Gene therapy cocktail takes aim at Hard-to-Treat melanoma
NCT ID NCT01397708
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This early-phase trial tested a new approach for people with advanced melanoma that cannot be removed by surgery. The treatment combines a gene therapy injected directly into tumors with an oral drug that activates the therapy. The goal was to see if the combination is safe and tolerable. 26 participants were enrolled, and the study is now complete.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a gene therapy (Ad-RTS-hIL-12) injected into tumors plus an oral activator drug (veledimex)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new way to treat advanced melanoma by boosting the immune system directly inside tumors.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with only 26 people, so results may not apply broadly. The treatment involves gene therapy and can cause side effects like inflammation.
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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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26 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Aug 2011
- Finished
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Sep 2014
- 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: * Males or females of all races ≥ 18 years of age, who have provided written informed consent prior to completing any study specific procedure. * Unresectable Stage III or Stage IV melanoma arising from any site other than ocular melanoma. * A minimum of 2 accessible nonvisceral lesions (shortest diameter ≥1 cm) or palpable tumor-involved lymph nodes (shortest diameter ≥1.5 cm). * ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 (Appendix 1). * Adequate bone marrow, liver, and renal function. * An expected survival of at least approximately 6 months. * Male and female subjects must agree to use a highly reliable method of birth control (expected failure rate less than 5% per year) from the screening visit through 28 days after the last dose of study drug. Exclusion Criteria: * Any prior anti-cancer therapy or investigational agent within 28 days prior to the first dose of study drug. (NOTE: For the expansion cohort ONLY, if subjects received ipilimumab, a 90-day washout period since last dose of ipilimumab is required. If subjects received other immunomodulating therapies (eg, anti-PD1 antibodies), the medical monitor should be contacted and an evaluation will be made.) * Clinically significant infection requiring systemic antibacterial, antifungal, or antiviral therapy within 2 weeks of the first dose of study drug. * History of HIV infection. * Active autoimmune disease requiring steroids (\>10 mg prednisone or comparable) or other immunosuppressive therapy (e.g., methotrexate, etc.). * Documented symptomatic brain metastases. Screening for brain lesions by CT or MRI is not required for all potential subjects; however, if there are any neurological signs or symptoms consistent with brain metastases, then a brain CT or MRI should be performed as clinically indicated. * Any medications that induce, inhibit or are substrates of CYP450 3A4 within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug. * Prior history of hematopoietic stem cell transplant or organ allograft. * Other concurrent clinically active malignant disease, with the exception of other cancers of the skin. * Females who are nursing or pregnant. * Subjects who have a history of hypersensitivity that may relate to any component of the study drugs, e.g. to benzoic acid since INXN-1001 contains two benzene rings. * Unstable or clinically significant concurrent medical condition that would, in the opinion of the investigator, jeopardize the safety of a subject and/or their compliance with the protocol.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Atlantic Melanoma Center
Morristown, New Jersey, 07960, United States
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Fletcher Allen Health
Burlington, Vermont, 05401, United States
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Indiana University Health Goshen Center for Cancer Care
Goshen, Indiana, 46526, United States
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James Graham Brown Cancer Center
Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States
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Mary Crowley Cancer Research Center
Dallas, Texas, 75201, United States
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Oncology Specialists
Park Ridge, Illinois, 60068, United States
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St. Lukes
Easton, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States
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The Angeles Clinic
Los Angeles, California, 90404, United States
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Washington University
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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