Electric shocks plus chemo: a new way to fight melanoma?
NCT ID NCT07404605
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how electrochemotherapy—a treatment that uses electric pulses to help chemotherapy drugs enter cancer cells—changes the environment around melanoma skin tumors. Researchers will collect tissue samples from 150 adults before and after treatment to see how immune cells and blood vessels in the tumors respond. The goal is to better understand why this treatment works and how it might be improved.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- bleomycin or cisplatin (chemotherapy drugs) combined with electric pulses
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could reveal how electrochemotherapy boosts the immune response against melanoma, potentially leading to better combination treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage observational study focused on biological changes, not on curing the disease. The results may not directly translate into new treatments or benefit participants.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Institute of Oncology Ljubljana
RECRUITINGLjubljana, 1000, Slovenia
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