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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00039000




Registration number
NCT00039000
Ethics application status
Date submitted
6/06/2002
Date registered
10/06/2002
Date last updated
7/09/2012

Titles & IDs
Public title
Study of Heat Shock Protein-Peptide Complex (HSPPC-96) Versus IL-2/DTIC for Stage IV Melanoma
Scientific title
A Phase III Study of Heat Shock Protein-Peptide Complex (HSPPC-96) Versus Physician's Choice Including Interleukin-2 and/or Dacarbazine/Temozolomide-based Therapy and/or Complete Tumor Resection in Stage IV Melanoma
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
C-100-21
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
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Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Malignant Melanoma 0 0
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Malignant melanoma

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Eligibility Assessment:

(The following assessments must be obtained within three weeks prior to randomization into the study)

* Medical history and physical examination (including EGOG score, evidence of immunosuppression);
* CT/MRI of the chest, abdomen and pelvis;
* Clinical examination;
* CT/MRI of the brain;
* Complete Blood Count with differential including platelets;
* Electrolytes (Na, Cl, K, HCO3, Ca, Mg, PO4);
* Renal function tests (BUN and creatinine);
* Liver function tests (bilirubin, AST, ALT);
* Serum pregnancy test for all women of childbearing potential.



* Stage IV Melanoma (AJCC);
* No prior therapy for stage IV melanoma;
* No prior therapy with interleukin-2 and/or dacarbazine/temozolomide within the past 12 months prior to study entry;
* Candidate for surgical resection of some/all sites of melanoma and expected to obtain greater tan or equal to 7 grams of viable cancer tissue (in aggregate), which is equivalent to a greater than or equal to 2 cm lesion on CT/MRI or clinical examination;
* No brain metastases;
* ECOG score 0 or 1;
* Adequate cardiac function;
* Adequate hematopoietic, liver and renal function;
* Female subjects of child-bearing potential must agree to use contraception during the study
* Signed written informed consent.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Mucosal or ocular melanomas;
* Other malignancies treated within the last five years, except in situ cervix carcinoma or non-melanoma skin cancer;
* Primary or secondary immunodeficiency, in the opinion of the investigator (including immunosuppressive disease, or use of systemic corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive medications);
* Prior splenectomy;
* Uncontrolled infection or other serious medical illnesses;
* Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding;
* Subjects participating in any other studies requiring administration of an investigational drug/biologic agent.

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Treatment
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Randomised controlled trial
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Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
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Completed
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- Wentworthville
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- Camperdown
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- Melbourne
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- Newcastle
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- Wentworthville
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Funding & Sponsors
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Commercial sector/industry
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Agenus Inc.
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Ethics approval
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