Personalized vaccine shows promise in fighting melanoma recurrence

NCT ID NCT03897881

First seen Dec 08, 2025 · Last updated May 05, 2026 · Updated 15 times

Summary

This study tests whether adding a personalized cancer vaccine (mRNA-4157) to standard immunotherapy (pembrolizumab) can better prevent melanoma from coming back after surgery. About 267 people with high-risk melanoma that has spread to lymph nodes will receive either the vaccine plus pembrolizumab or pembrolizumab alone. The goal is to see if the combination improves how long people stay cancer-free.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Affinity Clinical Research

    Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia

  • Angeles Clinic and Research Institute

    Santa Monica, California, 90404, United States

  • California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute -CPMCRI

    San Francisco, California, 94115, United States

  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • Hackensack University Medical Center

    Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States

  • Lombardi Cancer Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20007, United States

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Melanoma Institute Australia

    North Sydney, New South Wales, 2060, Australia

  • NYU Langone Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10016, United States

  • Northside Hospital

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30342, United States

  • One Clinical Research Perth

    Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia

  • Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center

    Orlando, Florida, 32806, United States

  • Princess Alexandra Hospital

    Woolloongabba, Queensland, 4102, Australia

  • Providence Cancer Institute

    Portland, Oregon, 97213, United States

  • Sarah Cannon Cancer Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States

  • Smilow Cancer Center at Yale New Haven Hospital

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States

  • St John of God Hospital Subiaco

    Subiaco, Western Australia, 6008, Australia

  • Texas Oncology PA

    Dallas, Texas, 75246, United States

  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

  • University of Arizona

    Tucson, Arizona, 85719, United States

  • University of Colorado Cancer Center

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Westmead Hospital

    Westmead, New South Wales, 2145, Australia

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