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

NCT00003027 | Completed Phase 3 DMC

• 4 other identifiers: CDR0000065617E3695CLB-509802SWOG-E3695
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 482
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 94

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Melanoma (Skin)

Keywords

stage IV melanoma

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Overall survival

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Response rate (complete and partial response)

• Durable complete response rate

• Response duration

Interventions

aldesleukin BIOLOGICAL

filgrastim BIOLOGICAL

recombinant interferon alfa BIOLOGICAL

cisplatin DRUG

dacarbazine DRUG

vinblastine DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 120 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

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

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Sponsors & Collaborators

• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group: lead
• National Cancer Institute (NCI): collaborator
• SWOG Cancer Research Network: collaborator
• Cancer and Leukemia Group B: collaborator

Study Sites (94)

MBCCOP - Gulf Coast

Mobile, Alabama, 36688, United States

Location

CCOP - Greater Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona, 85006-2726, United States

Location

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

Phoenix, Arizona, 85012, United States

Location

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tucson

Tucson, Arizona, 85723, United States

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Arizona Cancer Center

Tucson, Arizona, 85724, United States

Location

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205, United States

Location

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Little Rock (McClellan)

Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205, United States

Location

Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope

Duarte, California, 91010-3000, United States

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USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital

Los Angeles, California, 90033-0804, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - West Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, 90073, United States

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Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA

Los Angeles, California, 90095-1781, United States

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Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic - Martinez

Martinez, California, 94553, United States

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CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute

Oakland, California, 94609-3305, United States

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Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Orange, California, 92868, United States

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University of California Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

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UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

San Francisco, California, 94143-0128, United States

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CCOP - Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital

Santa Rosa, California, 95403, United States

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David Grant Medical Center

Travis Air Force Base, California, 94535, United States

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University of Colorado Cancer Center

Denver, Colorado, 80010, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Denver

Denver, Colorado, 80220, United States

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CCOP - Atlanta Regional

Atlanta, Georgia, 30342-1701, United States

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Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center

Fort Gordon, Georgia, 30905-5650, United States

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Cancer Research Center of Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813-2424, United States

Location

MBCCOP - University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, 60612-7323, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)

Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

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CCOP - Central Illinois

Decatur, Illinois, 62526, United States

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

Hines, Illinois, 60141, United States

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Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood, Illinois, 60153, United States

Location

University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, Kansas, 66160-7353, United States

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CCOP - Wichita

Wichita, Kansas, 67214-3882, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita

Wichita, Kansas, 67218, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lexington

Lexington, Kentucky, 40502-2236, United States

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Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky, 40536-0084, United States

Location

MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center

New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States

Location

Tulane University School of Medicine

New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States

Location

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana, 71130-3932, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana, 71130, United States

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Boston Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Boston (Jamaica Plain)

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 02130, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105, United States

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CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48106, United States

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University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-0912, United States

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Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

Detroit, Michigan, 48201-1379, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detroit

Detroit, Michigan, 48201-1932, United States

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Henry Ford Hospital

Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States

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Providence Hospital - Southfield

Southfield, Michigan, 48075-9975, United States

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CCOP - Duluth

Duluth, Minnesota, 55805, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Biloxi

Biloxi, Mississippi, 39531-2410, United States

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University of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, Mississippi, 39216-4505, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Jackson

Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States

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Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB

Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, 39534-2576, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri, 64128, United States

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CCOP - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri, 64131, United States

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CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks

Springfield, Missouri, 65807, United States

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St. Louis University Health Sciences Center

St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

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CCOP - St. Louis-Cape Girardeau

St Louis, Missouri, 63141, United States

Location

CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium

Billings, Montana, 59101, United States

Location

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albuquerque

Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87108-5138, United States

Location

MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC

Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, United States

Location

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albany

Albany, New York, 12208, United States

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Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

New York, New York, 10032, United States

Location

University of Rochester Medical Center

Rochester, New York, 14642, United States

Location

CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27104-4241, United States

Location

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45220-2288, United States

Location

Barrett Cancer Center, The University Hospital

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45267-0501, United States

Location

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

Location

CCOP - Columbus

Columbus, Ohio, 43206, United States

Location

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Dayton

Dayton, Ohio, 45428, United States

Location

CCOP - Dayton

Kettering, Ohio, 45429, United States

Location

CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program

Toledo, Ohio, 43623-3456, United States

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Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States

Location

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States

Location

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Portland

Portland, Oregon, 97207, United States

Location

CCOP - Columbia River Program

Portland, Oregon, 97225, United States

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OHSU Cancer Institute

Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

Location

Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina, 29401-5799, United States

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Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina, 29425-0721, United States

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CCOP - Greenville

Greenville, South Carolina, 29615, United States

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CCOP - Upstate Carolina

Spartanburg, South Carolina, 29303, United States

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Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas

Dallas, Texas, 75235-8852, United States

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Brooke Army Medical Center

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 78234-6200, United States

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University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, Texas, 77555-0565, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Houston

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

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University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas, 78284-7845, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Antonio (Murphy)

San Antonio, Texas, 78284, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Temple

Temple, Texas, 76504, United States

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CCOP - Scott and White Hospital

Temple, Texas, 76508, United States

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Huntsman Cancer Institute

Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112-5550, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, Utah, 84148, United States

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CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center

Seattle, Washington, 98101, United States

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Swedish Cancer Institute

Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

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Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Seattle

Seattle, Washington, 98108, United States

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CCOP - Northwest

Tacoma, Washington, 98405-0986, United States

Location

Madigan Army Medical Center

Tacoma, Washington, 98431-5048, United States

Location

Related Publications (2)

• 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.

  PMID: 19001327 RESULT

• 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.

  RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Melanoma

Interventions

aldesleukin; Filgrastim; Interferon-alpha; Cisplatin; Dacarbazine; Vinblastine

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neuroendocrine Tumors; Neuroectodermal Tumors; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue; Nevi and Melanomas; Skin Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Skin Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; Colony-Stimulating Factors; Glycoproteins; Glycoconjugates; Carbohydrates; Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors; Cytokines; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; Peptides; Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins; Proteins; Biological Factors; Interferon Type I; Interferons; Chlorine Compounds; Inorganic Chemicals; Nitrogen Compounds; Platinum Compounds; Triazenes; Organic Chemicals; Imidazoles; Azoles; Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; Heterocyclic Compounds; Vinca Alkaloids; Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids; Indole Alkaloids; Alkaloids; Indoles; Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring; Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring; Indolizidines; Indolizines

Study Officials

• Michael B. Atkins, MD

  Tufts Medical Center

  STUDY CHAIR

• Lawrence E. Flaherty, MD

  Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

  STUDY CHAIR

• David M. Gustin, MD

  University of Illinois at Chicago

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 3
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Sponsor Type: NETWORK

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 1, 1999
• First Posted: January 27, 2003
• Study Start: November 13, 1997
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2007
• Last Updated: June 22, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-06

Locations

US (94)