Status:
COMPLETED
Everolimus in Treating Patients With Stage IV Melanoma
Lead Sponsor:
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Melanoma (Skin)
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as everolimus, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Everolimus may also ...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the median time to disease progression in patients with stage IV malignant melanoma treated with everolimus. Secondary * Determine the median overall survival of pa...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically confirmed malignant melanoma for which no known standard or potentially curative therapy exists or has been proven to extend life expectancy
- Stage IV disease
- Measurable disease
- At least 1 lesion ≥ 20 mm by CT scan or MRI OR ≥ 10 mm by spiral CT scan
- No intracranial disease
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Age
- 18 and over
- Performance status
- ECOG 0-2
- Life expectancy
- At least 12 weeks
- Hematopoietic
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm\^3
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
- Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL
- No bleeding diathesis
- Hepatic
- AST ≤ 3 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 3 ULN
- INR ≤ 1.5
- Renal
- Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN
- Other
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- Willing to refrain from foods high in fat content
- No uncontrolled infection
- No immunosuppression from any cause (e.g., known HIV infection)
- No other malignancy within the past 5 years except basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer treated with local resection only
- No other severe condition that would preclude study participation or compliance
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Biologic therapy
- More than 4 weeks since prior immunotherapy or biologic therapy
- Chemotherapy
- More than 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin) and recovered
- No prior sirolimus or its analogues for any indication
- No other concurrent chemotherapy
- Endocrine therapy
- No concurrent steroids
- Radiotherapy
- More than 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy to head and neck area
- More than 4 weeks since prior radiosurgery
- No prior radiotherapy to \> 30% of bone marrow
- No concurrent radiotherapy
- Surgery
- Not specified
- Other
- At least 1 week since prior and no concurrent CYP3A4 inducers
- No concurrent warfarin
- No concurrent cytotoxic agents
- No other concurrent experimental drugs
- No other concurrent immunosuppressive therapy
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
53 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00098553
Start Date
April 1 2005
End Date
February 1 2010
Last Update
July 6 2016
Active Locations (94)
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1
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259-5499
2
Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224
3
Rush-Copley Cancer Care Center
Aurora, Illinois, United States, 60507
4
Joliet Oncology-Hematology Associates, Limited - West
Joliet, Illinois, United States, 60435