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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00596362
Date of registration: 08/01/2008
Primary sponsor: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Public title: Treatment With Intravitreal Avastin for Large Uveal Melanomas
Scientific title: Neoadjuvant Treatment With Intravitreal Avastin for Large Uveal Melanomas
Date of first enrolment: April 2007
Target sample size: 10
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00596362
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients diagnosed with large uveal melanomas who elect to undergo enucleation.

- Patients diagnosed with uveal melanomas with tumor thickness > 10 mm or basal
diameter > 16 mm, as measured by ultrasound examination, funduscopic examination, or
transillumination.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Cases that do not meet the above criteria for tumor size will be ineligible to
participate in the study.

- Patients with history of metastatic cancer (other than melanoma).

- Patients not able to provide consent for the study.

- Patients with clinical or radiographic evidence of extraocular extension of the
tumor.

- Patients with a previous history of an adverse reaction to intravitreal injection.

- Patients with a poor view of the fundus due to cataract or vitreous hemorrhage.

- Patients with intravitreal silicone oil or gas tamponade.

- Patients < 18 years of age.

- Women known to be pregnant.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Uveal Melanoma
Intervention(s)
Drug: AVASTIN
Primary Outcome(s)
To examine the response of intravitreal Avastin in causing a clinically significant reduction in uveal melanoma tumor size (base height and volume). [Time Frame: conclusion of study]
Secondary Outcome(s)
To examine the short-term safety profile of intravitreal injection of Avastin in patients with intraocular tumors. [Time Frame: conclusion of study]
Secondary ID(s)
07-040
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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