Complete Lymph Node Dissection vs Watchful Waiting in Patients With Malignant Melanoma (Thickness of 1,0mm+ and Evidence of Metastases in the Sentinel Node) (DeCOG-SLT)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02434107

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : May 5, 2015

Last Update Posted : December 21, 2022

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University Hospital Tuebingen

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Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	December 2017
Actual Study Completion Date :	December 2017

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Leiter U, Stadler R, Mauch C, Hohenberger W, Brockmeyer NH, Berking C, Sunderkotter C, Kaatz M, Schatton K, Lehmann P, Vogt T, Ulrich J, Herbst R, Gehring W, Simon JC, Keim U, Verver D, Martus P, Garbe C; German Dermatologic Cooperative Oncology Group. Final Analysis of DeCOG-SLT Trial: No Survival Benefit for Complete Lymph Node Dissection in Patients With Melanoma With Positive Sentinel Node. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Nov 10;37(32):3000-3008. doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.02306. Epub 2019 Sep 26.

Leiter U, Stadler R, Mauch C, Hohenberger W, Brockmeyer N, Berking C, Sunderkotter C, Kaatz M, Schulte KW, Lehmann P, Vogt T, Ulrich J, Herbst R, Gehring W, Simon JC, Keim U, Martus P, Garbe C; German Dermatologic Cooperative Oncology Group (DeCOG). Complete lymph node dissection versus no dissection in patients with sentinel lymph node biopsy positive melanoma (DeCOG-SLT): a multicentre, randomised, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Jun;17(6):757-767. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)00141-8. Epub 2016 May 5.

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