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CompletedNCT00082914

Denileukin Diftitox in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma or Metastatic Kidney Cancer

Phase II Evaluation of Denileukin Diftitox in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma or Metastatic Kidney Cancer

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
Sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI) · NIH
Sex
All
Age
16 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Denileukin diftitox may be able to make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well denileukin diftitox works in treating patients with metastatic melanoma or metastatic kidney cancer.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the clinical response in patients with metastatic melanoma or metastatic kidney cancer treated with denileukin diftitox. Secondary * Determine whether changes occur in levels of CD4-positive CD25-positive lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of these patients before and after treatment with this drug. * Determine the toxicity profile of this drug in these patients. OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to disease type (metastatic melanoma vs metastatic kidney cancer). Patients receive denileukin diftitox IV over 1 hour on days 1-5, 21-25, 42-46, and 63-67. Treatment repeats every 84 days (12 weeks) for up to a maximum total of 5 courses in the absence of disease progression, autoimmune ocular toxicity attributable to denileukin diftitox, or any other unacceptable toxicity. At any time during therapy, patients achieving a complete response receive 1 additional course of therapy after the complete response. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 10-96 patients (5-48 per stratum) will be accrued for this study within 3-4 years.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
BIOLOGICALdenileukin diftitox

Timeline

Start date
2004-03-01
Completion
2006-07-01
First posted
2004-05-19
Last updated
2013-06-20

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00082914. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.