Cutaneous melanoma Cancer Melanoma
Conditions
Interventions
After resection of the high risk melanoma, patients will be given 7.5 mg per Kg bevacizumab by Intravenous (IV) infusion (30 minutes +/- 10 minutes). Bevacizumab infusions will be administered every t
Sponsors
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Written informed consent 2. Age more than or equal to 18 years 3. Able to comply with the protocol 4. Patients with histological confirmation of completely resected American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stage IIB (T4aN0M0), IIC (T4bN0M0) and III (TxN1-2M0) cutaneous melanoma 5. Patients may or may not have undergone sentinel lymph node dissection and/or elective lymph node dissection 6. Patients must be randomised within 12 weeks of completing primary surgery (wide local excision and lymphadenectomy) 7. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status zero to one 8. Life expectancy more than or equal to six months 9. Adequate haematological function: a. Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) more than or equal to 1.5 x 10^9/L, and b. platelet count more than or equal to 100 x 10^9/L, and c. haemoglobin more than or equal to 9 g/dL (may be transfused to maintain or exceed this level) 10. Adequate liver function: a. total bilirubin less than 1.5 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN), and b. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and/or Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) less than 2 x ULN 11. Adequate renal function: a. serum creatinine less than or equal to 1.25 x ULN or calculated creatinine clearance more than or equal to 50 mL/min, and b. urine dipstick for proteinuria less than 2+. Patients discovered to have more than or equal to 2+ proteinuria on dipstick urinalysis at baseline should undergo a 24 hour urine collection and must demonstrate less than or equal to 1 g of protein in 24 hours c. International Normalised Ratio (INR) less than or equal to 1.5 and Partial Prothrombin Time (PPT) less than or equal to 1.5 x ULN
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Any evidence of distant or non-regional lymph node metastases 2. Evidence of Central Nervous System (CNS) metastases, even if previously treated 3. Incomplete surgical resection of the disease 4. Prior chemotherapy, immunotherapy, hormonal therapy or radiotherapy for melanoma 5. Any surgery (including open biopsy, but excluding insertion of an indwelling catheter), or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to randomisation, or anticipation of the need for surgery during study treatment 6. Current or recent (within seven days of randomisation) use of aspirin (more than 325 mg/day) 7. Current or recent (within seven days of randomisation) use of full-dose oral or parenteral anticoagulants or thrombolytic agent for therapeutic purposes. Prophylactic use of anticoagulants is allowed 8. History or evidence of inherited bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy with the risk of bleeding 9. Uncontrolled hypertension (blood pressures: systolic more than 150 mmHg and/or diastolic more than 100 mmHg) 10. Clinically significant (i.e. active) cardiovascular disease for example Coronary Vascular Accident (CVA) (less than or equal to six months before randomisation), myocardial infarction (less than or equal to six months before randomisation), unstable angina, congestive heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) class more than or equal to II, serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication during the study and might interfere with regularity of the study treatment, or not controlled by medication 11. Non-healing wound, active peptic ulcer or bone fracture 12. History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation or intra-abdominal abscess within six months of randomisation 13. Pregnant or breast-feeding females 14. Women with an intact uterus (unless amenorrhoeic for the last 24 months) not using, or do not agree to use, effective non-hormonal means of contraception (intrauterine contraceptive device, barrier method of contraception in conjunction with spermicidal jelly or surgically sterile) if randomised to the treatment arm and for a period of six months following the last administration of bevacizumab. Men who do not agree to use effective contraception if randomised to the treatment arm and for a period of 60 days following the last administration of bevacizumab 15. Treatment with any other investigational agent, or participation in another clinical trial within 28 days prior to randomisation 16. Known hypersensitivity to bevacizumab or any of its excipients 17. Evidence of any other disease, neurological or metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding or laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of an investigational drug or puts the patient at high risk for treatment-related complications 18. Any condition, which, in the opinion of the investigator, might interfere with the safety of the patient or evaluation of the study objectives
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Overall survival | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Disease-free interval 2. Distant metastasis-free interval 3. Quality of life 4. Safety and toxicity | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed