Isolated Limb Infusion of Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Melanoma or Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Arm or Leg That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery

January 15, 2013 updated by: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

A Phase II Trial of Isolated Limb Infusion With Melphalan and Dactinomycin for Regional Melanoma and Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Extremity

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Infusing chemotherapy to the tumor area only may kill more tumor cells and cause less damage to healthy tissues.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying isolated limb infusion of chemotherapy to see how well it works in treating patients with melanoma or soft tissue sarcoma of the arm or leg that cannot be removed by surgery.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the efficacy of isolated limb infusion (ILI) with melphalan and dactinomycin in patients with primary or recurrent, unresectable regional melanoma or soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity.
  • Determine the morbidity of patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the expression of melanoma-associated antigens as well as cellular and humoral immune responses to these antigens in patients with regional disease.

OUTLINE: Patients undergo fluoroscopic placement of angiographic arterial and venous catheters into the appropriate extremity. After the limb is warmed, melphalan and dactinomycin are rapidly infused into the isolated limb via the arterial catheter. Melphalan and dactinomycin are then recirculated for 20 minutes. Patients with little or no response at 8 weeks may receive up to 2 additional treatments at the discretion of the treating physician.

Patients are followed at 1-2 weeks, 3-4 weeks, 6-8 weeks, and then every 3-6 months thereafter as deemed necessary by the treating physician.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 35 patients will be accrued for this study within 3 years.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

35

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

  • United States
    • New York
      • New York, New York, United States, 10021
        • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

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 proven primary or recurrent, regional melanoma or soft tissue sarcoma that is not amenable to surgical resection

    • Majority (greater than 95%) of disease must be distal to the apex of the femoral triangle in the lower limb and the deltoid insertion in the upper limb
  • Bidimensionally measurable disease in the extremity
  • Patients with disease beyond the limb are eligible if their extremity disease requires palliative treatment in the judgment of their physician

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • Over 18

Performance status:

  • Karnofsky 70-100%

Life expectancy:

  • At least 6 months

Hematopoietic:

  • WBC at least 3,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • Not specified

Renal:

  • Creatinine less than 2.0 mg/dL

Cardiovascular:

  • Must have palpable femoral/axillary, dorsalis pedis/popliteal, or radial pulses in the extremity to be treated
  • No signs or symptoms of vascular insufficiency (no history of claudication or other ischemic peripheral vascular disease)

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • No other concurrent serious illness

  • No severe diabetes

    • No prior extremity complications due to diabetes

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy

  • Not specified

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • Not specified

Surgery

  • Not specified

Other

  • At least 4 weeks since prior antitumor therapy and recovered
  • At least 2 weeks since prior antibiotics

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
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Efficacy
Morbidity
Expression of melanoma-associated antigens

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Mary S. Brady, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 1999

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 28, 2000

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 26, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

January 27, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

January 16, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 15, 2013

Last Verified

January 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 99-047
  • MSKCC-99047
  • NCI-G99-1664

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