Temozolomide and Everolimus in Treating Patients With Stage IV Melanoma That Cannot be Removed by Surgery

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Everolimus may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking blood flow to the tumor and by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving everolimus together with temozolomide may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving everolimus together with temozolomide works in treating patients with stage IV melanoma that cannot be removed by surgery

Timeline

Start

2008-01

Primary completion

2009-12

Completion

2010-12

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper failed to meet/exceed our study threshold for promising clinical activity in patients with metastatic melanoma. PMID 23357973 ↗

Publications

• Results Dronca RS, Allred JB, Perez DG, Nevala WK, Lieser EA, Thompson M, Maples WJ, Creagan ET, Pockaj BA, Kaur JS, Moore TD, Marchello BT, Markovic SN. Phase II study of temozolomide (TMZ) and everolimus (RAD001) therapy for metastatic melanoma: a North Central Cancer Treatment Group study, N0675. Am J Clin Oncol. 2014 Aug;37(4):369-76. doi: 10.1097/COC.0b013e31827b45d4.

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