Immunotherapy for Advanced Melanoma
This study is looking at different immunotherapy treatments for people with advanced melanoma (skin cancer that has spread). Researchers want to see if giving immunotherapy before surgery leads to better outcomes. The treatments being tested are Nivolumab, a combination of Nivolumab and Relatlimab, and Ipilimumab. These drugs work by helping your own immune system fight cancer. The study will measure how well the treatments shrink the tumor before surgery. You may be able to join if you are 18 or older and have Stage III or Stage IV melanoma. The study plans to enroll 90 participants and is divided into two main parts.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 90 participants. It is divided into two sub-studies that will enroll in sequence.
- What's involved
- Not specified in the trial record.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- The primary outcome, Pathologic Major Response, is measured up to 36 months.
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NCT06295159
Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Anti-PD1 or Combinations for Locoregionally Advanced Melanoma
Recruiting
PHASE2Ages 18+InterventionalTreatmentH. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research InstituteInvestigator-initiated
~90 participants
Updated 2026-04-01 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:NivolumabNivolumab + RelatlimabIpilimumab
At a glance
Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Pathologic Major Response (pMR)
Measured over Up to 36 Months
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesFlorida1
Study leadership
- Ahmad Tarhini, MD, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Moffitt Cancer Center
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Eligibility criteria
Inclusion
Voluntarily agree to participate by giving signed, dated, and written informed consent prior to any study-specific procedures.
18 years of age or older
Histologic diagnosis of melanoma (cutaneous, acral, mucosal or unknown primary) belonging to the following American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8th edition TNM stages (Tx or T1-4) and (N1b, N1c, N2b, N2c, N3b or N3c) and/or (M1a).
Requirements for prior systemic therapy for melanoma are as follows:
Must be considered surgically operable and may present as any of the following groups:
Participants are eligible for this study either at presentation for primary melanoma with concurrent regional nodal and/or in-transit or distant metastasis, or at the time of clinically detected nodal, in transit, or distant recurrence.
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.
Adequate organ function within 28 days of Cycle 1 Day 1 (C1D1)
Participants must provide a sufficient and adequate formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor tissue sample from the most recent biopsy of a tumor lesion, obtained within 90 days from signing informed consent form (ICF). If recent tumor tissue is unavailable or inadequate, a fresh biopsy will be required, unless the principal investigator agrees that it is not safe/feasible.
Participants must be evaluated by standard-of-care full body imaging studies, the choice of which is decided by the treating physician investigator.
Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test at screening (within 72 hours of first dose of study medication) in accordance with the standard of care for WOCBP.
WOCBP must agree to use highly effective contraceptive measures starting with the screening visit through 5 months after the last dose of study treatment. Highly effective contraception is as stipulated in national or local guidelines.
Male participants with a female partner(s) of childbearing potential must agree to use highly effective contraceptive measures throughout the study starting with the screening visit through 5 months after the last dose of study treatment is received. Males with pregnant partners must agree to use a condom; no additional method of contraception is required for the pregnant partner.
Willing and able to comply with the requirements of the protocol.
Exclusion
Pregnancy or lactation.
Treatment with another investigational drug or other systemic intervention for melanoma within 4 weeks of initiation of study drugs. Patients must not have radiotherapy within the preceding 2 weeks. Patients must have recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier.
Participants must be at least 4 weeks from major surgery and have fully recovered from any effects of surgery and be free of significant detectable infection.
Ocular or uveal melanoma.
Bowel obstruction or impending bowel obstruction within the past 3 months.
Clinically significant (i.e., active) cardiovascular disease: cerebral vascular accident/stroke or myocardial infarction within 6 months of enrollment, unstable angina, congestive heart failure or serious uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication.
Active or history of brain metastases or leptomeningeal metastases.
Concurrent malignancy (present during screening) requiring treatment or history of prior malignancy active within 2 years prior to the first dose of study treatment, i.e., patients with a history of prior malignancy are eligible if treatment was completed at least 2 years before the first dose of study treatment and the patient has no evidence of disease. Participants with history of prior early-stage basal/squamous cell skin cancer, low-risk prostate cancer eligible for active surveillance or noninvasive or in situ cancers who have undergone definitive treatment at any time are also eligible.
Treatment with one of the following classes of drugs within the delineated time window prior to C1D1:
Known allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or any of the study drug excipients.
Any evidence of current interstitial lung disease (ILD) or pneumonitis or a prior history of ILD or non-infectious pneumonitis requiring high-dose glucocorticoids.
History of allogeneic organ transplant.
Psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the study.
Participants with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (\> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalent) within 14 days or another immunosuppressive medication within 30 days of the first dose of study treatment. Inhaled or topical steroids, and adrenal replacement steroid doses \> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalent, are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease.
Active autoimmune disease or history of autoimmune disease that required systemic treatment within 2 years before starting treatment, i.e., with use of disease-modifying agents or immunosuppressive drugs.
History or current evidence of any condition, co-morbidity, therapy, any active infections, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the patient's participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the patient to participate, in the opinion of the treating Investigator.
Pregnant or breastfeeding or WOCBP who are not willing to employ effective birth control from screening to 5 months after the last dose of study treatment (whichever is later).
Previous SARS-CoV-2 infection within 10 days for mild or asymptomatic infections or 20 days for severe/critical illness prior to C1D1.
Uncontrolled infection with human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Patients on stable highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) with undetectable viral load and normal CD4 counts for at least 6 months prior to study entry are eligible. Serological testing for HIV at screening is not required.
Known to be positive for hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen, or any other positive test for HBV indicating acute or chronic infection. Patients who are receiving or who have received anti-HBV therapy and have undetectable HBV DNA for at least 6 months prior to study entry are eligible. Serological testing for HBV at screening is not required. Known active co-infection with hepatitis B and hepatitis C or with hepatitis B and hepatitis D is an exclusion.
Known active hepatitis C virus (HCV) as determined by positive serology and confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Patients on or who have received antiretroviral therapy are eligible provided they are virus-free by PCR for at least 6 months prior to study entry. Serological testing for HCV at screening is not required.
Dependence on total parenteral nutrition.
Troponin T (TnT) or I (TnI) \> 2× institutional ULN. Participants with TnT or TnI levels between \> 1 to 2 × ULN will be permitted if repeat levels within 24 hours are ≤ 1 × ULN. If TnT or TnI levels are between \>1 to 2 × ULN within 24 hours, the participant must undergo a cardiology consultation and cardiac evaluation and be considered for treatment, based on a favorable benefit/risk assessment by the Investigator. When repeat levels within 24 hours are not available, a repeat test should be conducted as soon as possible. If TnT or TnI repeat levels beyond 24 hours are \< 2 × ULN, the participant must undergo a cardiology consultation and cardiac evaluation and be considered for treatment, based on a favorable benefit-risk assessment by the Investigator.
Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) assessment with documented LVEF \< 50% by either transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) or multigated acquisition (MUGA) scan (TTE preferred test) within 6 months prior to start of study treatment.
Participants with a history of myocarditis and/or current diagnosis of myocarditis, regardless of etiology.
Participants must not have a history of allergy or hypersensitivity to study intervention components.
What this trial measures
- Pathologic Major Response (pMR)Up to 36 Months
The pathologic response rate will be measured by evaluation of the residual viable tumor (RVT). Pathologic Major Response (pMR) is defined as near complete response (pCR) measured as ≤10% RVT + complete response (pCR) measured as 0% RVT.