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New hope for Tough-to-Treat skin cancer
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing a new combination of three oral drugs for adults with advanced melanoma that has a specific BRAF gene mutation and has stopped responding to standard targeted therapy. The goal is to find a safe dose and see if adding a new drug (tazemetostat) to two existin…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1, PHASE2 • Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Apr 04, 2026 02:05 UTC
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New Triple-Threat attack on advanced skin cancer
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing whether a short course of two targeted cancer drugs (trametinib and dabrafenib), given alongside an immunotherapy drug (pembrolizumab), works better for people with advanced melanoma that cannot be removed by surgery. The goal is to see if this combination h…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Apr 04, 2026 02:05 UTC
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Engineered immune cells tested as new weapon against Tough-to-Treat skin cancer
Disease control OngoingThis is an early-stage study to find a safe dose of a new cell therapy called OBX-115, given with a pill called acetazolamide. It is for adults with metastatic melanoma that has stopped responding to standard immunotherapies. The main goals are to check the safety of the treatmen…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Apr 04, 2026 02:05 UTC
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New approach aims to fight cancer while protecting patients from harsh side effects
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing whether adding an anti-inflammatory drug called infliximab to standard immunotherapy helps people with advanced melanoma. The goal is to see if this combination can better control the cancer while also reducing the severe digestive side effects that sometime…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Apr 03, 2026 14:43 UTC
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New Two-Drug attack on Tough-to-Treat skin cancer
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing whether adding an experimental pill (GSK2636771) to an existing immunotherapy (pembrolizumab) can help control advanced melanoma that has not responded to prior treatments. It is specifically for patients whose cancer has a specific genetic change called PTE…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1, PHASE2 • Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Apr 03, 2026 14:43 UTC
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New drug trial offers hope for patients with Hard-to-Treat cancers
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing a new drug called ST101 for people with advanced solid tumors that have not responded to other treatments. The main goals are to find a safe dose and see if the drug can help control cancers like glioblastoma, melanoma, breast cancer, and prostate cancer. Th…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1, PHASE2 • Sponsor: Sapience Therapeutics • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Apr 03, 2026 14:43 UTC
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New Two-Pronged attack on advanced cancers enters human testing
Disease control OngoingThis early-stage trial is testing a new experimental drug called RO7247669 in people with advanced solid tumors that have spread or cannot be removed by surgery. The main goals are to find a safe dose, see how the body processes the drug, and get an early look at whether it can s…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1, PHASE2 • Sponsor: Hoffmann-La Roche • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Apr 03, 2026 14:42 UTC
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New drug tested as last hope for Tough-to-Treat skin cancer
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing whether the drug ibrutinib can help control advanced skin melanoma that has continued to grow despite previous standard treatments. It will involve about 18 adults whose cancer has spread and is no longer responding to immunotherapy or other targeted drugs. …
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Apr 03, 2026 14:42 UTC
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Personalized immune cells tested to fight five tough cancers
Disease control TerminatedThis early-stage study aimed to test the safety and initial effectiveness of a personalized cell therapy called STIL101 for patients with advanced cancers that have spread or cannot be removed by surgery. The therapy involved growing a patient's own immune cells from a tumor samp…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: City of Hope Medical Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Apr 03, 2026 14:41 UTC
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Precision radiation zaps brain tumors, aims to spare memory
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing a highly focused, single-dose radiation treatment called stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for people with melanoma that has spread to more than three spots in the brain. The main goals are to see if SRS can control the brain tumors and, importantly, if it cau…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Apr 02, 2026 14:57 UTC
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Scientists test Triple-Threat drug combo against aggressive skin cancer
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing whether adding a third drug, navitoclax, to two existing melanoma drugs (dabrafenib and trametinib) can help shrink tumors more effectively. It involves adults with advanced, BRAF-mutant melanoma or other solid tumors that have spread or cannot be removed by…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1, PHASE2 • Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Apr 02, 2026 14:56 UTC
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Custom cancer vaccine trial aims to train immune system to fight melanoma
Disease control OngoingThis early-stage study is testing whether a personalized cancer vaccine, made from a patient's own tumor, can be safely combined with other immune-boosting drugs to treat melanoma. The goal is to see if this combination helps the body's immune system better recognize and attack c…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Apr 02, 2026 14:56 UTC
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Double-Dose hope for devastating brain cancer spread
Disease control OngoingThis early-stage trial is testing a new way to give an immunotherapy drug called nivolumab to patients with melanoma or lung cancer that has spread to the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. The goal is to see if giving the drug directly into the spinal fluid, along …
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Apr 01, 2026 14:41 UTC
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Early trial tests Double-Drug attack on tough skin cancer
Disease control OngoingThis early-stage study is testing the safety and best dose of a new drug combination for advanced melanoma that has spread or cannot be surgically removed. It combines pembrolizumab, an immunotherapy drug, with ibrutinib, a drug that may block cancer cell growth. The goal is to s…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: Mayo Clinic • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Apr 01, 2026 14:40 UTC
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Personalized immune cells tested against Tough-to-Treat brain melanoma
Disease control OngoingThis early-stage study is testing a personalized cell therapy called lifileucel for patients whose melanoma has spread to the brain and is no longer responding to standard immunotherapy. Doctors will collect a patient's own tumor-fighting immune cells, grow them in a lab, and inf…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 31, 2026 12:12 UTC
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Virus and supercharged immune cells attack tough melanoma
Disease control OngoingThis early-stage study is testing a new combination treatment for advanced melanoma that has not responded to other therapies. It uses a modified virus designed to infect and kill cancer cells, combined with the patient's own tumor-fighting immune cells and a short course of chem…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: TILT Biotherapeutics Ltd. • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 31, 2026 12:12 UTC
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Boosting the Body's army: can a second drug help immune therapy fight deadly melanoma?
Disease control OngoingThis study tested whether adding a drug called GM-CSF (sargramostim) to an existing immune-boosting cancer drug (ipilimumab) could help patients with advanced melanoma live longer. The trial involved 245 adults whose melanoma could not be removed by surgery. Researchers compared …
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 31, 2026 12:11 UTC
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Scientists test new 'In-Situ' cancer vaccine strategy
Disease control OngoingThis early-stage trial is testing the safety of a new combination treatment for people with advanced cancers that have spread and cannot be removed by surgery. Doctors inject immune-stimulating drugs directly into a tumor, then give a small dose of radiation to that same spot. Th…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: University of Southern California • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 31, 2026 12:11 UTC
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New Heat-and-Zap combo fights spine tumors
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing whether using two treatments together works better than one to control cancer that has spread to the spine and is at risk of pressing on the spinal cord. Doctors combine a heat treatment (thermal ablation) that destroys tumor cells with a very precise, high-…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 30, 2026 14:35 UTC
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Cancer trial aims to crack the code on treatment sequence for deadly skin cancer
Disease control OngoingThis study is for people with advanced melanoma that has a specific BRAF gene mutation and cannot be removed by surgery. It is testing which order of two powerful treatment combinations leads to longer survival. One group starts with immunotherapy (ipilimumab + nivolumab) and swi…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE3 • Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 30, 2026 14:35 UTC
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Three-Drug attack on Tough-to-Treat skin cancer
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing two different combinations of three drugs to see if they are safe and effective for people with advanced melanoma that has a specific genetic change (BRAF mutation) and has spread or cannot be removed by surgery. The goal is to control the cancer by using an…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 30, 2026 14:34 UTC
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Scientists test new drug duo to fight tough cancers
Disease control OngoingThis early-stage study is testing a new combination of two drugs, sonidegib and pembrolizumab, for people with advanced solid tumors that have spread. The main goals are to find the safest dose of the combination and see if it helps shrink or control the cancer. The study is enro…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: Mayo Clinic • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 27, 2026 12:41 UTC
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Balancing act: fighting cancer while protecting a transplanted kidney
Disease control OngoingThis early-phase study is testing a combination of immunotherapy drugs (nivolumab and ipilimumab) along with standard transplant medications (tacrolimus and prednisone) in kidney transplant patients with advanced skin cancers that have spread or cannot be removed by surgery. The …
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 27, 2026 12:40 UTC
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New combo therapy trial offers hope for HIV patients with advanced cancers
Disease control OngoingThis is a small, early-stage safety study testing a combination of two cancer drugs, nivolumab and cabozantinib, in people living with HIV who have advanced solid tumors. The main goal is to see if the two-drug combination is safe and tolerable for this specific patient group. Re…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 27, 2026 12:40 UTC
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Scientists test new drug duo to starve and stop tough cancers
Disease control OngoingThis early-stage study is testing a combination of two oral drugs, cediranib and selumetinib, in patients with advanced solid tumors that cannot be removed by surgery and have no standard treatment options. The main goals are to find the safest dose and understand the side effect…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 27, 2026 12:40 UTC
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New combo attack on deadly melanoma brain tumors
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing whether combining the drugs Avastin and Tencentriq, with or without a third drug called Cotellic, can help control melanoma that has spread to the brain. It is for adults with this specific type of advanced skin cancer who have not yet received treatment for…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 25, 2026 14:08 UTC
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Scientists test new Cancer-Fighting duo in early trial
Disease control OngoingThis early-stage study is testing a new combination of two existing cancer drugs, pembrolizumab and ziv-aflibercept, in patients with advanced solid tumors. The main goal is to find the safest and most effective dose of the combination. Researchers will also look for early signs …
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI) • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 25, 2026 14:07 UTC
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Can your diet boost cancer treatment? new study investigates
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing whether eating a high-fiber diet can improve gut health and help the immune system fight cancer in patients with advanced melanoma who are receiving standard immunotherapy. Fifty participants will be randomly assigned to follow either a high-fiber diet or a …
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 24, 2026 12:02 UTC
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Portable device zaps brain tumors in new melanoma trial
Disease control TerminatedThis study aimed to test the safety and effectiveness of a portable electrical device (NovoTTF-200A) when used together with the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab for people with melanoma that had spread to the brain. The device, worn like a backpack, delivers low-intensity electr…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1, PHASE2 • Sponsor: Brown University • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 24, 2026 12:01 UTC
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Scientists test triple punch to reboot immune system against stubborn cancers
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing a new combination treatment for people with advanced lung cancer, melanoma, kidney cancer, or head and neck cancer that has stopped responding to standard immunotherapy. The treatment involves three parts: a targeted radiation dose to one tumor, injections o…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1, PHASE2 • Sponsor: Megan Daly, MD • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 23, 2026 15:19 UTC
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First human test: using Patients' own immune cells to fight advanced skin cancer
Disease control OngoingThis early-stage study is testing a personalized treatment called TBio-4101 for people with advanced melanoma that hasn't responded to standard therapies. Doctors take immune cells from a patient's tumor, grow them in large numbers in a lab, and then infuse them back into the pat…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 23, 2026 15:18 UTC
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Scientists supercharge Patients' own cells to battle deadly skin cancer
Disease control OngoingThis early-stage study is testing the safety of a new personalized treatment for advanced melanoma. Doctors take a patient's own immune cells, genetically modify them in a lab to better recognize and attack cancer, and then infuse them back into the body. The goal is to see if th…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 23, 2026 15:16 UTC
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New cancer combo aims to supercharge immune system while taming side effects
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing a combination of three immunotherapy drugs—tocilizumab, ipilimumab, and nivolumab—in patients with advanced melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, or bladder cancer. The main goal is to see if adding tocilizumab can help manage the serious side effects someti…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 16, 2026 15:26 UTC
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Doctors test inhaled cancer treatment to target lung tumors
Disease control OngoingThis early-stage study is testing an inhaled form of an immune-boosting drug (aldesleukin) for people whose cancer has spread to their lungs. The main goals are to find a safe dose and see if the treatment causes side effects. Researchers also want to learn if inhaling the drug d…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE1 • Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 16, 2026 15:26 UTC
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New combo aims to boost immune attack on tough melanoma
Disease control OngoingThis study is testing whether adding an oral drug called azacitidine to the immunotherapy pembrolizumab can help control advanced melanoma. It is for patients who are new to this type of immunotherapy or whose cancer has worsened despite it. The main goal is to see if the combina…
Matched conditions: METASTATIC MELANOMA
Phase: PHASE2 • Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Mar 03, 2026 14:07 UTC