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High Dose Interleukin-2 (IL-2) Therapy In "Lymphodepleted Primed" Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

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What is being tested

aldesleukin

+ sargramostim

+ cyclophosphamide

BiologicalDrug
Who is being recruted

Melanoma+9

+ Neoplasms

+ Neoplasms by Histologic Type

Over 18 Years
+44 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Phase 2
Interventional
Study Start: February 2004
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Summary

Principal SponsorDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Last updated: January 27, 2026
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Study start date: February 1, 2004

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the objective response rate in lymphodepleted patients with metastatic melanoma treated with cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, and high-dose interleukin-2. * Determine the feasibility of this regimen in these patients. Secondary * Determine the quality and quantity of lymphocyte recovery in these patients during and after treatment with this regimen. * Determine time to disease progression and survival in patients treated with this regimen. OUTLINE: This is an open-label, multicenter study. Patients receive lymphodepleting therapy comprising cyclophosphamide IV over 1 hour on days 1 and 2 and fludarabine IV over 30 minutes on days 3-7. Patients then receive high-dose interleukin-2 IV every 8 hours (14 doses) on days 8-12 and 22-26. Patients also receive sargramostim (GM-CSF) subcutaneously beginning on day 8 and continuing until blood counts recover. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients are followed every 3 months. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 18-33 patients will be accrued for this study.

Official TitleHigh Dose Interleukin-2 (IL-2) Therapy In "Lymphodepleted Primed" Patients With Metastatic Melanoma
NCT00085423NCT00225771
Principal SponsorDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Last updated: January 27, 2026
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

20 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

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Eligibility

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Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 18 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

MelanomaNeoplasmsNeoplasms by Histologic TypeNeoplasms by SiteNeoplasms, Germ Cell and EmbryonalNeoplasms, Nerve TissueSkin DiseasesSkin NeoplasmsSkin and Connective Tissue DiseasesNeuroectodermal TumorsNevi and MelanomasNeuroendocrine Tumors

Criteria

29 inclusion criteria required to participate
Hematopoietic

Histologically confirmed melanoma

Metastatic disease

Measurable disease

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15 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
No active infection

No uncontrolled diabetes

No history of autoimmune disease

No other concurrent significant illness that would preclude study participation

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Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

One single intervention group is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Aldesleukin (IL-2), cyclophosphamide, fludarabine phosphate, sargramostim

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

Suspended

Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

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CompletedOne Study Center