Trial of Surgical Excision Margins in Thick Primary Melanoma - 2

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03638492

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : August 20, 2018

Last Update Posted : August 20, 2018

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Sponsor:

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Peter Gillgren, Karolinska Institutet

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Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	May 2004
Actual Study Completion Date :	December 2006

Publications:

Gillgren P, Drzewiecki KT, Niin M, Gullestad HP, Hellborg H, Mansson-Brahme E, Ingvar C, Ringborg U. 2-cm versus 4-cm surgical excision margins for primary cutaneous melanoma thicker than 2 mm: a randomised, multicentre trial. Lancet. 2011 Nov 5;378(9803):1635-42. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61546-8. Epub 2011 Oct 23. Erratum In: Lancet. 2011 Nov 5;378(9803):1626.

Thomas JM, Newton-Bishop J, A'Hern R, Coombes G, Timmons M, Evans J, Cook M, Theaker J, Fallowfield M, O'Neill T, Ruka W, Bliss JM; United Kingdom Melanoma Study Group; British Association of Plastic Surgeons; Scottish Cancer Therapy Network. Excision margins in high-risk malignant melanoma. N Engl J Med. 2004 Feb 19;350(8):757-66. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa030681.

Hayes AJ, Maynard L, Coombes G, Newton-Bishop J, Timmons M, Cook M, Theaker J, Bliss JM, Thomas JM; UK Melanoma Study Group; British Association of Plastic; Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, and the Scottish Cancer Therapy Network. Wide versus narrow excision margins for high-risk, primary cutaneous melanomas: long-term follow-up of survival in a randomised trial. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Feb;17(2):184-192. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00482-9. Epub 2016 Jan 12.

Ethun CG, Delman KA. The importance of surgical margins in melanoma. J Surg Oncol. 2016 Mar;113(3):339-45. doi: 10.1002/jso.24111. Epub 2015 Dec 10.

Sladden MJ, Nieweg OE, Howle J, Coventry BJ, Thompson JF. Updated evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of melanoma: definitive excision margins for primary cutaneous melanoma. Med J Aust. 2018 Feb 19;208(3):137-142. doi: 10.5694/mja17.00278.

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Utjes D, Malmstedt J, Teras J, Drzewiecki K, Gullestad HP, Ingvar C, Eriksson H, Gillgren P. 2-cm versus 4-cm surgical excision margins for primary cutaneous melanoma thicker than 2 mm: long-term follow-up of a multicentre, randomised trial. Lancet. 2019 Aug 10;394(10197):471-477. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31132-8. Epub 2019 Jul 4.

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