S0508: Thalidomide and Temozolomide in Treating Patients With Stage IV Melanoma That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery

August 20, 2012 updated by: Southwest Oncology Group

A Phase II Trial of Combination Thalidomide Plus Temozolomide in Patients With Metastatic Malignant Melanoma

RATIONALE: Thalidomide may stop the growth of melanoma by blocking blood flow to the tumor. It may also stimulate the immune system in different ways and stop tumor cells from growing. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving thalidomide together with temozolomide may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving thalidomide together with temozolomide works in treating patients with stage IV melanoma that cannot be removed by surgery.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the 6-month progression-free survival of patients with unresectable stage IV malignant cutaneous melanoma treated with thalidomide and temozolomide.
  • Determine the objective response (confirmed and unconfirmed complete response and partial response) in patients with measurable disease treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the overall survival of patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the qualitative and quantitative toxic effects of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive oral thalidomide once daily on days 1-56 and temozolomide once daily on days 1-42. Courses repeat every 56 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed at week 9, every 2 months until disease progression, and then every 6 months until 3 years from study entry.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 55 patients will be accrued for this study within 14 months.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

64

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Alaska
      • Anchorage, Alaska, United States, 99508
        • Alaska Regional Hospital Cancer Center
    • Arkansas
      • Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72205
        • Arkansas Cancer Research Center at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    • California
      • Castro Valley, California, United States, 94546
        • Eden Medical Center
      • Fairfield, California, United States, 94533
        • North Bay Cancer Center
      • Hayward, California, United States, 94545
        • Saint Rose Hospital
      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90089-9181
        • USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
      • Oakland, California, United States, 94609
        • Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Summit Campus
      • Oakland, California, United States, 94609
        • CCOP - Bay Area Tumor Institute
      • Oakland, California, United States, 94602
        • Highland General Hospital at St. George's University School of Medicine
      • Pleasanton, California, United States, 94588
        • Valley Care Medical Center
      • San Pablo, California, United States, 94806
        • Doctors Medical Center - San Pablo Campus
    • Florida
      • Pensacola, Florida, United States, 32514
        • West Florida Cancer Institute at West Florida Hospital - Pensacola
    • Georgia
      • Gainesville, Georgia, United States, 30501
        • Northeast Georgia Medical Center
      • Savannah, Georgia, United States, 31403-3089
        • Curtis & Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute at Memorial Health University Medical Center
    • Idaho
      • Boise, Idaho, United States, 83712
        • St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute - Boise
    • Illinois
      • Decatur, Illinois, United States, 62526
        • Decatur Memorial Hospital Cancer Care Institute
      • Hines, Illinois, United States, 60141
        • Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Hines
      • Maywood, Illinois, United States, 60153
        • Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center at Loyola University Medical Center
      • Springfield, Illinois, United States, 62781-0001
        • Regional Cancer Center at Memorial Medical Center
    • Iowa
      • Davenport, Iowa, United States, 52803
        • Genesis Regional Cancer Center at Genesis Medical Center
    • Kansas
      • Salina, Kansas, United States, 67401
        • Tammy Walker Cancer Center at Salina Regional Health Center
      • Topeka, Kansas, United States, 66606
        • St. Francis Comprehensive Cancer Center
      • Topeka, Kansas, United States, 66604
        • Stormont-Vail Cancer Center
      • Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214
        • Wesley Medical Center
    • Louisiana
      • Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, 71101
        • Christus Schumpert Cancer Treatment Center
    • Michigan
      • Battle Creek, Michigan, United States, 49017
        • Battle Creek Health System Cancer Care Center
      • Big Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49307
        • Mecosta County Medical Center
      • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48202
        • Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Hospital
      • Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503
        • CCOP - Grand Rapids
      • Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503
        • Lacks Cancer Center at Saint Mary's Health Care
      • Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49506
        • Metro Health Hospital
      • Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503
        • Spectrum Health Hospital - Butterworth Campus
      • Holland, Michigan, United States, 49423
        • Holland Community Hospital
      • Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States, 48043
        • Ted B. Wahby Cancer Center at Mount Clemens General Hospital
      • Muskegon, Michigan, United States, 49442
        • Hackley Hospital
      • Port Huron, Michigan, United States, 48060
        • Mercy Regional Cancer Center at Mercy Hospital
      • Traverse City, Michigan, United States, 49684
        • Munson Medical Center
    • Missouri
      • Joplin, Missouri, United States, 64804
        • Freeman Cancer Institute at Freeman Health System
      • Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64131
        • CCOP - Kansas City
      • Springfield, Missouri, United States, 65802
        • CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks
      • Springfield, Missouri, United States, 65804
        • St. John's Regional Health Center
      • Springfield, Missouri, United States, 65807
        • Hulston Cancer Center at Cox Medical Center South
    • Montana
      • Billings, Montana, United States, 59101
        • CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium
      • Billings, Montana, United States, 59101
        • Hematology-Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies - Billings
      • Billings, Montana, United States, 59101
        • Northern Rockies Radiation Oncology Center
      • Billings, Montana, United States, 59101
        • St. Vincent Healthcare
      • Billings, Montana, United States, 59107-5100
        • Billings Clinic Cancer Center
      • Billings, Montana, United States, 59107-7000
        • Deaconess Billings Clinic - Downtown
      • Bozeman, Montana, United States, 59715
        • Bozeman Deaconess Hospital
      • Butte, Montana, United States, 59701
        • St. James Community Hospital
      • Great Falls, Montana, United States, 59405
      • Great Falls, Montana, United States, 59405
        • Big Sky Oncology
      • Great Falls, Montana, United States, 59405
        • Sletten Regional Cancer Institute at Benefis Healthcare
      • Helena, Montana, United States, 59601
        • St. Peter's Hospital
      • Kalispell, Montana, United States, 59901
        • Kalispell Regional Medical Center
      • Kalispell, Montana, United States, 59901
        • Glacier Oncology, PLLC
      • Kalispell, Montana, United States, 59901
        • Kalispell Medical Oncology
      • Missoula, Montana, United States, 59801
        • Community Medical Center
      • Missoula, Montana, United States, 59804
        • Guardian Oncology and Center for Wellness
      • Missoula, Montana, United States, 59807-7877
        • Montana Cancer Specialists at Montana Cancer Center
      • Missoula, Montana, United States, 59807
        • Montana Cancer Center at St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center
    • Nebraska
      • Kearney, Nebraska, United States, 68848-1990
        • Good Samaritan Cancer Center at Good Samaritan Hospital
    • New York
      • Middletown, New York, United States, 10940-4199
        • Tucker Center for Cancer Care at Orange Regional Medical Center
      • Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
        • James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center
      • Rochester, New York, United States, 14620
        • Highland Hospital of Rochester
      • Rochester, New York, United States, 14623
        • Interlakes Oncology/Hematology PC
    • North Carolina
      • Gastonia, North Carolina, United States, 28053
        • CaroMont Cancer Center at Gaston Memorial Hospital
      • Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States, 27534
        • Wayne Radiation Oncology
      • Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States, 27534
        • Wayne Memorial Hospital, Incorporated
      • Rutherfordton, North Carolina, United States, 28139
        • Rutherford Hospital
      • Wilson, North Carolina, United States, 27893-3428
        • Wilson Medical Center
    • Ohio
      • Chillicothe, Ohio, United States, 45601
        • Adena Regional Medical Center
      • Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45267
        • Charles M. Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
        • Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
      • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43214-3998
        • Riverside Methodist Hospital Cancer Care
      • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43222
        • Mount Carmel Health - West Hospital
      • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43215
        • CCOP - Columbus
      • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43228
        • Doctors Hospital at Ohio Health
      • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43215
        • Grant Riverside Cancer Services
      • Delaware, Ohio, United States, 43015
        • Grady Memorial Hospital
      • Independence, Ohio, United States, 44131
        • Community Oncology Group at Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center
      • Lancaster, Ohio, United States, 43130
        • Fairfield Medical Center
      • Marietta, Ohio, United States, 45750
        • Strecker Cancer Center at Marietta Memorial Hospital
      • Newark, Ohio, United States, 43055
        • Licking Memorial Cancer Care Program at Licking Memorial Hospital
      • Springfield, Ohio, United States, 45505
        • Community Hospital of Springfield and Clark County
      • Springfield, Ohio, United States, 45504
        • Mercy Medical Center
      • Westerville, Ohio, United States, 43081
        • Mount Carmel Cancer Services at Mount Carmel St. Ann's Hospital
      • Wooster, Ohio, United States, 44691
        • Cleveland Clinic - Wooster
      • Youngstown, Ohio, United States, 44501
        • Tod Children's Hospital - Forum Health
      • Zanesville, Ohio, United States, 43701
        • Genesis - Good Samaritan Hospital
    • Oregon
      • Gresham, Oregon, United States, 97030
        • Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center
      • Milwaukie, Oregon, United States, 97222
        • Providence Milwaukie Hospital
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97213-2967
        • Providence Cancer Center at Providence Portland Medical Center
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97225
        • CCOP - Columbia River Oncology Program
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97225
        • Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97210
        • Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center Comprehensive Cancer Center
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97227
        • Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center & Children's Hospital
      • Tualatin, Oregon, United States, 97062
        • Legacy Meridian Park Hospital
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson, South Carolina, United States, 29621
        • AnMed Health Cancer Center
      • Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29401
        • Roper St. Francis Cancer Center at Roper Hospital
      • Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, 29303
        • CCOP - Upstate Carolina
      • Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, 29303
        • Gibbs Regional Cancer Center at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center
    • Tennessee
      • Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 37920-6999
        • U.T. Cancer Institute at University of Tennessee Medical Center
    • Texas
      • Dallas, Texas, United States, 75230
        • Medical City Dallas Hospital
      • Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States, 78234
        • Brooke Army Medical Center
      • Lackland AFB, Texas, United States, 78236
        • Wilford Hall Medical Center
      • Temple, Texas, United States, 76508
        • CCOP - Scott and White Hospital
    • Utah
      • American Fork, Utah, United States, 84003
        • American Fork Hospital
      • Logan, Utah, United States, 84321
        • Logan Regional Hospital
      • Murray, Utah, United States, 84107
        • Cottonwood Hospital Medical Center
      • Ogden, Utah, United States, 84403
        • McKay-Dee Hospital Center
      • Provo, Utah, United States, 84604
        • Utah Valley Regional Medical Center - Provo
      • Saint George, Utah, United States, 84770
        • Dixie Regional Medical Center - East Campus
      • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84106
        • Utah Cancer Specialists at UCS Cancer Center
      • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84103
        • Latter Day Saints Hospital
    • Virginia
      • Danville, Virginia, United States, 24541
        • Danville Regional Medical Center
    • Washington
      • Bellingham, Washington, United States, 98225
        • St. Joseph Cancer Center
      • Bremerton, Washington, United States, 98310
        • Olympic Hematology and Oncology
      • Mt. Vernon, Washington, United States, 98273
        • Skagit Valley Hospital Cancer Care Center
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104
        • Harborview Medical Center
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104
        • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104
        • Minor and James Medical, PLLC
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98112
        • Group Health Central Hospital
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98122-4307
        • Swedish Cancer Institute at Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98122
        • Polyclinic First Hill
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98195-6043
        • University Cancer Center at University of Washington Medical Center
      • Sedro-Wooley, Washington, United States, 98284
        • North Puget Oncology at United General Hospital
      • Spokane, Washington, United States, 99202
        • Cancer Care Northwest - Spokane South
      • Vancouver, Washington, United States, 98668
        • Southwest Washington Medical Center Cancer Center
      • Wenatchee, Washington, United States, 98801-2028
        • Wenatchee Valley Medical Center
    • West Virginia
      • Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States, 26102
        • Community Comprehensive Cancer Center at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital
    • Wyoming
      • Sheridan, Wyoming, United States, 82801
        • Welch Cancer Center at Sheridan Memorial Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed malignant cutaneous melanoma

    • Unresectable, stage IV disease
    • Unknown primary allowed
  • Measurable or non-measurable disease

    • If all known sites of disease are within a previously irradiated port, disease progression must be clearly demonstrated
  • No brain metastases by CT scan or MRI within the past 42 days

    • Prior brain metastasis allowed provided both of the following criteria are met:

      • Completely resected and free of disease
      • Treated with whole brain radiotherapy and completed treatment at least 28 days ago

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 18 and over

Performance status

  • Zubrod 0-1

Life expectancy

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic

  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,000/mm^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL (transfusions allowed)

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin ≤ 3 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • SGOT or SGPT ≤ 2.5 times ULN (5 times ULN if liver metastases are present)

Renal

  • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective double-method contraception for 4 weeks before, during, and for 4 weeks after study participation
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or adequately treated stage I or II cancer in complete remission
  • No history of allergic reaction to dacarbazine

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • No prior thalidomide for stage IV disease
  • At least 28 days since prior biological therapy
  • At least 28 days since prior immunotherapy
  • At least 28 days since prior adjuvant interferon alfa

Chemotherapy

  • No prior temozolomide or dacarbazine for stage IV disease
  • At least 28 days since prior chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

  • At least 28 days since prior hormonal therapy

Radiotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 28 days since prior radiotherapy

Surgery

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 28 days since prior surgery for primary and stage IV disease

Other

  • No more than 1 prior systemic therapy regimen for stage IV disease
  • At least 28 days since other prior systemic therapy

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Thalidomide and Temozolomide
Patients receive oral thalidomide once daily on days 1-56 and temozolomide once daily on days 1-42. Courses repeat every 56 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
75 mg/m^2/day PO daily for 6 weeks followed by a 2-week break
200 mg/day PO daily

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Progression-free survival at 6 months
Time Frame: 6 months after registration
6 months after registration
Objective response (confirmed and unconfirmed complete and partial responses)
Time Frame: Week 9, every 8 weeks thereafter until progression
Week 9, every 8 weeks thereafter until progression
6-month overall survival
Time Frame: six months after registration
six months after registration

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Collaborators

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Joseph I. Clark, MD, Loyola University
  • Principal Investigator: Laura F. Hutchins, MD, University of Arkansas

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2005

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2007

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 3, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 3, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

March 4, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 22, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 20, 2012

Last Verified

August 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDR0000412048
  • U10CA032102 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • S0508 (Other Identifier: SWOG)

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