Trial of Dacarbazine With or Without Genasense in Advanced Melanoma

NCT ID: NCT00518895

Last Updated: 2011-11-07

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

300 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-07-31

Study Completion Date

2011-05-31

Brief Summary

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This study is being performed to prospectively determine whether dacarbazine plus Genasense is significantly better than dacarbazine plus placebo in chemotherapy-naive patients with advanced melanoma and low baseline LDH (LDH less than or equal to 0.8 times the upper limit of normal). LDH is a biomarker strongly associated with improved outcomes in a recent trial of dacarbazine plus Genasense.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Melanoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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A

Dacarbazine with Genasense

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

dacarbazine plus Genasense

Intervention Type DRUG

Protocol therapy will be administered in 21-day cycles for up to 8 cycles. Subjects in the dacarbazine plus Genasense group will receive Genasense 7 mg/kg/day by continuous intravenous infusion beginning on Day 1 and continuing for 5 days (120 hours) plus dacarbazine 1000 mg/m2 as a 60-minute intravenous infusion immediately following the conclusion of the Genasense infusion. Subjects who are responding or have stable disease after 8 cycles of therapy may, at the Investigator's discretion, continue that same therapy for up to 8 additional cycles.

B

Dacarbazine with placebo

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

dacarbazine plus placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Protocol therapy will be administered in 21-day cycles for up to 8 cycles. Subjects in the dacarbazine plus placebo group will receive placebo (that is, locally available commercial 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection) by continuous intravenous infusion beginning on Day 1 and continuing for 5 days (120 hours) plus dacarbazine 1000 mg/m2 as a 60-minute intravenous infusion immediately following the conclusion of the placebo infusion. Subjects who are responding or have stable disease after 8 cycles of therapy may, at the Investigator's discretion, continue that same therapy for up to 8 additional cycles.

Interventions

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dacarbazine plus Genasense

Protocol therapy will be administered in 21-day cycles for up to 8 cycles. Subjects in the dacarbazine plus Genasense group will receive Genasense 7 mg/kg/day by continuous intravenous infusion beginning on Day 1 and continuing for 5 days (120 hours) plus dacarbazine 1000 mg/m2 as a 60-minute intravenous infusion immediately following the conclusion of the Genasense infusion. Subjects who are responding or have stable disease after 8 cycles of therapy may, at the Investigator's discretion, continue that same therapy for up to 8 additional cycles.

Intervention Type DRUG

dacarbazine plus placebo

Protocol therapy will be administered in 21-day cycles for up to 8 cycles. Subjects in the dacarbazine plus placebo group will receive placebo (that is, locally available commercial 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection) by continuous intravenous infusion beginning on Day 1 and continuing for 5 days (120 hours) plus dacarbazine 1000 mg/m2 as a 60-minute intravenous infusion immediately following the conclusion of the placebo infusion. Subjects who are responding or have stable disease after 8 cycles of therapy may, at the Investigator's discretion, continue that same therapy for up to 8 additional cycles.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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dacarbazine plus Genasense (oblimersen, G3139) dacarbazine plus placebo (0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection)

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Histologically confirmed diagnosis of melanoma
* Progressive disease that is not surgically resectable, or metastatic Stage IV
* Low-normal LDH, defined as ≤ 0.8 times the upper limit of normal
* No prior chemotherapy
* Measurable disease
* ECOG performance status ≤ 1
* At least 4 weeks and recovery from effects of major prior surgery or other therapy, including immunotherapy, radiation therapy, or cytokine, biologic or vaccine therapy
* Prior immunotherapy allowed
* Adequate organ function

Exclusion Criteria

* Prior cytotoxic chemotherapy, including regional perfusion, or prior Genasense treatment
* Primary ocular or mucosal melanoma
* Bone-only metastatic disease
* History or presence of brain metastasis or leptomeningeal disease
* Significant medical disease other than cancer
* Organ allograft
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Genta Incorporated

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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University of South Alabama Hospital, Mitchell Cancer Institute

Mobile, Alabama, United States

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San Diego Pacific Oncology and Hematology Associates Inc.

Encinitas, California, United States

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Redwood Regional Medical Group, Inc.

Santa Rosa, California, United States

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Siouxland Hematology Oncology Associates

Sioux City, Iowa, United States

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Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Hematology Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies

Billings, Montana, United States

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Morristown Memorial - Atlantic Healthcare System

Morristown, New Jersey, United States

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Cancer Care Associates

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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Cancer Care Associates, Site 1

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

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St. Luke's Cancer Center

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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The West Clinic

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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Texas Oncology - Sammons Cancer Center

Dallas, Texas, United States

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MD Anderson Cancer Center at University of Texas

Houston, Texas, United States

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Sydney Cancer Center, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

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Calvary Mater Newcastle

Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

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Westmead Hospital

Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

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Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie und Venerologie, Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck

Innsbruck, , Austria

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Landesklinikum St. Polten

Sankt Pölten, , Austria

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Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital

Vienna, , Austria

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London Regional Cancer Program

London, Ontario, Canada

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Princess Margaret Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Charles University, Dermatology Department

Prague, , Czechia

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CHU Saint Jacques

Besançon, , France

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Hopital Saint-Andre

Bordeaux, , France

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CHU Ambroise Pare

Boulogne-Billancourt, , France

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CHU Hotel Dieu

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

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CHU de Dijon, Hopital du Bocage Sud

Dijon, , France

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CHU de Grenoble, Hopital Albert Michallon

Grenoble, , France

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Centre Hospitalier du Mans

Le Mans, , France

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CHRU de Lille, Hopital Claude Huriez

Lille, , France

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Hopital de l'Hotel Dieu

Lyon, , France

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Hopital Sainte Marguerite

Marseille, , France

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Hopital Saint Eloi

Montpellier, , France

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CHU Hotel Dieu

Nantes, , France

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Hopital Saint-Louis

Paris, , France

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Hopital Robert Debre

Reims, , France

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CHU CH Nicolle

Rouen, , France

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Institut Gustave Roussy

Villejuif, , France

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Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin

Berlin, , Germany

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Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain

Berlin, , Germany

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Vivantes Klinikum Neukoln, Klinik fur Dermatologie und Venerologie

Berlin, , Germany

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Klinik fur Dermatologie und Allergologie der Ruhr-Universitat Bochum

Bochum, , Germany

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Klinik und Poliklinik fur Dermatologie und Venerologie

Cologne, , Germany

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Helios Klinikum Erfurt

Erfurt, , Germany

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Klinik fur Dermatologie, Allergologie und Venerologie, Universitatsklinikum Essen

Essen, , Germany

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Universitatsklinikum Freiburg

Freiburg im Breisgau, , Germany

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Hautklinik Linden

Hanover, , Germany

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Klinikum der Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena

Jena, , Germany

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Universitatklinikum A. o. R.

Leipzig, , Germany

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Hospital of the University of Schleswig-Holstein

Lübeck, , Germany

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Universitats-Hautklinik Mainz

Mainz, , Germany

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Universitatsklinikum Mannheim

Mannheim, , Germany

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Universitatsklinikum Giessen und Marburg GmbH, Klinik fur Dermatologie und Allergologie

Marburg, , Germany

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Klinik und Poliklinik fur Hautkrankheiten

Münster, , Germany

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Helios Vogtland-Klinikum Plauen

Plauen, , Germany

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Klinikum Quedlinburg

Quedlinburg, , Germany

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Dermatologische Klinik und Poliklinik

Regensburg, , Germany

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Hautklinik Universitat Tubingen

Tübingen, , Germany

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Ospedale San Salvatore

Coppitto-L'Aquila, , Italy

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Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori

Milan, , Italy

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Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori "G. Pascale"

Napoli, , Italy

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IFO Instituto Regina-Elena - IRCCS

Rome, , Italy

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Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata

Rome, , Italy

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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Siena

Siena, , Italy

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Szpital Akademii Medycznej w Gdansku

Gdansk, , Poland

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Wielkopolskie Centrum Onkologii

Poznan, , Poland

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Hospital Clinic I Provincial de Barcelona

Barcelona, , Spain

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Hospital Germans Trias I Pujol

Barcelona, , Spain

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Hospital Gregorio Maranon

Madrid, , Spain

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Clinica Universitaria de Navarra

Navarra, , Spain

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University Hospital Zurich

Zurich, , Switzerland

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Guy's Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

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The Royal Marsden Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

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Christie Hospital

Manchester, , United Kingdom

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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, City Campus

Nottingham, , United Kingdom

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Weston Park Hospital

Sheffield, , United Kingdom

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Countries

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United States Australia Austria Canada Czechia France Germany Italy Poland Spain Switzerland United Kingdom

References

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Bedikian AY, Agarwala SS, Gilles E, Itri L, Kay R, Garbe C. The AGENDA Study: A randomized, double-blind study of Genasense plus dacarbazine (DTIC) in chemotherapy-naïve subjects with advanced melanoma and low LDH. Pigment Cell Res. 2007;20:538 [Abstract T-26].

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Bedikian AY, Millward M, Pehamberger H, Conry R, Gore M, Trefzer U, Pavlick AC, DeConti R, Hersh EM, Hersey P, Kirkwood JM, Haluska FG; Oblimersen Melanoma Study Group. Bcl-2 antisense (oblimersen sodium) plus dacarbazine in patients with advanced melanoma: the Oblimersen Melanoma Study Group. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Oct 10;24(29):4738-45. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.06.0483. Epub 2006 Sep 11.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16966688 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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GM307

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

AGENDA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id