Status:

COMPLETED

Imatinib in Patients With Mucosal or Acral/Lentiginous Melanoma

Lead Sponsor:

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Collaborating Sponsors:

Novartis

Conditions:

Mucosal Melanoma

Acral/Lentiginous Melanoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how effective imatinib (Gleevec) is in treating acral/lentiginous and mucosal melanoma which has spread to other parts of the body in patients who's disease ca...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * To determine the response rate of patients with metastatic mucosal, acral/lentiginous, or chronically sun damaged melanomas to treatment with of imatinib. * To determine the ti...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Melanomas that arise on chronically sun damaged skin and have pathologic evidence of solar elastosis
  • History of primary mucosal or acral/lentiginous melanoma
  • Histologically documented stage IV metastatic melanoma
  • ECOG performance status 0,1, or 2
  • Estimated life expectancy of 6 months or greater
  • Age 18 years or older
  • Creatinine \< 1.5 x ULN
  • ANC \> 1500 ul
  • Platelets \> 100,000 ul
  • Total bilirubin, AST, and ALT \< 2 x ULN
  • Amylase and lipase \< 1.5 x ULN
  • C-kit mutation documented from either primary or metastatic tumor site
  • \> 4 weeks from prior chemotherapy or investigational drug
  • At least one measurable site of disease as defined by at least 1 cm in greatest dimension

Exclusion

  • Severe and/or uncontrolled medical disease
  • Pregnant or nursing mothers
  • Any other significant medical, surgical, or psychiatric condition that my interfere with compliance
  • Patient is \< 5 years free of another primary malignancy except: basal cell skin cancer or a cervical carcinoma in situ
  • Concurrent treatment with Warfarin
  • Prior treatment with c-kit inhibitor
  • Patient with Grade III/IV cardiac problems as defined by NYHA criteria
  • No H2 blockers or proton pump inhibitors
  • Known brain metastasis
  • Known chronic liver disease
  • Known diagnosis of HIV infection
  • Previous radiotherapy to \> 25% of the bone marrow
  • Major surgery within 2 weeks prior to study entry
  • Patient has received any other investigational agent within 28 days of first study drug dosing
  • Chemotherapy within 4 weeks prior to study entry

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

24 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00424515

Start Date

July 1 2006

End Date

July 1 2011

Last Update

December 8 2016

Active Locations (5)

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1

University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center

Denver, Colorado, United States, 80045

2

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612

3

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637

4

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115