Slovenian study aims to predict who benefits from melanoma immunotherapy
NCT ID NCT07422779
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is tracking 100 people in Slovenia with advanced melanoma who are receiving first-line immunotherapy drugs like pembrolizumab, nivolumab, or ipilimumab. Researchers want to see how well these treatments work and whether a marker called PD-L1 in tumors or blood can predict response. The goal is to improve treatment decisions for future patients.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Pembrolizumab, Nivolumab, Ipilimumab
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors better predict which patients will respond to immunotherapy for metastatic melanoma.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a controlled trial, so it cannot prove cause and effect. Results may not apply to other populations.
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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 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2022
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
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: * Age ≥18 years * Cytologically or histologically confirmed metastatic malignant melanoma * Stage IIID unresectable or stage IV (AJCC 8th edition) * ECOG performance status 0-2 * First-line systemic immunotherapy (pembrolizumab, nivolumab, or ipilimumab/nivolumab) * CT/PET-CT performed within 4 weeks prior to treatment start * Signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Previous systemic therapy for melanoma * ECOG performance status 3-4 * Contraindications to immunotherapy (immune deficiency, active immunosuppressive therapy, or active autoimmune disease requiring systemic treatment) * Other active malignancy (except cured basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, or other solid tumors without recurrence \>3 years)
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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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