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Vaccine Therapy and Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

NCT00054535

Open-labelTreatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Vaccines may make the body build an immune response that will kill tumor cells. Interleukin-2 may stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill melanoma cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining vaccine therapy with interleukin-2 in treating patients who have metastatic melanoma.

Timeline

Start
2003-01
Primary completion
Completion
2004-09

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject aldesleukin Protein / enzyme biologic Intravenous
Subject recombinant fowlpox-tyrosinase vaccine Vaccine Intramuscular
Subject vaccinia-tyrosinase vaccine Vaccine Intramuscular

Indications