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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00059800
Date of registration: 06/05/2003
Primary sponsor: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Public title: Boron Neutron Capture Therapy in Treating Patients With Melanoma
Scientific title: A Phase II Trial For Neutron Capture Therapy In Melanoma
Date of first enrolment: May 2002
Target sample size:
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00059800
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Paul M. Busse, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Histologically confirmed melanoma

- Evaluable disease

- Lesion(s) to be irradiated must be located in 1 of the following areas:

- On an extremity

- On the head or neck (including the scalp)

- In the subdermal lymphatics (excluding the proximal axilla)

- Area to be irradiated must not exceed a maximum dimension of 10 cm

- Maximum tumor depth from the surface of the skin cannot exceed 6 cm

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

- 18 and over

Performance status

- ECOG 0-1

Life expectancy

- More than 6 months

Hematopoietic

- Not specified

Hepatic

- Not specified

Renal

- Creatinine normal

Cardiovascular

- No history of severe cardiac disease

- No uncontrolled arrhythmias or conduction defects

- No unstable or newly diagnosed angina pectoris

- No recent coronary artery disease

- No congestive heart failure

Other

- Not pregnant

- Negative pregnancy test

- No history of phenylketonuria

- Must have sufficient mental competence

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

- Not specified

Chemotherapy

- Not specified

Endocrine therapy

- Not specified

Radiotherapy

- No prior radiotherapy to study sites

Surgery

- Not specified



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Melanoma (Skin)
Intervention(s)
Radiation: boron neutron capture therapy
Primary Outcome(s)
Clinical response [Time Frame: No]
Late dermal reaction after at least six months [Time Frame: No]
Pharmacokinetics [Time Frame: No]
Time course, uniformity, and severity of acute dermal reactions [Time Frame: No]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
BIDMC-2001-P-001946
BIDMC-W-01-0380-FB
CDR0000287207
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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