Complete lymph node dissection or observation in treating patients with localized melanoma and sentinel node metastasis who have undergone sentinel lymphadenectomy

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, August, 2007

Sponsors and Collaborators: John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center and National Cancer Institute (NCI). This randomized phase III trial is studying complete lymph node dissection to see how well it works compared to observation in treating patients with localized melanoma and sentinel node metastasis who have undergone sentinel lymphadenectomy.

Condition        Intervention                Phase

Melanoma (Skin)  Procedure: diagnostic test  Phase III
                 Procedure: lymphadenectomy
                 Procedure: observation
                 Procedure: quality-of-life
                   assessment
                 Procedure: supportive
                   care/therapy
                 Procedure: surgery
                 Procedure: ultrasonography

Study ID Numbers: CDR0000513043; JWCI-MORD-LM/SL-CLND-1102

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00389571