Status:
COMPLETED
Trial of Surgical Excision Margins in Thick Primary Melanoma
Lead Sponsor:
Karolinska Institutet
Collaborating Sponsors:
Swedish Cancer Society
Stockholm Cancer Society
Conditions:
Melanoma
Surgery
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of an excision margin of 2 cm versus 4 cm for patients with primary cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM). Study hypothesis: The hypothesi...
Detailed Description
Traditionally CMM have been excised with wide resection margins of 5-cm (sometimes with 10-cm towards the local lymph node basin) with the radical removal of lymph nodes. This treatment emerged from a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Melanoma \>2 mm
- Age ≤ 75 yr
- Patients operated on with ≤ 2-cm at diagnosis
- Final surgery planned within 8 weeks after date of diagnosis
- Patient fit for surgery
- Signed patient consent form
Exclusion
- Melanoma on hand, foot, head-neck or ano-genital regions
- The presence of in-transit- regional and/or distant spread of the disease
- Illness making patient unfit for surgery
- Previous malignancies except basal cell- and in-situ colli uteri cancer
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 1992
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
936 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01183936
Start Date
January 1 1992
End Date
December 1 2006
Last Update
August 18 2010
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