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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00006200
Date of registration: 09/09/2000
Primary sponsor: National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Public title: Thalidomide and Dacarbazine for Metastatic Melanoma
Scientific title:
Date of first enrolment: August 2000
Target sample size:
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00006200
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with metastatic melanoma.

- Lesions must be measurable.

- Patient must have the following minimum labs: ANC> 1500/mm3, Hemoglobin > 8 mg/dl;
platelets > 100,000 mm3; and liver function tests < 5x normal; and creatinine < 1.5
mg/dl.

- ECOG performance status > 2.

- No prior therapy with DTIC or thalidomide

- No other history of malignancy other than curatively resected basal cell carcinoma of
the skin or carcinoma in situ of the cervix.

- Patients must not be pregnant or lactating.

- Sexually active men and women of childbearing age must use adequate contraception.
All patients must understand the potential for severe birth defects with thalidomide
and must be able to follow instructions to avoid conception while taking thalidomide



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Melanoma
Intervention(s)
Drug: dacarbazine
Drug: thalidomide
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
M01RR00096
NCRR-M01RR00096-1000
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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