Status:
TERMINATED
Intravenous or Hepatic Arterial Infusion of Fotemustine in Treating Patients With Unresectable Liver Metastases From Eye Melanoma
Lead Sponsor:
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
Conditions:
Intraocular Melanoma
Metastatic Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fotemustine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving the drugs in...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: Primary * Compare overall survival of patients with surgically incurable or unresectable liver metastases secondary to uveal melanoma treated with fotemustine administered as an intraven...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed liver metastases secondary to uveal melanoma
- Surgically incurable or unresectable disease
- No detectable extrahepatic metastases
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Age
- 18 and over
- Performance status
- WHO 0-2
- Life expectancy
- Not specified
- Hematopoietic
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 2,000/mm\^3
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3
- Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL
- Hepatic
- Bilirubin \< 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- ALT and AST \< 5 times ULN
- Alkaline phosphatase \< 5 times ULN
- Gamma-glutamyltransferase \< 5 times ULN
- Lactic dehydrogenase \< 5 times ULN
- Renal
- BUN \< 1.5 times ULN
- Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN
- Cardiovascular
- No uncontrolled angina pectoris
- No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
- No uncontrolled high blood pressure
- No evolutive intracranial hypertension
- No other severe cardiac disease
- Other
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- No active gastroduodenal ulcer
- No diabetes
- No active or uncontrolled infection
- No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition that would preclude study compliance and follow-up
- No other uncontrolled severe medical condition
- No other malignancy within the past 5 years except surgically cured carcinoma in situ of the cervix or basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Biologic therapy
- No concurrent immunologic or biologic therapy
- Chemotherapy
- No other concurrent chemotherapy
- Endocrine therapy
- Not specified
- Radiotherapy
- No prior radiotherapy for metastatic disease
- No concurrent radiotherapy
- Surgery
- Recovered from prior major surgery
- Other
- No prior antineoplastic drugs for metastatic disease
- More than 4 weeks since prior investigational drugs
- No other concurrent anticancer agents or therapies
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
171 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00110123
Start Date
January 1 2005
Last Update
September 24 2012
Active Locations (8)
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1
European Institute of Oncology
Milan, Italy, 20141
2
Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori
Naples, Italy, 80131
3
Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova
Padua, Italy, 35128
4
Universita di Siena
Siena, Italy, 53100