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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Biological therapies such as interleukin-2 and interferon alfa stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill cancer cells or may interfere with the growth of cancer cells. Combining chemotherapy with biological therapies may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of temozolomide followed by sargramostim, interleukin-2, and interferon alfa in treating patients who have stage IV melanoma that cannot be treated with surgery.


Clinical Trial Description

OBJECTIVES:

- Determine the response rate, time to progression, and survival of patients with unresectable stage IV melanoma treated with temozolomide followed by sargramostim (GM-CSF), interleukin-2, and interferon alfa.

- Determine the safety and tolerability of this regimen in this patient population.

- Determine the changes in quality of life over time in patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive oral temozolomide on days 1-5, and sargramostim (GM-CSF), interleukin-2, and interferon alfa subcutaneously on days 6-17. Treatment repeats every 28 days for 4-8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with at least stable or responsive disease after 8 courses of therapy may receive additional therapy at investigators discretion.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline, every 8 weeks during study, and then at 1 month after study.

Patients are followed at 1 month, every 3 months for 2 years, and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 14-30 patients will be accrued for this study within 2 years. ;


Study Design

Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


NCT number NCT00014092
Study type Interventional
Source National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Contact
Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
Start date December 1999
Completion date December 2003

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