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the only reason is that recruitment was not sufficient to meet the planned patient numbers, because complete remissions are still infrequent.
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether rituximab as an adjuvant therapy in clinical stage IIIc / IV (no evidence of disease, AJCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer) 2002) melanoma patients is safe and prolongs overall survival and disease-free interval.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| rituximab | Experimental |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rituximab | Drug | induction phase: 375mg/m² qw, 4wks; followed by maintenance phase: 375mg/m², every 8 wks; duration: 2 years. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| disease-free interval | 42 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| overall survival | 42 months |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Stephan Wagner, MD | Med Univ Vienna | Principal Investigator |
| Alice Pinc, MD | Medical Univ Vienna | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| General Hospital Vienna, Dep. of Dermatology, Division of Immunology and Infectious Diseases | Vienna | 1090 | Austria |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D008545 | Melanoma |
| D009362 | Neoplasm Metastasis |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D018358 | Neuroendocrine Tumors |
| D017599 | Neuroectodermal Tumors |
| D009373 | Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal |
| D009370 | Neoplasms by Histologic Type |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D000069283 | Rituximab |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D058846 | Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived |
| D000911 | Antibodies, Monoclonal |
| D000906 | Antibodies |
| D007136 | Immunoglobulins |
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| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D009380 | Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue |
| D018326 | Nevi and Melanomas |
| D012878 | Skin Neoplasms |
| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D012871 | Skin Diseases |
| D017437 | Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |
| D009385 | Neoplastic Processes |
| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D007162 | Immunoproteins |
| D001798 | Blood Proteins |
| D011506 | Proteins |
| D000602 | Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins |
| D012712 | Serum Globulins |
| D005916 | Globulins |