Thymosin Alpha 1, Interferon Alpha, or Both, in Combination With Dacarbazine in Patients With Malignant Melanoma
Malignant Melanoma

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Malignant Melanoma
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Have read and signed the informed consent form
- 18 years <=Age<= 75 years
- Adequate contraception practice (fertile female patient)
- Confirmed diagnosis of metastatic melanoma (stage IV) with unresectable metastases and >= 1 measurable lesion
- Adequate renal function as demonstrated by serum creatinine level < 1.5 mg/deciliter (dl)
- Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) >= 1.5 x 10000000000/L ; platelets >= 100 x 10000000000/Liter (L)
- Good performance status: PS <= 1 (ZUBROD-ECOG-WHO scale)
- At least 12 week life expectancy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Clinical diagnosis of autoimmune disease
- Transplant recipient
- Pregnancy documented by a urine pregnancy test or lactation
- Previous treatment with thymosin alpha 1
- Previous treatment with chemotherapy
- Presence of Central Nervous System (CNS) metastases
- Concomitant or prior history of malignancy other than melanoma
- Participation in another investigational trial within 30 days of study entry
- Active infectious process that is not of self-limiting nature
Sites / Locations
- CHU de Grenoble Hopital Albert Michallon Service de Dermatologie
- CHU de Limoges Hopital Dupuytren Service de Dermatologie
- Hopital Saint-Eloi Service de Dermatologie
- Centre Eugene Marquis Departement d'Oncologie Medicale
- Hopital Purpan Service de Dermatologie
- Klinik fur Dermatologie und Allergologie der RWTH Aachen
- Klinik fur Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie des Campus Charitè Mitte
- Elbeklinikec Buxtehude Dermatologische Zentrum Abteilung fur Dermato-Onkologie
- Zentrum fur Dermatologie und Veneralogie Klinik der Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universitat
- Klinikum Hannover, Hautklinik Linden
- Universitatsklinikum Schlewig-Holstein Klinik fur Dermatologie, Veneralogie und Allergologie Universitats-Hautklinik Kiel
- Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie und Venerologie Otto-von-Guericke-Universitat Magdeburg
- Dermatologische Klinik der Universitat Tubingen
- Orszagos Bor-es Nemikortani Intezet
- Orszagos Onkologiai Intezet Borgyogyaszat
- Petz Aladar Megyei Korhaz, Borgyogyaszat
- Miskolc Megyei Korhaz Borgyogyaszat
- Pecsi Egyetem Borgyogyaszati Klinika
- Szegedi Egyetem Borgyogyaszati Klinika
- Ospedale SS Trinità Oncologia
- Ospedale San Vincenzo U.O. Oncologia Medica
- UO Complessa Aziendale Nettuno/Albano/Frascati Day-Hospital di Oncologia Ospedale S. Giuseppe
- Ospedale PF Calvi Dipartimento di Oncologia
- ASL 1 Servizio di Oncologia
- Azienda Ospedaliera S. Elia, UO di Oncologia
- Azienda Ospedaliera Garibaldi, UO Oncologia Medica
- Università "G. D'Annunzio" Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Clinica Dermatologica
- Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I° UO Servizio di Oncologia e Chemioterapia
- Università di Firenze Dipartimento di Scienze Dermatologiche
- Ospedale Pierantoni, Divisione Oncologia Medica
- Istituto NazionaleRicerca sul Cancro, Dipartimento di Oncologia Medica 1
- Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Divisione di Chirurgia Generale
- Casa di Cura San Pio X, UO Oncologia Medica
- Ospedale Civile, UO di Oncologia
- Azienda Ospedaliera Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli, Oncologia Medica
- Università di Roma "Tor Vergata" Oncologia Complementare, Dipartimento di Chirurgia
- IFO Polo Oncologico Ist. Regina Elena, Divisione di Oncologia Medica A
- Ospedale Sandro Pertini, Oncologia Medica
- Università "La Sapienza" Dipartimento di Malattie Cutanee-Veneree e Chirurgia Plastica Ricostruttiva
- Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata, Dipartimento di Immunodermatologia
- Policlinico "Le Scotte" Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Scienze Immunologiche Applicate, Divisione di Dermatologia
- U.O. Complessa, Immunoterapia Oncologica, Policlinico "Le Scotte"
- Ospedale Umberto I°, Divisione di Oncologia Medica
- Ospedale Bel Colle UO di Oncologia
- Katedra i Klinika Onkologii i Radioterapii Akademia Medyczna
- Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie, Oddzial w Krakowie, Klinika Chemioterapii
- Wojewodzki Szpital Specjalistyczny im. M. Kopernika, Klinika Chemioterapii Oncologicznej
- Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny nr 1, Klinika Chirurgii Onkologicznej
- Wielkopolskie Centrum Onkologii, Zaklad Immunologii Nowotworow Katedry Onkologii AM
- Oddzial Chemioterapii
- Klinika Onkologii Centralnego Szpitala WAM
- Dolnoslakie Centrum Transplantacji Komorkowych z Krajowym Bankiem Dawcow Szpiku
- Instituto Portugues de Oncologia de Francisco Gentil, Centro Regional de Oncologia de Lisboa S.A., Servicio de Medicina Oncologica 1, Pavilhao C
- Instituto Portugues de Oncologia de Francisco Gentil, Centro Regional de Oncologia do Porto S.A., Servicio de Medicina Oncologica, Piso 3
- Instituto Catalan Oncologico, Servicio de Oncologia
- Hosp. Univ. de Canarias Servicio de Oncologia Medica
- Hosp. Clinic i Provincial Servicio de Oncologia
- Hosp. Universitario de Jaen Servicio de Oncologia
- Hosp. Clinico San Carlos Servicio de Oncologia, Pabellon B, Ala Sur-Sotano
- Hosp. Virgen de la Victoria de Malaga Servicio de Oncologia 1a planta Campus Universitario de Teatinos
- Hosp. Virgen del Rocio Servicio de Oncologia, Planta Baja - Centro de Diagnostico
- Instituto Valenciano Oncologico
- Hospital General Universitario de Valencia Unidad de Oncologia Medica
- Zentrum fur Onkologie Hematologie und Transfusionsmedizin am Kantonsspital Aarau
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Arm 5
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Active Comparator
Dacarbazine + Interferon alpha + thymosin-alpha-1 1.6 mg
Dacarbazine + Interferon alpha + Thymosin-alpha-1 3.2 mg
Dacarbazine + Interferon alpha + Thymosin-alpha-1 6.4 mg
Dacarbazine + Thymosin-alpha-1 3.2 mg
Dacarbazine + Interferon alpha
Dacarbazine 800 mg/m2 IV on day 1; Interferon alpha 3MIU SC on day 11 and 18; Thymosin-alpha-1 1.6 mg SC from day 8 to 11 and from day 15 to 18 of each 28 day cycle up to 6 cycles or until progression or unacceptable toxicity develops.
Dacarbazine 800 mg/m2 IV on day 1; Interferon alpha 3MIU SC on day 11 and 18; Thymosin-alpha-1 3.2 mg SC from day 8 to 11 and from day 15 to 18 of each 28 day cycle up to 6 cycles or until progression or unacceptable toxicity develops.
Dacarbazine 800 mg/m2 IV on day 1; Interferon alpha 3MIU SC on day 11 and 18; Thymosin-alpha-1 6.4 mg SC from day 8 to 11 and from day 15 to 18 of each 28 day cycle up to 6 cycles or until progression or unacceptable toxicity develops.
Dacarbazine 800 mg/m2 IV on day 1; Thymosin-alpha-1 3.2 mg SC from day 8 to 11 and from day 15 to 18 of each 28 day cycle up to 6 cycles or until progression or unacceptable toxicity develops.
Dacarbazine 800 mg/m2 IV on day 1; Interferon alpha 3MIU SC on day 11 and 18 of each 28 day cycle up to 6 cycles or until progression or unacceptable toxicity develops.