Chemotherapy Plus Bone Marrow Transplantation in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2001-02-22
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so
they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with bone marrow transplantation may allow
the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: Clinical trial to study the effectiveness of chemotherapy plus bone marrow
transplantation in treating patients with metastatic melanoma that has not responded to
previous therapy.
Phase:
Phase 1
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Feist-Weiller Cancer Center at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport