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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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2023
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults aged 18 years or older * Histologically confirmed cutaneous melanoma * Presence of cutaneous and/or subcutaneous metastases eligible for electrochemotherapy * Candidate for electrochemotherapy with intravenous bleomycin or intratumoral cisplatin according to standard clinical practice * Ability to provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindication to electrochemotherapy or study drugs (bleomycin or cisplatin) * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Severe comorbidities preventing electrochemotherapy * Inability to comply with study procedures
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Institute of Oncology Ljubljana
RECRUITINGLjubljana, 1000, Slovenia
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