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44 recruiting in this ClinicalTrials.gov snapshot · reviewed 2026-08-17

Melanoma clinical trials, in English

Melanoma trials include adjuvant studies after surgery, metastatic immunotherapy combinations, and cellular therapies such as TIL. BRAF status and prior checkpoint drugs often decide whether a record applies. We do not interpret pathology reports. Sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. Not a recommendation to join any study.

How to read this list

Each headline is a rewrite of registry fields (phase, intervention, condition). Open the NCT link before you call a site. Eligibility is decided by the study team, not by this page. See how to find a trial and eligibility explained.

Phases in this snapshot: Phase 1 (12) · Phase 2 (11) · Not a traditional drug phase (10) · Phase 1 / Phase 2 (6) · Phase 3 (4) · Phase 4 (1)

Cities that appear on these records

  • Las Vegas, Nevada · 29
  • Los Angeles, California · 18
  • St Louis, Missouri · 17
  • Chicago, Illinois · 14
  • Denver, Colorado · 14
  • Kyiv, Ukraine · 14
  • Houston, Texas · 12
  • Columbus, Ohio · 12

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Intervention hubs that overlap this snapshot: Nivolumab · Pembrolizumab · Palbociclib · Psilocybin · Faricimab

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseBethesda, Maryland
Evaluation for NCI Surgery Branch Clinical Research Protocols

Background: The National Cancer Institute Surgery Branch (NCI-SB) has developed experimental therapies that involve taking white blood cells from patients' tumor or from their blood, growing them in the laboratory in large numbers, and then giving the cells back to the patient. Objective: This study will allow patients to under screening and evaluation for participation in NC-SB Protocols.

NCT00001823 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

RecruitingPhase 2Bethesda, Maryland
Phase 2: testing Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Background: The NCI Surgery Branch has developed an experimental therapy that involves taking white blood cells from patients' tumors, growing them in the laboratory in large numbers, and then giving the cells back to the patient. These cells are called Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes, or TIL and we have given this type of treatment to over 200 patients with melanoma.

NCT01174121 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

RecruitingPhase 2Boston, Massachusetts
Phase 2: testing Palbociclib for Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to Brain

This research study is studying This research study is studying the how well it works and safety of the following study drugs as a possible treatment for recurrent central nervous system (CNS) metastases: * Palbociclib alone (Cohort 1) * The combination of palbociclib and pembrolizumab (Cohort 2) Pfizer and Merck, pharmaceutical companies, are supporting this research study by providing the study drugs as well as funding for research activities.

NCT02896335 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Massachusetts General Hospital

RecruitingPhase 1Houston, Texas
Phase 1: testing Gemcitabine for Malignant Neoplasm of Bone and Articular Cartilage

Any time the words "you," "your," "I," or "me" appear, it is meant to apply to the potential participant. The goal of this clinical research study is to find the highest tolerable dose of gemcitabine that can be given by inhalation (breathing it as a mist) to patients with solid tumors that have spread to the lungs from other parts of the body.

NCT03093909 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

RecruitingPhase 4Scottsdale, Arizona
Phase 4: testing dabrafenib for Melanoma

This study is to provide access for patients who are receiving treatment with dabrafenib and/or trametinib in a Novartis-sponsored Oncology Global Development, Global Medical Affairs or a former GSK-sponsored study who have fulfilled the requirements for the primary objective, and who are judged by the investigator as benefiting from continued treatment in the parent study as judged by the Investigator at the completion of the parent study.

NCT03340506 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Novartis Pharmaceuticals

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseHouston, Texas
Not a traditional drug phase: testing Indocyanine Green for Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8

This pilot trial studies whether a procedure called lymphovenous bypass would prevent lymphedema (arm swelling) in patients with inflammatory breast cancer or non-inflammatory breast cancer that has spread to nearby tissues or lymph nodes or melanoma. The lymphovenous bypass procedure creates a path for lymphatic fluid to flow away from the arms.

NCT03941756 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

RecruitingPhase 1 / Phase 2Duarte, California
Phase 1 / Phase 2: testing INBRX-106 - Hexavalent OX40 agonist antibody for Solid Tumor

This is a Phase 1/2, open-label, non-randomly assigned, 4-part trial to determine the safety profile and identify the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and/or recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) of INBRX 106 administered as a single agent or in combination with the anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) pembrolizumab (Keytruda®). KEYTRUDA is a registered trademark of Merck Sharp \& Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck \& Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA.

NCT04198766 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Inhibrx Biosciences, Inc

RecruitingPhase 1Durham, North Carolina
Phase 1: testing Tetanus Diptheria Vaccine for Melanoma

This study wants to determine the safety and feasibility of administering the Tetanus Diptheria Vaccine (Td) or Polio Boost Immunization (IPOL) to patients with metastatic melanoma who are receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor (IO) therapy per standard of care. Subjects will have the vaccine at cycle 4 of IO therapy and will have research blood and tissue samples collected prior to starting IO therapy, at cycle 4 prior to vaccine administration, and at 12-17 days post vaccine.

NCT05077137 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Duke University

RecruitingPhase 2Phoenix, Arizona
Phase 2: testing Cabozantinib S-malate for Clinical Stage III Cutaneous Melanoma AJCC v8

This phase II trial studies the good and bad effects of the combination of drugs called cabozantinib and nivolumab in treating patients with melanoma or squamous cell head and neck cancer that may have spread from where it first started to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant parts of the body (advanced). Cabozantinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

NCT05136196 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseAnchorage, Alaska
Not a traditional drug phase: Questionnaire Administration for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

This study collects blood and tissue samples from patients with cancer and without cancer to evaluate tests for early cancer detection. Collecting and storing samples of blood and tissue from patients with and without cancer to study in the laboratory may help researchers develop tests for the early detection of cancers.

NCT05334069 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

RecruitingPhase 2Duarte, California
Phase 2: Biospecimen Collection for Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma

This phase II trial tests the safety of positron emission tomography (PET) guided stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and how well it works to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), melanoma, and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) that has up to 5 sites of progression (oligoprogression) compared to standard SBRT. SBRT uses special equipment to position a patient and deliver radiation to tumors with high precision.

NCT05830058 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · City of Hope Medical Center

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseToulouse
Blocking TNF to Potentiate the ICI-dependent Immune Awakening in Melanoma

Cutaneous melanoma is a bad prognosis skin cancer, which can be treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI), such as anti-PD-1 (nivolumab, nivo) and anti-CTLA-4 (ipilimumab, ipi). However, about 50% of patients do not respond or relapse within 3 years post therapy induction, and immune-related side effects (irAEs), such as colitis, are triggered and can be treated with TNF inhibitor (TNFi; ie, infliximab, inflix).

NCT05867004 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Institut Claudius Regaud

RecruitingPhase 2Jacksonville, Florida
Phase 2: Clinical Encounter for Advanced Anal Carcinoma

This clinical trial studies the effect of cancer directed therapy given at-home versus in the clinic for patients with cancer that may have spread from where it first started to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant parts of the body (advanced). Currently most drug-related cancer care is conducted in infusion centers or specialty hospitals, where patients spend many hours a day isolated from family, friends, and familiar surroundings.

NCT05969860 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Mayo Clinic

RecruitingPhase 1Los Angeles, California
Phase 1: testing MGC026 Dose Escalation for Advanced Solid Tumor

The study is designed to understand the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, immunogenicity, and preliminary antitumor activity of vobramitamab tavatecan (MGC026) in participants with relapsed or refractory, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors The study has a dose escalation portion and a cohort expansion portion in Module A of the study. Combination therapy with pembrolizumab will occur in Module B of the study Participants will receive vobramitamab tavatecan by intravenous (IV) infusion.

NCT06242470 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · MacroGenics

RecruitingPhase 1 / Phase 2Los Angeles, California
Phase 1 / Phase 2: testing Ifinatamab deruxtecan for Recurrent or Metastatic Solid Tumors

This study is designed to assess the how well it works and safety of ifinatamab deruxtecan (I-DXD) in the following tumor types: endometrial cancer (EC); head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC); pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC); colorectal cancer (CRC); hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); adenocarcinoma of esophagus, gastroesophageal junction, and stomach (Ad-Eso/GEJ/gastric); urothelial carcinoma (UC); ovarian cancer (OVC); cervical cancer (CC); biliary tract cancer (BTC); human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2)-low breast cancer (BC); HER2 immunohistochemistry (IHC) 0 BC; cutaneous melanoma; and neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC).

NCT06330064 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Daiichi Sankyo

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseFairbanks, Alaska
Not a traditional drug phase: Non-interventional Study for Breast Carcinoma

This is a multi-site clinical study enrolling 2000 newly diagnosed patients with breast, colorectal, melanoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or non-small cell lung cancer, who are planning to receive one or more systemic cancer directed therapies with chemotherapy and/or (immune checkpoint inhibitors) ICIs.

NCT06418204 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

RecruitingPhase 3Phoenix, Arizona
Phase 3: testing IMA203 for Melanoma, Cutaneous Malignant

This clinical trial is a prospective, multicenter, open-label, randomly assigned, actively controlled, parallel-group Phase 3 clinical trial to measure the how well it works, whether it is safe and how hard side effects are to live with of treatment with IMA203 administered at the recommended phase 2 dose versus investigator's choice of treatment in patients with previously treated, unresectable or metastatic cutaneous melanoma or mucosal melanoma (MM). For patients interested in additional information on how to participate, please follow this link: https://mytomorrows.com/trials/suprame/en-us/

NCT06743126 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Immatics US, Inc.

RecruitingPhase 2Abbotsford, Victoria
Phase 2: testing Psilocybin therapy for Adjustment Disorder

This study is assessing the how well it works and safety of NPX-5 in psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of adjustment disorder due to cancer diagnosis. This study is for people who are aged between 18 and 80 years old and suffer from anxiety after adjusting to an acutely stressful event of their cancer diagnosis.

NCT07072728 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Psyence Australia Pty Ltd

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseSan Francisco, California
Not a traditional drug phase: Blood Sample for Cutaneous Melanoma

The introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) for the treatment of patients with stages IIB to IV cutaneous melanoma resulted in dramatic improvements in mortality rates for this common form of cancer. With this rapid shift in treatment, significant gaps in knowledge exist regarding the impact of ICIs on patients' symptom experiences.

NCT07148245 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · University of California, San Francisco

RecruitingPhase 3Banja Luka
Phase 3: testing MB11 (Proposed Nivolumab Biosimilar) for Advanced (Unresectable or Metastatic) Melanoma

This is a randomly assigned, multicentre, multinational, neither you nor the study doctors know who gets the real treatment, integrated study to sompare the pharmacokinetics, how well it works, safety, and immunogenicity of MB11 versus Opdivo® in subjects with previously untreated advanced (unresectable or Metastatic) Melanoma

NCT07221734 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · mAbxience Research S.L.

RecruitingPhase 1Durham, North Carolina
Phase 1: testing Secukinumab Injection for Metastatic Melanoma

The primary objective of this study is to determine the safety and feasibility of administering an IL-17A (human IgG1κ) monoclonal antibody, (Secukinumab, Cosentyx®) to participants with metastatic melanoma who have previously received immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy, experienced an immune related adverse event (colitis, hepatitis, skin rash, psoriatic arthritis) to ICI, and are re-initiating ICI therapy.

NCT07237594 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Duke University

RecruitingPhase 1 / Phase 2Madison, Wisconsin
Phase 1 / Phase 2: testing Nivolumab and Relatlimab for Metastatic Melanoma

This study is being done to see if combining HEPZATO KIT™ with nivolumab and relatlimab (Opdualag™) in patients with metastatic melanoma with liver metastasis is safe, tolerable, and will have a synergistic effect leading to improved clinical outcomes compared to the historic cohort of patients with liver metastasis treated with combination immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

NCT07281924 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · University of Wisconsin, Madison

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseBrno
Not a traditional drug phase: Intervention with telemedicine tool for Skin Cancer Prevention

The project is a national, prospective, multicenter, single-arm treatment pilot of screening skin tumors in the Czech Republic. The primary aim of the project is to methodically prepare, implement and evaluate a pilot project that will verify the suitability of the proposed procedure of early detection of skin tumors by using a telemedicine tools and setting up and testing new methods and implementation into the system of social health care.

NCT07349940 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic

RecruitingPhase 2San Francisco, California
Phase 2: testing Navlimetostat for Solid Tumors

This is an open-label, multicenter Phase 2 study evaluating Navlimetostat (BMS-986504) in participants with advanced and/or metastatic solid tumors that have MTAP deletion. The study includes a this drug alone component and a combination component in which Navlimetostat (BMS-986504) is given with other anti-cancer agents.

NCT07492680 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Bristol-Myers Squibb

RecruitingPhase 1 / Phase 2Los Angeles, California
Phase 1 / Phase 2: testing RLY-8161 for Advanced NRAS-Mutant Melanoma

This is a Phase 1/2 first-in-human, open-label multicenter study designed to measure the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics, and preliminary antitumor activity of RLY-8161, an NRAS-selective inhibitor, in participants with advanced NRAS-mutant melanoma, colorectal and other solid tumors.

NCT07584226 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Relay Therapeutics, Inc.

RecruitingPhase 1 / Phase 2Scottsdale, Arizona
Phase 1 / Phase 2: testing VMD-102 for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)

This study is to measure the whether it is safe and how hard side effects are to live with to determine (i) the recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) of VMD-102 (Phase 1), and (ii) preliminary anti-tumor how well it works (Phase 2), in participants with advanced HCC, metastatic uveal melanoma (MUM), renal cell carcinoma (RCC), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and colorectal cancer (CRC). The pharmacokinetics (PK), preliminary anti-tumor activity, and potential biomarkers of VMD-102 will also be assessed.

NCT07636785 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · VM Discovery, Inc.

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseAurora, Colorado
Not a traditional drug phase: testing Statins (atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, simvastatin, or pravastatin), +/- ezetimibe, +/- PCSK9 inhibitor (alirocumab, evolocumab, inclisiran) for Melanoma

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are a class of medications that are now standard in the treatment of melanoma. These are standard therapy for melanoma, but long-term side effects on disease in the heart arteries is poorly understood.

NCT07704918 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · University of Colorado, Denver

RecruitingPhase 1Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Phase 1: testing TAA-T Cell for DMG

This is an open-label phase 1 safety and feasibility study evaluating a novel combination therapy for Diffuse Midline Glioma (DMG), an aggressive brain tumor with a very poor prognosis - an average one-year overall survival. This study combines blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption (BBBD) using low-intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU) and microbubble treatment, and intravenous infusion of autologous, tumor multi-antigen associated specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (TAA-T) therapy.

NCT07796061 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Children's National Research Institute

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseHanoi, Hanoi
Not a traditional drug phase: IHC analysis for ENPP1, cGAS, and FAP expression for HCC - Hepatocellular Carcinoma

This Vietnam-based watch-and-measure (no experimental treatment required) study examines ecto-nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1/cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (ENPP1/cGAS) protein and stromal fibroblast activation protein (FAP) expression in multiple solid tumor samples using immunohistochemistry (IHC). The study involves no investigational treatments or participant-facing procedures.

NCT07808164 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Tam Anh Research Institute

RecruitingPhase 2Tampa, Florida
Phase 2: testing Nivolumab for Melanoma

The purpose of the study is to see if periodic (serial) blood-based testing of ctDNA (circulating tumor DNA) while receiving study treatment with study drug therapy for advanced melanoma (skin cancer) can be used to decide the best plan for care during and after initial study drug treatment.

NCT07930182 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

FAQ: Melanoma trials

How do I find recruiting Melanoma clinical trials?

This hub lists 44 recruiting Melanoma studies from a ClinicalTrials.gov snapshot, rewritten in plain English. Each card links to its NCT record. You can also search the official registry for “melanoma” at https://clinicaltrials.gov/search?cond=melanoma.

What does a Melanoma trial page on PlainTrials include?

A phase explainer, a plain-English summary grounded in the brief summary, inclusion/exclusion extracted from the public eligibility block, sponsor name, and any central contact the sponsor published. It is not a match to a trial.

Where are Melanoma studies located in this snapshot?

Sites that appear on these records include Las Vegas, Nevada; Los Angeles, California; St Louis, Missouri; Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado. A city on a record is not a guarantee that the site is taking new patients this week — call the NCT contact.

Can PlainTrials tell me if I qualify for a Melanoma study?

No. Eligibility is decided by the study team using the protocol, labs, and consent. Our “who it is for” list is a readable extract of public inclusion text only.

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