Narrow Excision Versus Wide Excision for the Treatment of Adults With Invasive Cutaneous Melanoma, ICEMAN Trial

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorOHSU Knight Cancer Institute

About this trial

This clinical trial compares the effect of a narrow surgical excision (removal) to a wide excision for the treatment of adults with invasive cutaneous melanoma. Currently the standard of care is to take wide margins (boarder of healthy tissue surrounding the melanoma) when removing melanoma. Narrow margin excision removes a smaller amount of healthy tissue when surgically removing the melanoma. Narrow margin excision may be effective in removing the melanoma while also reducing surgical complications and improving quality of life for adults with invasive cutaneous melanoma.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Participants or legally authorized representatives (LAR) must provide written informed consent before any study-specific procedures or interventions are performed

Age ≥ 18 years; all biological gender identities and racial/ethnic groups will be included

Participants must have histologically confirmed primary cutaneous melanoma. Acral melanomas are eligible.

American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8th Ed clinical stage IA disease with Breslow thickness > 0.5 mm AND at least one high-risk feature (Mitotic rate ≥ 2/mm2, age ≤ 42, lymphovascular invasion, head/neck location)

Disqualifiers

Uncertain diagnosis of melanoma (i.e. severely dysplastic nevi, melanocytic lesion of unknown malignant potential, atypical intraepidermal melanocytic proliferations)

The patient has already undergone wide local excision at the site of the primary index lesion

The patient has a pure desmoplastic melanoma. A pure desmoplastic melanoma is defined as being > 90% desmoplastic type. Melanomas with < 90% desmoplastic type may be included in this trial

Mucosal and ocular melanomas are also excluded, as these are approached differently for surgical excision

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Biospecimen Collection

    Procedure/Surgery

    Undergo blood sample collection

  • Excision

    Procedure/Surgery

    Undergo narrow margin excision

  • Excision

    Procedure/Surgery

    Undergo wide margin excision

  • Survey Administration

    Other intervention

    Ancillary studies

Treatment groups

1,000 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Arm I (narrow margin excision)Experimental treatment 3 interventions
Group B: Arm II (wide margin excision)Active comparator 3 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Local recurrence rate

Defined as average rate at which cancer returns to same location as the original tumor.

Time frame
From randomization to end of year 3

Secondary outcomes

1

Regional (nodal) disease-free survival

Average number of participants who are experiencing regional disease-free survival at 3 and 5 years.

Time frame
From randomization to end of year 5
2

Local recurrence-free survival

The average length of time (in months) from the date of randomization to local recurrence.

Time frame
From randomization to end of year 5
3

Melanoma-specific survival

The average length of time (in months) from date of randomization to death.

Time frame
From randomization to end of year 5
4

Postoperative pain

Measured by numeric rating scale (0-10).

Time frame
Up to 30 days after surgery

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

Lead sponsor

Oregon Health and Science University

Collaborator