S9804: Vinorelbine in Treating Patients With Stage IV Melanoma

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of vinorelbine in treating patients who have stage IV melanoma that has been previously treated.

Timeline

Start

1999-05

Primary completion

2001-12

Completion

2004-03

Publications

• Results Whitehead RP, Moon J, McCachren SS, Hersh EM, Samlowski WE, Beck JT, Tchekmedyian NS, Sondak VK; Southwest Oncology Group. A Phase II trial of vinorelbine tartrate in patients with disseminated malignant melanoma and one prior systemic therapy: a Southwest Oncology Group study. Cancer. 2004 Apr 15;100(8):1699-704. doi: 10.1002/cncr.20183.
• Results Moon J, Whitehead RP, McCachren S, et al.: Evaluation of vinorelbine tartrate (Navelbine) in patients with dissemminated malignant melanoma and at least one prior systemic therapy, phase II: a Southwest Oncology Group study. [Abstract] Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 21: A-1386, 2002.

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