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Melanoma (Skin)Phase 2NCT00053781

Perifosine in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Malignant Melanoma

A Phase 2 study testing perifosine in people with Melanoma (Skin), run by NCIC Clinical Trials Group at 6 sites in Canada.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of perifosine in treating patients who have metastatic or recurrent malignant melanoma. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 120 years
Conditions the study is for
Melanoma (Skin)
What is being tested?
perifosine
How many people
18 participants
Where
6 sitesCanada
Study dates
20 Jun 2003to 21 Dec 2009
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 120 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed malignant melanoma
  • Metastatic or recurrent disease deemed incurable by standard therapies
  • Clinically and/or radiologically documented disease by at least 1 site that is unidimensionally measurable as follows:
  • At least 20 mm by x-ray or physical exam
  • At least 10 mm by spiral CT scan
  • At least 20 mm by non-spiral CT scan
  • Bone lesions are not considered measurable
  • Outside previously irradiated area unless evidence of progression or new lesions within irradiated field
  • No known brain metastases

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 18 and over

Performance status

  • ECOG 0-2

Life expectancy

  • At least 12 weeks

Hematopoietic

  • Absolute granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin no greater than upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST no greater than 2.5 times ULN

Renal

  • Creatinine no greater than ULN

Cardiovascular

  • No symptomatic congestive heart failure
  • No unstable angina pectoris
  • No cardiac arrhythmia

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No prior allergic reactions to compounds of similar chemical or biological composition to perifosine
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated nonmelanoma skin cancer or curatively treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • No ongoing or active infection
  • No other concurrent uncontrolled medical illness, psychiatric illness, or social situation that would preclude study entry

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • At least 3 months since prior adjuvant immunotherapy
  • No prior immunotherapy for recurrent/metastatic disease

Chemotherapy

  • No prior chemotherapy (including regional therapy)
  • No other concurrent cytotoxic chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy (except for low-dose, nonmyelosuppressive radiotherapy)

Surgery

  • At least 4 weeks since prior major surgery

Other

  • No other concurrent anticancer therapy or investigational agents

Trial locations and contacts

6 sites in 1 country.

6 sites in 1 country

Canada6 sites
  • Tom Baker Cancer Center - Calgary

    Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N2

  • Nova Scotia Cancer Centre

    Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 1V7

  • Cancer Care Ontario-London Regional Cancer Centre

    London, Ontario, N6A 4L6

  • Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal

    Montreal, Quebec, H2L-4M1

  • McGill University

    Montreal, Quebec, H2W 1S6

  • Princess Margaret Hospital at University Health Network

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9

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About this study

Official title: A Phase II Study Of Perifosine (D-21266) In Previously Untreated Patients With Metastatic Or Recurrent Malignant Melanoma

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of perifosine in treating patients who have metastatic or recurrent malignant melanoma.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the efficacy of perifosine, in terms of response rate, in previously untreated patients with metastatic or recurrent malignant melanoma.
  • Assess the toxicity of this drug in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive oral perifosine daily on days 1-21. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who achieve a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) receive 2 additional courses after documentation of CR or stable PR (i.e., no further tumor shrinkage).

Patients are followed at 4 weeks and then every 3 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 15-30 patients will be accrued for this study within 12-18 months.

Conditions
Melanoma (Skin)
Being tested
perifosine
Keywords
recurrent melanoma, stage IV melanoma
Medical subject headings
Melanoma

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • perifosineDrug

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted6 Feb 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study start20 Jun 2003
  3. Primary completion14 Sep 2004
  4. Study completion21 Dec 2009

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
18 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00053781
Sponsor's protocol ID
I156
Other IDs
CAN-NCIC-IND156, CDR0000269475
Status last verified
Apr 2020
First submitted
5 Feb 2003
Last updated
4 Aug 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Ernst DS, Eisenhauer E, Wainman N, Davis M, Lohmann R, Baetz T, Belanger K, Smylie M. Phase II study of perifosine in previously untreated patients with metastatic melanoma. Invest New Drugs. 2005 Dec;23(6):569-75. doi: 10.1007/s10637-005-1157-4.

    PubMed 16034524

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing perifosine in people with Melanoma (Skin), run by NCIC Clinical Trials Group at 6 sites in Canada.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Aug 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 6 sites in Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00053781, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Aug 2023.

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