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Interleukin-2 Plus Bryostatin 1 in Treating Patients With Melanoma or Kidney Cancer

NCT00006022

RandomizedFactorialDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Interleukin-2 may stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill tumor cells. Combining bryostatin 1 with interleukin-2 may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Randomized phase I trial to study the effectiveness of interleukin-2 plus bryostatin 1 in treating patients who have melanoma or kidney cancer that cannot be removed during surgery.

Timeline

Start
2000-09
Primary completion
2003-10
Completion
2004-01

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject aldesleukin Protein / enzyme biologic Subcutaneous
Subject bryostatin 1 Small molecule Intravenous