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TerminatedNCT00667953Updated Mar 30, 2023Results posted

Study of Temzolomide and Gleevec in Advanced Melanoma

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of Gleevec and Temodar in Melanoma and Advanced Melanoma, sponsored by Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-03-30.

Sponsored by Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Difficulty enrolling subjects
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
32
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study has been designed to evaluate the side effects of Gleevec when given in combination with Temzolomide; and to learn more about how these drugs work in the body and whether this combination is useful in treating patients with melanoma.

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Conditions studied

  • Melanoma
  • Advanced Melanoma

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Keywords

  • Temzolomide
  • Gleevec
  • Melanoma
  • Advanced melanoma
  • Phase II
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In context

Melanoma

3,073 studies on the registry are indexed under Melanoma; 529 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 32 is below the median of 38 across 2,400 interventional studies indexed under Melanoma.

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Lead sponsor

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine is the lead sponsor of 457 studies on the registry; 84 are open to participants now.

Of its 33 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 14 (42%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Histologically confirmed melanoma that is metastatic or unresectable and for which standard curative or palliative measures do not exist or are no longer effective
  • Prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation therapy (Phase I portion only), cytokine, biologic, or vaccine therapy is permitted, however no prior treatment with temozolomide
  • Measurable disease
  • Performance status \<= 2
  • Life expectancy greater than 3 months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • No prior treatment with temozolomide or imatinib mesylate
  • Organ allografts
  • Prior radiotherapy, or prior intratumor injection therapy, to areas of measurable disease that are used as target indicator lesions, unless progression has occurred at that site or measurable disease has developed outside the treatment area
  • Pregnancy or lactation
  • History of second cancer
  • Known hypersensitivity to temozolomide or imatinib
  • Use of any experimental therapy within 3 weeks prior to baseline evaluations done prior to enrollment
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
32 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Arm A:

    Temozolomide plus imatinib

    Drug: Gleevec · Drug: Temodar

Interventions

  • Gleevec (600 mg) daily.

    Also known as: Imatinib mesylate

  • Temzolomide (1000 mg/m2) over 5 days on a 28 day cycle.

    Also known as: temozolomide

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Safety - Grade 3 or 4 Adverse Events

    Number of reported grade 3 or 4 adverse events

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Response

    Response rate by RECIST

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

  2. To Evaluate the Secondary Endpoints of Time to Disease Progression, Duration of Response, and Overall Survival of Patients Receiving Gleevec + Temozolomide

    Time frame: through study completion

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Results

Posted Mar 30, 2023

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneArm A:
Started32
Completed28
Not completed4

Outcome measures

PrimarySafety - Grade 3 or 4 Adverse Events

Number of reported grade 3 or 4 adverse events

Time frame:
through study completion, an average of 1 year
Reported as:
Number · Adverse Events
Safety - Grade 3 or 4 Adverse Events
Adverse EventsArm A:
Safety - Grade 3 or 4 Adverse Events20
SecondaryResponse

Response rate by RECIST

Time frame:
through study completion, an average of 1 year
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Response
ParticipantsArm A:
Response1
SecondaryTo Evaluate the Secondary Endpoints of Time to Disease Progression, Duration of Response, and Overall Survival of Patients Receiving Gleevec + Temozolomide
Time frame:
through study completion

Results for this outcome have not been posted.

Adverse events

Collected over through study completion, an average of 1 year. Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Arm A:—3/28 (10.7%)28/28 (100%)
Most frequent serious events
Most frequent serious events
EventArm A:
DVTVascular disorders1/28
Pericardial effusionCardiac disorders1/28
HemothoraxRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders1/28
Most frequent other events
Most frequent other events
EventArm A:
FatigueGeneral disorders16/28
DiarrheaGastrointestinal disorders10/28
AnemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders8/28
ThrombocytopeniaBlood and lymphatic system disorders7/28

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)Arm A:
<=18 years0
Between 18 and 65 years22
>=65 years10
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Arm A:
Female15
Male17
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Arm A:
American Indian or Alaska Native0
Asian0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0
Black or African American1
White31
More than one race0
Unknown or Not Reported0
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)Arm A:
United States32
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Study locations

1 site
  • Abramson Cancer Center at University of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Bajor DL, Xu X, Torigian DA, Mick R, Garcia LR, Richman LP, Desmarais C, Nathanson KL, Schuchter LM, Kalos M, Vonderheide RH. Immune activation and a 9-year ongoing complete remission following CD40 antibody therapy and metastasectomy in a patient with metastatic melanoma. Cancer Immunol Res. 2014 Nov;2(11):1051-8. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-14-0154. Epub 2014 Sep 24. PubMed 25252722 ↗
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
Not marked actual or estimatedDates not marked actual or estimated

The record gives a start of Jan 2003, a primary completion of Mar 2011 and a completion of Mar 2011. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.

Results were first posted in Mar 2023, 12 years after primary completion. A results delay was requested in Apr 2020.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Apr 24, 2008
First posted
Apr 28, 2008
Start
Jan 2003
Primary completionActual
Mar 9, 2011
CompletionActual
Mar 9, 2011
Results delay requested
Apr 6, 2020
Results first posted
Mar 30, 2023
Last update
Mar 30, 2023
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 30, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00667953
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 28, 2008
Start date
Jan 2003
Primary completion
Mar 9, 2011
Completion
Mar 9, 2011
Results posted
Mar 30, 2023
Last update
Mar 30, 2023

Study contacts

Leslie Fecher, MD
principal investigator · Rogel Cancer Center
tara mitchell, MD
study director · Abramson CC

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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