Melanoma drug combo study halted before full results
NCT ID NCT01604889
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a combination of two drugs, ipilimumab and epacadostat, in people with advanced melanoma that could not be removed by surgery or had spread. The goal was to see if adding epacadostat to standard treatment improved survival. However, the study was stopped early for business reasons, and only the first safety phase was completed. About 50 adults took part.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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50 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2012
- Finished
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Jan 2017
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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: * Male or female subjects, aged 18 years or older with unresectable or metastatic melanoma. * A life expectancy of \>12 weeks. * Laboratory ranges and medical criteria met, as defined within the protocol. * Subject may have received more than 1 prior regimen of systematic treatment for unresectable or metastatic melanoma. * For Phase 2 period of the study only, Subjects must have archival tumor tissue available and collected with the prior 6 months or accessible disease for pre-treatment, study biopsy. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or nursing women. * Current investigational trial participation with another investigational product or subjects who have received any anticancer medications within 21 days prior to screening (6 weeks for mitomycin-C or nitrosoureas.) * Subjects receiving monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI)s; subjects who have ever had Serotonin Syndrome after receiving one or more serotonergic drugs. * Subjects who have received prior immune checkpoint inhibitors (eg anti-CTLA-4, anti-programmed death 1 (PD-1), anti-programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) and others) who have had Grade 3 or 4 hepatotoxicity, immune colitis requiring infliximab, endocrine toxicity not controlled by replacement, any other Grade 4 immune adverse events (AEs) or ocular toxicity * Subjects with protocol-specified active autoimmune process except vitiligo or thyroiditis. * Subjects with concurrent conditions that would jeopardize the safety of the safety of the subject or compliance with the protocol.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Study site
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Study site
Miami, Florida, United States
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Study site
Tampa, Florida, United States
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Study site
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Study site
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Study site
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Study site
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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