The following info and data is provided "as is" to help patients around the globe.
We do not endorse or review these studies in any way.
Brief Title: Pegylated Interferon-alpha-2a in Patients With Malignant Melanoma Stage IIA-IIIB
Official Title: Randomized, Multicenter, Open Label Study to Compare the Efficacy and Tolerability of Pegylated Interferon-alpha-2 (PEG-IFN) to 'Low-dose' Interferon-alpha-2a in Patients With Malignant Melanoma in Stages IIA (T3a) - IIIB (AJCC 2002)
Study ID: NCT00204529
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of adjuvant treatment with pegylated interferon-α-2a (PEG-IFN) vs. 'low dose' interferon-α-2a in patients with malignant melanoma in stage IIA (T3a) - IIIB. A total of 880 will be randomized up to three months after first surgical management of their melanoma to either: PEG-IFN-α-2a or low-dose interferon-α-2a.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Dermatologische Onkologie, Skin Cancer Program, Department of Dermatology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, BW, Germany
Name: Claus Garbe, MD
Affiliation: Skin Cancer Program, Department of Dermatology, University of Tübingen, Liebermeisterstr. 20, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Name: Hubert Pehamberger, MD
Affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR