Standard Palliative Care Versus Standard Palliative Care Plus Polychemotherapy in Metastasized Malignant Melanoma

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00226473

Recruitment Status : Unknown

Verified September 2005 by Dermatologic Cooperative Oncology Group.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting

First Posted : September 27, 2005

Last Update Posted : June 21, 2006

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Dermatologic Cooperative Oncology Group

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

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Recruitment Status :	Unknown
Primary Completion Date :	No date given
Study Completion Date :	September 2005

Publications:

Chapman PB, Einhorn LH, Meyers ML, Saxman S, Destro AN, Panageas KS, Begg CB, Agarwala SS, Schuchter LM, Ernstoff MS, Houghton AN, Kirkwood JM. Phase III multicenter randomized trial of the Dartmouth regimen versus dacarbazine in patients with metastatic melanoma. J Clin Oncol. 1999 Sep;17(9):2745-51.

Creagan ET, Suman VJ, Dalton RJ, Pitot HC, Long HJ, Veeder MH, Vukov AM, Rowland KM, Krook JE, Michalak JC. Phase III clinical trial of the combination of cisplatin, dacarbazine, and carmustine with or without tamoxifen in patients with advanced malignant melanoma. J Clin Oncol. 1999 Jun;17(6):1884-90.

Cure H, Souteyrand P, Ouabdesselam R, Roche H, Ravaud A, D'incan M, Viens P, Fargeot P, Lentz MA, Fumoleau P, Hanauske A, Chollet P. Results of a phase II trial with cystemustine at 90 mg/m(2) as a first- or second-line treatment in advanced malignant melanoma: a trial of the EORTC Clinical Studies Group. Melanoma Res. 1999 Dec;9(6):607-10.

Glimelius B, Ekström K, Hoffman K, Graf W, Sjödén PO, Haglund U, Svensson C, Enander LK, Linné T, Sellström H, Heuman R. Randomized comparison between chemotherapy plus best supportive care with best supportive care in advanced gastric cancer. Ann Oncol. 1997 Feb;8(2):163-8.

Hauschild A, Garbe C, Stolz W, Ellwanger U, Seiter S, Dummer R, Ugurel S, Sebastian G, Nashan D, Linse R, Achtelik W, Mohr P, Kaufmann R, Fey M, Ulrich J, Tilgen W. Dacarbazine and interferon alpha with or without interleukin 2 in metastatic melanoma: a randomized phase III multicentre trial of the Dermatologic Cooperative Oncology Group (DeCOG). Br J Cancer. 2001 Apr 20;84(8):1036-42.

Propper DJ, Levitt NC, O'Byrne K, Braybrooke JP, Talbot DC, Ganesan TS, Thompson CH, Rajagopalan B, Littlewood TJ, Dixon RM, Harris AL. Phase II study of the oxygen saturation curve left shifting agent BW12C in combination with the hypoxia activated drug mitomycin C in advanced colorectal cancer. Br J Cancer. 2000 Jun;82(11):1776-82.

Thongprasert S, Sanguanmitra P, Juthapan W, Clinch J. Relationship between quality of life and clinical outcomes in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: best supportive care (BSC) versus BSC plus chemotherapy. Lung Cancer. 1999 Apr;24(1):17-24.

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