mayo.edu
California
  Riverside
 Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Riverside
 Fawaz Gailani, MD, FACP
Ph: 951-353-4558
Colorado
  Aurora
 University of Colorado Cancer Center at UC Health Sciences Center
 Clinical Trials Office - University of Colorado Cancer Center
Ph: 720-848-0650
Florida
  Lakeland
 Lakeland Regional Cancer Center at Lakeland Regional Medical Center
 Douglas Reintgen, MD
Ph: 863-603-6565
866-823-4405
Illinois
  Chicago
 Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University
 Clinical Trials Office - Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University
Ph: 312-695-1301
 Email: cancer@northwestern.edu
  Park Ridge
 Advocate Lutheran General Cancer Care Center
 Clinical Trials Office - Advocate Lutheran General Cancer Care Center
Ph: 847-384-3621
Indiana
  Goshen
 Center for Cancer Care at Goshen General Hospital
 Clinical Trials Office - Center for Cancer Care at Goshen General Hospital
Ph: 574-535-2858
Kentucky
  Louisville
 James Graham Brown Cancer Center at University of Louisville
 Donald Miller, MD, PhD
Ph: 502-562-4790
866-530-5516
 Email: donaldmi@ulh.org
North Carolina
  Charlotte
 Blumenthal Cancer Center at Carolinas Medical Center
 Clinical Trials Office - Blumenthal Cancer Center at Carolinas Medical Center
Ph: 704-355-2884
Ohio
  Cincinnati
 Christ Hospital Cancer Center
 Philip Leming, MD
Ph: 513-585-0844
 Email: pianoblues@aol.com
  Columbus
 Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Medical Center
 Clinical Trials Office - OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ph: 614-293-4976
 Email: osu@emergingmed.com
Pennsylvania
  Bethlehem
 St. Luke's Cancer Network at St. Luke's Hospital
 Lee Riley, MD, PhD, FACS
Ph: 610-954-2310
Texas
  Houston
 M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at University of Texas
 Clinical Trials Office - M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas
Ph: 713-792-3245
Wisconsin
  Milwaukee
 Medical Consultants, Limited
 Jonathan S. Treisman, MD
Ph: 414-385-3086

Registry Information
Official Title A Phase III Multi-Institutional Randomized Study of Immunization with the GP100: 209-217 (210M) Peptide Followed by High Dose IL-2 vs. High Dose IL-2 Alone in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma
Trial Start Date 2000-06-14
Trial Completion Date 2002-05-08 (estimated)
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00019682
Date Submitted to PDQ 1999-03-10
Information Last Verified 2008-11-30

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