Active clinical trials for "Melanoma"

This study will investigate the combination of two drugs, trametinib and nab-paclitaxel, in patients with advanced unresectable or metastatic melanoma. Each drug has shown activity in trials of patients with melanoma. However, the combination of these two drugs has not been studied. In this trial the investigators will determine the maximum dose of the drug combination to be administered to patients with advanced unresectable or metastatic melanoma and examine the safety profile of the drug combination.

Present clinical study will be conducted in China to evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK) of single and repeat oral doses of dabrafenib alone and dabrafenib and trametinib in combination, the safety profile and the clinical activity of dabrafenib in combination with trametinib in Chinese melanoma subjects with BRAF V600E/K mutation. Approximately 20 evaluable subjects will be enrolled in the study, out of which, the first 10 subjects will be enrolled into cohort A (Part I and II) and remaining 10 subjects will be enrolled in cohort B. Subjects in cohort A (Part I) will receive dabrafenib 150 mg twice daily (BID) and subjects in cohort A (Part II) and Cohort B will receive combination of dabrafenib 150 mg BID and trametinib 2 mg once daily (QD). Study treatment will continue until disease progression, death or unacceptable toxicity. After disease progression, all enrolled subjects will be followed up for overall survival. The study will be completed after all subjects have died or surviving subjects have had at least 5 years of follow-up, whichever occurs first.

The initial treatment for most people with melanoma involves wide excision of the skin and sentinel node biopsy. As with other cancers, the status of the sentinel node provides important prognostic information to the patient and physician. Sentinel node biopsy was first developed using only a blue dye. Technetium99, a radioactive protein, was added later and provides the ability to image the patient and identify relevant lymph node basins. For the last 15 years or so, the standard method of SLN localization includes both tech99 and blue dye. While the rates of localization overall are excellent, these methods each have drawbacks. We are investigating a new method of finding sentinel nodes that uses a green dye that has an infrared signal. Our hypothesis is that indocyanine green (ICG) and real time lymphangiography is equivalent to technetium99 and methylene blue in identifying sentinel nodes (SLN) in patients with melanoma.

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn about the safety of giving CD4+T cells with ipilimumab and cyclophosphamide. CD4+T cells are a type of white blood cell. Researchers grow the T cells in the laboratory, and they are designed to find cancer cells and may kill them.

This pilot clinical trial studies aldesleukin imaging in viewing tumor growth in patients with stage IV melanoma receiving ipilimumab or pembrolizumab therapy. Diagnostic procedures, such as single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), uses radioactive drugs and a scanner to make detailed pictures of areas inside the body and may be a less invasive way to check for stage IV melanoma. Radioactive drugs, such as technetium Tc 99 hydrazinonicotinamide-tricine-linked interleukin-2, carry radiation directly to cancer cells and may be able to differentiate between tumor growth due to inflammation versus tumor progression in patients with stage IV melanoma receiving therapy.

This randomized phase III trial studies sargramostim before sentinel lymph node biopsy to see how well it works compared to hypertonic saline before sentinel lymph node biopsy in treating patients with melanoma. Biological therapies, such as sargramostim, may stimulate the immune system in different ways and stop cancer cells from growing. It is not yet known whether sargramostim is more effective than hypertonic saline in treating patients with stage IB-II melanoma undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsy.

The goal of this clinical research study is to find the highest tolerated dose of rAd.CD40L (also called ISF35) when given with pembrolizumab to patients with melanoma. Researchers also want to learn if the highest tolerated dose of ISF35 and pembrolizumab can help to control the disease. The safety of this drug combination will be also be studied.

This is a two center, single arm, investigator sponsored trial (IST) with the PET tracer 89Zr-pembrolizumab to evaluate in vivo whole body distribution of 89Zr-Pembrolizumab in a registered indication: locally advanced metastatic melanoma or non-small cell lung cancer before Pembrolizumab treatment.

This is an open label, two-phase study combining a dose escalation Phase 1 with a proof-of-concept Phase 2 in patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma, for whom treatment with ipilimumab is indicated. The purpose of the Phase 1 is to determine the Anti-OX40 Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) and the secondary objectives are anti-OX40 pharmacokinetics, biological activity and the tumor response assessed by the Immune-related Response Criteria. The purpose of Phase 2 is to determine tumor response (by irRC) and the secondary objectives are anti-OX40 pharmacokinetics, biological activity and Safety/Tolerability.

This pilot clinical trial studies intravital microscopy for identifying tumor vessels in patients with stage IA-IV melanoma that is being removed by surgery. New imaging procedures, such as intravital microscopy, may determine the extent of melanoma.