Interferon Alfa Following Surgery in Treating Patients With Stage III Melanoma

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.

Study NCT00006249 Information provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI)

First Received: September 11, 2000 Last Updated: November 15, 2011 History of Changes

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Study Status:	This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Estimated Study Completion Date:	No date given
Estimated Primary Completion Date:	No date given

Publications:

Bouwhuis MG, Suciu S, Testori A, Kruit WH, Salès F, Patel P, Punt CJ, Santinami M, Spatz A, Ten Hagen TL, Eggermont AM. Phase III Trial Comparing Adjuvant Treatment With Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2b Versus Observation: Prognostic Significance of Autoantibodies--EORTC 18991. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Apr 12; [Epub ahead of print]

Eggermont AM, Bouwhuis MG, Kruit WH, Testori A, Ten Hagen T, Yver A, Xu C. Serum concentrations of pegylated interferon alpha-2b in patients with resected stage III melanoma receiving adjuvant pegylated interferon alpha-2b in a randomized phase III trial (EORTC 18991). Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2009 Jul 21; [Epub ahead of print]

Bottomley A, Coens C, Suciu S, Santinami M, Kruit W, Testori A, Marsden J, Punt C, Salès F, Gore M, Mackie R, Kusic Z, Dummer R, Patel P, Schadendorf D, Spatz A, Keilholz U, Eggermont A. Adjuvant therapy with pegylated interferon alfa-2b versus observation in resected stage III melanoma: a phase III randomized controlled trial of health-related quality of life and symptoms by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Melanoma Group. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Jun 20;27(18):2916-23. Epub 2009 May 11. Erratum in: J Clin Oncol. 2009 Sep 20;27(27):4630. Dosage error in published abstract; MEDLINE/PubMed abstract corrected.

Fusi A, Collette S, Busse A, Suciu S, Rietz A, Santinami M, Kruit WH, Testori A, Punt CJ, Dalgleish AG, Spatz A, Eggermont AM, Keilholz U. Circulating melanoma cells and distant metastasis-free survival in stage III melanoma patients with or without adjuvant interferon treatment (EORTC 18991 side study). Eur J Cancer. 2009 Sep 28; [Epub ahead of print]

Eggermont AM, Suciu S, Santinami M, Testori A, Kruit WH, Marsden J, Punt CJ, Salès F, Gore M, Mackie R, Kusic Z, Dummer R, Hauschild A, Musat E, Spatz A, Keilholz U; EORTC Melanoma Group. Adjuvant therapy with pegylated interferon alfa-2b versus observation alone in resected stage III melanoma: final results of EORTC 18991, a randomised phase III trial. Lancet. 2008 Jul 12;372(9633):117-26.

Eggermont AM, Suciu S, Santinami M, et al.: EORTC 18991: long-term adjuvant pegylated interferon-alpha2b (PEG-IFN) compared to observation in resected stage III melanoma, final results of a randomized phase III trial. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 25 (Suppl 18): A-8504, 473s, 2007.