Immune cells from your own tumor could fight advanced melanoma
NCT ID NCT07288203
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests an experimental therapy called lifileucel for people with advanced melanoma that has spread or cannot be removed by surgery and has worsened after standard treatments. About 100 adults will receive their own tumor-fighting immune cells (TILs) grown in a lab. The main goal is to see if the treatment shrinks tumors.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- 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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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2033
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 to 70 years
- 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: * Participant has a histologically or pathologically confirmed diagnosis of Stage IIIC, IIID, or IV unresectable or metastatic melanoma. * The participant has an ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 and an estimated life expectancy of \> 6 months. * The participant must have experienced radiographic disease progression on: 1 prior line of an anti-PD-(L)1 treatment (as a monotherapy or as part of a combination) for advanced melanoma and/or during or within ≤ 12 weeks after adjuvant anti-PD-(L)1 treatment (as a monotherapy or as part of a combination). Participants who have BRAF V600 mutation positive melanoma may have received 1 additional prior line of treatment with a BRAF inhibitor ± a MEK inhibitor. * Participant is assessed as having at least one resectable lesion (or aggregate lesions) for lifileucel generation. * Participant must have at least one measurable disease as defined by RECIST 1.1 following tumor resection. * Participants who are \> 70 years of age may be allowed to enroll after the investigator discusses with the medical monitor. * Participants of childbearing potential or those with partners of childbearing potential must be willing to practice an approved method of highly effective birth control. * Participants must have adequate organ function. * Participant is willing to receive optimal supportive care, including intensive care, from enrollment until the first post-treatment tumor assessment. Exclusion Criteria: * Participant has melanoma of uveal/ocular origin. * Participant has symptomatic untreated brain metastases. * Participant has active uveitis that requires active treatment. * Participant has an active medical illness(es) that, in the opinion of the investigator, would pose increased risks for study participation, such as systemic infections; seizure disorders; coagulation disorders; or other active major medical illnesses of the cardiovascular, respiratory, or immune systems. * Participant has any form of primary or acquired immunodeficiency (eg, SCID or AIDS). * Participant had another primary malignancy within the previous 3 years (except for those that do not require treatment or were curatively treated \>1 year ago, and in the judgment of the investigator do not pose a significant risk of recurrence.) * Participant has a history of allogeneic cell or organ transplant. * Concurrent enrollment in another clinical study, unless it is an observational (non-interventional) clinical study or during the follow-up period of an interventional study. Other protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria could apply.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal
Montral, Quebec, Canada, H2X 0A9, Canada
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Greenslopes Private Hospital
Greenslopes, Queensland, 4120, Australia
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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2M9, Canada
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Royal Marsden Hospital
London, SW3 6JJ, United Kingdom
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Sarah Cannon Research Institute
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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