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Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma

NCT00005841

Treatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Vaccines made from melanoma cells may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. Vaccine therapy plus filgrastim combined with a specific protein may be a more effective treatment for melanoma. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of vaccine therapy in treating patients with stage III or stage IV melanoma that has been completely removed during surgery.

Timeline

Start
2000-06
Primary completion
2000-12
Completion
2002-10

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject MART-1 antigen Vaccine Subcutaneous
Subject gp100 antigen Peptide Subcutaneous
Subject progenipoietin Unknown 10 ug/kg Subcutaneous
Subject progenipoietin Unknown 20 ug/kg Subcutaneous
Subject progenipoietin Unknown 40 ug/kg Subcutaneous
Subject tyrosinase peptide Peptide Subcutaneous
Background incomplete Freund's adjuvant Other / unclassified Subcutaneous