Nordic Adjuvant IFN Melanoma Trial

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of giving adjuvant treatment with intermediate doses of interferon-alpha2b to patients operated for high risk melanoma. Patients are randomly assigned to either observation only or interferon treatment for 2 different durations. The outcome with respect to overall survival, relapse-free survival, side effects and quality of life is analysed.

Timeline

Start

1996-11

Primary completion

2008-06

Completion

2008-06

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper We recorded no significant improvement in overall survival in patients given interferon alfa-2b compared with observation: median overall survival was 56·1 months PMID 21256809 ↗

Publications

• Background Bouwhuis MG, Suciu S, Collette S, Aamdal S, Kruit WH, Bastholt L, Stierner U, Sales F, Patel P, Punt CJ, Hernberg M, Spatz A, ten Hagen TL, Hansson J, Eggermont AM; EORTC Melanoma Group and the Nordic Melanoma Group. Autoimmune antibodies and recurrence-free interval in melanoma patients treated with adjuvant interferon. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2009 Jun 16;101(12):869-77. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djp132. Epub 2009 Jun 9.
• Prasmickaite L, Berge G, Bettum IJ, Aamdal S, Hansson J, Bastholt L, Oijordsbakken M, Boye K, Maelandsmo GM. Evaluation of serum osteopontin level and gene polymorphism as biomarkers: analyses from the Nordic Adjuvant Interferon alpha Melanoma trial. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2015 Jun;64(6):769-76. doi: 10.1007/s00262-015-1686-4. Epub 2015 Apr 2.
• Hansson J, Aamdal S, Bastholt L, Brandberg Y, Hernberg M, Nilsson B, Stierner U, von der Maase H; Nordic Melanoma Cooperative Group. Two different durations of adjuvant therapy with intermediate-dose interferon alfa-2b in patients with high-risk melanoma (Nordic IFN trial): a randomised phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2011 Feb;12(2):144-52. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(10)70288-6. Epub 2011 Jan 20.

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