New hope for advanced melanoma: experimental combo enters late-stage trial

NCT ID NCT06697301

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether adding an experimental drug (EIK1001) to standard immunotherapy (pembrolizumab) helps people with advanced melanoma live longer without their cancer growing. About 740 adults with stage 3 or 4 melanoma that cannot be removed by surgery will receive either the combination or a placebo plus pembrolizumab. The main goals are to see if the new combo improves survival and slows cancer progression.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • A Paré

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    Boulogne, Boulogne, 92104, France

  • Aalborg University Hospital

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    Aalborg, Nord Jutland, 9000, Denmark

  • Aarhus Universitetshospital

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    Aarhus, Central Jutland, 8200, Denmark

  • Abraham Oncology

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    Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, 3900, South Africa

  • Algemeen Ziekenhuis Groeninge - Campus Kennedylaan

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    Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, 8500, Belgium

  • Auckland City Hospital

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    Auckland, New Zealand, 1023, New Zealand

  • Belfast City Hospital, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

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    Belfast, Belfast, BT9 7AB, United Kingdom

  • Bioresearch Partner

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    Hialeah, Florida, 33013, United States

  • CHU Lille

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    Polonovski, Lille Cedex, 59037, France

  • CHU Rouen

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    Rouen, Rouen, 76031, France

  • Cancer Care Wollongong

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    Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia

  • Cancercare Port Elizabeth - Langenhoven Drive Oncology Centre

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    Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, 6045, South Africa

  • Cape Town Oncology Trials

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    Cape Town, Western Cape, 7570, South Africa

  • Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud

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    Pierre-Bénite, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 69495, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Nice

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    Nice, PACA, 06200, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes

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    La Tronche, Isère, 38700, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Universite Catholique de Louvain - Site Godinne

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    Yvoir, Namur, B-5530, Belgium

  • Charite Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology

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    Berlin, State of Berlin, 10115, Germany

  • Christchurch Public Hospital

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    Christchurch, Christchurch, 8011, New Zealand

  • Clinica Oncologia Delle Marche

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    Ancona, The Marches, 60126, Italy

  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

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    Brussels, Brussels Capital, 1200, Belgium

  • Curo Oncology

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    Pretoria, Pretoria, 0084, South Africa

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  • Drammen Hospital

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    Drammen, Oslofjord, 3004, Norway

  • Eastern Health

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    Box Hill, Victoria, 3128, Australia

  • Elbe Kliniken Stade-Buxtehude

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    Buxtehude, Lower Saxony, 21614, Germany

  • Ella Lemelbaum Institute for Immuno-Oncology and Melanoma

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    Ramat Gan, Ramat Gan, 5262100, Israel

  • Fachklinik Hornheide

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    Münster, 48157, Germany

  • Gabrail Cancer Center Research LLC

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    Canton, Ohio, 44718, United States

  • Genesis Cancer and Blood Institute

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    Hot Springs, Arkansas, 71913, United States

  • GenesisCare Madrid - Hospital San Francisco de Asís

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    Madrid, Madrid, 28002, Spain

  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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    London, England, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom

  • Gävle Sjukhus

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    Gävle, Gävleborg County, 801 88, Sweden

  • H. Germans Trias I Pujol (ICO-Badalona)

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    Badalona, Badalona, 08916, Spain

  • HM CIOCC

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    Madrid, Madrid, 28050, Spain

  • Helios Clinical Research

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    Los Angeles, California, 90015, United States

  • Helsinki University Hospital

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    Helsinki, Uusimaa, 00029, Finland

  • Hospital 12 de Octubre

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    Usera, Madrid, 28031, Spain

  • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

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    Madrid, Madrid, 28007, Spain

  • Hospital Regional Universitario

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    Málaga, Malaga, 29011, Spain

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • Hospital Saint Andre

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    Bordeaux, 33075, France

  • Hospital Universitari Dexeus

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    Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti

    RECRUITING

    Lugo, Galicia, 27003, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria

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    Málaga, Málaga, 29010, Spain

  • Hospital da Luz Lisboa

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    Lisbon, Lisbon District, 1500-650, Portugal

  • Humanitas Gavazzeni Bergamo

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    Bergamo, Province of Bergamo, 24125, Italy

  • Hôpital Bichat AP-HP Université Paris Cité

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    Paris, Paris, 75018, France

  • Hôpital La Timone

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    Marseille, Marseille, 13385, France

  • ICO Saint Herblain

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    Saint-Herblain, Pays de la Loire Region, 44800, France

  • INCLIVA Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria

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    Valencia, Valencia, 46010, Spain

  • IPO Lisboa

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    Lisbon, Lisbon District, 1099-023, Portugal

  • IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele

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    Milan, Milano, 20132, Italy

  • IVO - Fundacion Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia

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    Valencia, Valencia, 46009, Spain

  • Icon Cancer Centre Chermside

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    Chermside, Queensland, 4032, Australia

  • Institut Català d'Oncologia Girona (ICO Girona)

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    Girona, Girona, 17007, Spain

  • Ironwood Cancer & Research Centers

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    Chandler, Arizona, 85224, United States

  • Johannes Wesling Klinikum Minden

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    Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, 32429, Germany

  • Kantonsspital Graubünden

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    Chur, Chur, 7000, Switzerland

  • Karolinska University Hospital

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    Stockholm, Södermanland County, 17176, Sweden

  • Klinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie

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    Würzburg, Bavaria, 97080, Germany

  • Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital

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    Buk-Gu, Daegu, 41404, South Korea

  • Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Cancer Research Institute

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    Warsaw, Warsaw, 02-781, Poland

  • Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute

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    Brno, Brno, 65653, Czechia

  • Mazowiecki Szpital Wojewódzki, Siedlckie Centrum Onkologii

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    Siedlce, Siedlce, 08-110, Poland

  • MidAmerica Cancer Care

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    Kansas City, Missouri, 64132, United States

  • Military Medical Academy- Department of Oncology

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    Belgrade, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

  • National Institute of Oncology

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    Budapest, Budapest, 1122, Hungary

  • Nordland Hospital Trust

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    Bodø, Bodø, N-8005, Norway

  • Oslo University Hospital - The Norwegian Radium Hospital

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    Oslo, Oslo, 0310, Norway

  • Oulu University Hospital

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    Oulu, Oulu, 90230, Finland

  • Peninsula and South Eastern Haematology and Oncology Group

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    Frankston, Victoria, 3199, Australia

  • Prezychodnia Lekarska KOMED Roman Karaszewski

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    Konin, Konin, 62-500, Poland

  • Providence Medical Foundation

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    Santa Rosa, California, 95403, United States

  • Rabin Medical Center

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    Petah Tikva, Petach Tikva, 4941492, Israel

  • San Pedro de Alcántara Hospital

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    Cáceres, Cáceres, 10003, Spain

  • Sarah Cannon Research Institute London

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    London, England, W1G6AD, United Kingdom

  • Seoul National University Hospital

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    Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080, South Korea

  • Soroka medical center

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    Beersheba, Be'er Sheva, 8410101, Israel

  • Southern Adelaide Local Health Network Incorporated Flinders Medical Centre

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    Bedford Park, South Australia, 5042, Australia

  • Sunnybrook Research Ins<tute

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    Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada

  • TASK Eden

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    George Central, Western Cape, 6530, South Africa

  • Tampere University Hospital

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    Tampere, Pirkanmaa, 33521, Finland

  • Tel Aviv Medical Center

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    Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, 6423906, Israel

  • The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders

    RECRUITING

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20817, United States

  • The Medical Oncology Centre of Rosebank

    RECRUITING

    Saxonwold, Gauteng, 2196, South Africa

  • UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central

    RECRUITING

    Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80909, United States

  • UOC Immunoterapia Oncologica

    RECRUITING

    Siena, Tuscany, 53100, Italy

  • Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen (UKT)

    RECRUITING

    Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, 72076, Germany

  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen

    RECRUITING

    Edegem, Antwerpen, 2650, Belgium

  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg

    RECRUITING

    Leuven, Vlaams Brabant, 3000, Belgium

  • Universitat Leipzig

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    Saxony, Leipzig, 04103, Germany

  • University Hospital Hradec Kralove

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    Sokolov, Hradce Kralove, 50009, Czechia

  • University Hospital Southampton

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    Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 2DA, United Kingdom

  • University Hospital of Jerez

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    Jerez de La Frontera (Cádiz), Jerez de La Frontera (Cádiz), 11407, Spain

  • University of Mainz Medical Center

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    Mainz, RLP, 55131, Germany

  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center(UPMC)-Hillman Cancer Center

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    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States

  • University of Pretoria, Steve Biko Academic Hospital

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    Pretoria, Gauteng, 0002, South Africa

  • University of Pécs

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    Pécs, 7632, Hungary

  • Universitätsklinik Hamburg Eppendorf

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    Martinsried, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, 20246, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Graz

    RECRUITING

    Graz, Styria, 8036, Austria

  • Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Kiel

    RECRUITING

    Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, 24105, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck

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    Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, 23538, Germany

  • Universitätsmedizin Mannheim

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    Mannheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, 68167, Germany

  • Universitätsspital Zürich

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    Zurich, Canton of Zurich, 8091, Switzerland

  • Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne

    RECRUITING

    Gdansk, Gdańsk, 80-952, Poland

  • Vall d' Hebron Institute of Oncology

    RECRUITING

    Barcelona, Barcelona, 08035, Spain

  • Vitaz Primary Location

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    Sint-Niklaas, 9100, Belgium

  • Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

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    St Louis, Missouri, 63108, United States

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