Temozolomide Versus Dacarbazine in Stage IV Metastatic Melanoma (Study P03267)

"oral capsule; 150 mg/m2/day PO (by mouth), on 7 consecutive days every 14 days (7 days on / 7 days off continuously); one cycle of temozolomide is defined as a 6-week period; treatment will continue until progression of the disease, unacceptable toxicity, subject refusal, or opinion of the treating physician that it is in the subject's best interest to stop."

intravenous solution; dacarbazine 1000 mg/m2 IV (in the vein), on Day 1 +/- 3 days every 3 weeks; one cycle of dacarbazine is defined as a 3-week period; treatment will continue until progression of the disease, unacceptable toxicity, subject refusal, or opinion of the treating physician that it is in the subject's best interest to stop.