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

NCT ID: NCT00003027

Last Updated: 2023-06-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

482 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1997-11-13

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Compare response rate, duration of response, and survival rate in patients with metastatic malignant melanoma treated with cisplatin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine with or without interleukin-2 and interferon alfa-2b.
* Determine the toxic effects of these regimens in this patient population.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized study. Patients are stratified according to performance status (0 vs 1), prior interferon (yes vs no), and number of involved sites. Patients are randomized to one of two treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients receive cisplatin IV over 30 minutes daily immediately followed by vinblastine IV on days 1-4. Patients also receive dacarbazine IV over 60 minutes on day 1 following vinblastine.
* Arm II: Patients receive treatment as in arm I. Patients also receive interleukin 2 (IL-2) IV continuously on days 1-4 and interferon alfa-2b subcutaneously (SC) daily before IL-2 on days 1-4 and after IL-2 on day 5, followed by filgrastim (G-CSF) (SC) daily on days 7-16.

Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients are followed at 6 weeks, every 3 months for 18 months, every 6 months for 18 months, and then annually for 2 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 482 patients will be accrued for this study within 3.5 years.

Conditions

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Melanoma (Skin)

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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aldesleukin

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

filgrastim

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

recombinant interferon alfa

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

cisplatin

Intervention Type DRUG

dacarbazine

Intervention Type DRUG

vinblastine

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed surgically incurable metastatic malignant melanoma
* Measurable disease
* No active brain metastases or edema
* No leptomeningeal disease
* No ocular melanoma

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 18 and over

Performance status:

* ECOG 0-1

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm\^3
* Platelet count at least 100,000/mm\^3
* Hemoglobin at least 9 g/dL

Hepatic:

* Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 mg/dL
* SGOT less than 3 times the upper limit of normal unless due to liver metastases

Renal:

* Creatinine less than 1.5 mg/dL OR
* Creatinine clearance at least 75 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

* No congestive heart failure
* No symptoms of coronary artery disease
* No serious cardiac arrhythmias
* No prior myocardial infarction on EKG
* Normal cardiac stress test required for the following:

* Over 50 years of age
* Abnormal EKG
* Prior history of cardiac disease

Pulmonary:

* No symptomatic pulmonary disease
* FEV1 greater than 2.0 L OR at least 75% predicted if over 50 years of age or with history of pulmonary symptoms

Other:

* Not pregnant or nursing
* Negative pregnancy test
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception
* No significant infection
* HIV negative
* No other prior malignancy within the past 5 years except basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
* No organ allografts
* No significant disease other than malignancy
* No seizure disorder

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

* No prior interleukin-2 therapy for metastatic disease
* At least 4 weeks since prior vaccine therapy
* At least 4 weeks since prior adjuvant immunotherapy

Chemotherapy:

* No prior chemotherapy for disease

Endocrine therapy:

* No concurrent corticosteroids

Radiotherapy:

* No prior radiation therapy to measurable disease site unless disease is clearly progressive
* At least 4 weeks since prior radiation therapy for local control or palliation and recovered

Surgery:

* Recovered from prior surgery

Other:

* No prior systemic therapy for metastatic disease
* At least 3 months since definitive therapy for brain metastases
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

120 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

SWOG Cancer Research Network

NETWORK

Sponsor Role collaborator

Cancer and Leukemia Group B

NETWORK

Sponsor Role collaborator

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Michael B. Atkins, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Tufts Medical Center

Lawrence E. Flaherty, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

David M. Gustin, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University of Illinois at Chicago

Locations

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CCOP - Columbus

Columbus, Ohio, United States

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MBCCOP - Gulf Coast

Mobile, Alabama, United States

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CCOP - Greater Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Phoenix (Carl T. Hayden)

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson

Tucson, Arizona, United States

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Arizona Cancer Center

Tucson, Arizona, United States

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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

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Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

Duarte, California, United States

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USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - West Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez

Martinez, California, United States

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CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute

Oakland, California, United States

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Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Orange, California, United States

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University of California Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, California, United States

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UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

San Francisco, California, United States

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CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital

Santa Rosa, California, United States

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David Grant Medical Center

Travis Air Force Base, California, United States

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University of Colorado Cancer Center

Denver, Colorado, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver

Denver, Colorado, United States

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CCOP - Atlanta Regional

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center

Fort Gordon, Georgia, United States

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Cancer Research Center of Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

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MBCCOP - University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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CCOP - Central Illinois

Decatur, Illinois, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines (Hines Junior VA Hospital)

Hines, Illinois, United States

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Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood, Illinois, United States

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University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

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CCOP - Wichita

Wichita, Kansas, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita

Wichita, Kansas, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

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Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

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MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Tulane University School of Medicine

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

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Boston Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

Detroit, Michigan, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit

Detroit, Michigan, United States

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Henry Ford Hospital

Detroit, Michigan, United States

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Providence Hospital - Southfield

Southfield, Michigan, United States

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CCOP - Duluth

Duluth, Minnesota, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi

Biloxi, Mississippi, United States

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University of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

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Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB

Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

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CCOP - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

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CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks

Springfield, Missouri, United States

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St. Louis University Health Sciences Center

St Louis, Missouri, United States

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CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau

St Louis, Missouri, United States

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CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium

Billings, Montana, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albany

Albany, New York, United States

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Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

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University of Rochester Medical Center

Rochester, New York, United States

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CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton

Dayton, Ohio, United States

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CCOP - Dayton

Kettering, Ohio, United States

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CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program

Toledo, Ohio, United States

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Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland

Portland, Oregon, United States

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CCOP - Columbia River Program

Portland, Oregon, United States

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OHSU Cancer Institute

Portland, Oregon, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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CCOP - Greenville

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

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CCOP - Upstate Carolina

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

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Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas

Dallas, Texas, United States

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Brooke Army Medical Center

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States

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University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, Texas, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Houston

Houston, Texas, United States

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University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)

San Antonio, Texas, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple

Temple, Texas, United States

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CCOP - Scott and White Hospital

Temple, Texas, United States

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Huntsman Cancer Institute

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center

Seattle, Washington, United States

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Swedish Cancer Institute

Seattle, Washington, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle

Seattle, Washington, United States

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CCOP - Northwest

Tacoma, Washington, United States

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Madigan Army Medical Center

Tacoma, Washington, United States

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Countries

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United States

References

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Atkins MB, Hsu J, Lee S, Cohen GI, Flaherty LE, Sosman JA, Sondak VK, Kirkwood JM; Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. Phase III trial comparing concurrent biochemotherapy with cisplatin, vinblastine, dacarbazine, interleukin-2, and interferon alfa-2b with cisplatin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine alone in patients with metastatic malignant melanoma (E3695): a trial coordinated by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Dec 10;26(35):5748-54. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.5448. Epub 2008 Nov 10.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19001327 (View on PubMed)

Atkins MB, Lee S, Flaherty LE: A prospective randomized phase III trial of concurrent biochemotherapy (BCT) with cisplatin, vinblastine, dacarbazine (CVD), IL-2 and interferon alpha-2b (IFN) versus CVD alone in patients with metastatic melanoma (E3695): an ECOG-coordinated intergroup trial. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 22: A-2847, 2003.

Reference Type RESULT

Other Identifiers

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E3695

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CLB-509802

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

SWOG-E3695

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000065617

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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