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A Study of T-VEC (Talimogene Laherparepvec) With or Without Radiotherapy for Melanoma, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, or Other Solid Tumors

A Phase 2 interventional study of TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC (TVEC) and Hypofractionated Radiotherapy in Melanoma, Merkel Cell Carcinoma and Other Solid Tumors, sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Completed at 3 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-01-29.

Sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
19
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this phase II clinical study is to test the good and bad effects of T-VEC (talimogene laherparepvec) with or without hypofractionated radiotherapy on people with melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, or other solid tumors with skin metastasis.

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Conditions studied

  • Melanoma
  • Merkel Cell Carcinoma
  • Other Solid Tumors

Keywords

  • T-VEC (Talimogene Laherparepvec)
  • Radiotherapy
  • 16-224
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In context

Carcinoma, Merkel Cell

135 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Merkel Cell; 37 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 19 is below the median of 40 across 118 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Merkel Cell.

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Lead sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is the lead sponsor of 1,930 studies on the registry; 328 are open to participants now.

Of its 129 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 66 (51%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Man or woman ≥ 18 years old
  • Life expectancy > 4 months
  • Histopathologically confirmed melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma or other solid tumor malignancy
  • Cutaneous subcutaneous soft tissue, or superficial lymphatic metastasis not suitable for surgical resection
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 to 2
  • Cutaneous subcutaneous soft tissue, or superficial lymphatic metastasis that is amenable to injection and irradiation and > 10 mm in longest dimension

    ° Cutaneous metastasis in a region of previous radiation therapy is amenable to radiation therapy as part of this protocol if at least 6 months has elapsed since prior radiotherapy and the dose of radiotherapy previously administered did not exceed an equivalent dose of 60 Gy in 2 Gy equivalent fractions at the skin surface (using linear-quadratic modeling with alpha/beta=11.5)

  • Metastasis that is > 10 mm in longest dimensionor exhibits radiotracer uptake consistent with metastasis on PET/CT
  • Adequate coagulation function (platelet count >50 k/mcL, international normalized ratio of \< 1.5)
  • Resolution or stabilization of clinically significant adverse events from prior therapy
  • Able to provide valid written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Active herpetic skin lesions or prior complications of HSV-1 infection (such as herpetic keratitis, herpetic encephalitis)
  • Receipt of a therapeutic anticoagulant
  • Receipt of live vaccine within 28 days of planned first dose of TVEC
  • Receipt of another cancer therapy (targeted therapy, chemotherapy, investigational therapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery) which is yielding an overall response (by response criteria in this study)

    ° Patients with stable or progressing disease (as determined by at least 2 consecutive assessments at 6-week interval) can continue to receive the same therapy during treatment as part of this protocol

  • History of symptomatic autoimmune disease (such as lupus, scleroderma, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis) requiring systemic treatment (for example corticosteroids or immunosuppressants); replacement therapy (for example, thyroxine, insulin) is not considered a systemic treatment
  • History of high grade (CTCAE ≥ Grade 3) immune mediated adverse event from prior cancer immunotherapy
  • History of CTCAE ≥ Grade 2 immune mediated endocrinopathy from prior cancer immunotherapy
  • Intermittent or chronic use of oral or intravenous antiherpetic drug (such as acyclovir)
  • Active or chronic hepatitis B or C infection

    ° Previously infected, with evidence of immunity and no evidence of active hepatitis is not an exclusion criterion

  • Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
  • Known leukemia or lymphoma
  • Common variable immunodeficiency
  • Patients requiring chronic high dose immunosuppressants including steroids (prednisone daily equivalent of ≥ 10 mg)
  • Known severe congenital or acquired cellular or humoral immunodeficient or immunocompromised patients
  • High likelihood of protocol non-compliance (in opinion of investigator)
  • Woman of childbearing potential unwilling to use effective contraception during protocol treatment and for 3 months after last dose of Talimogene Laherparepvec
  • Woman of childbearing potential that is pregnant or breast-feeding, or planning to become pregnant or breast-feed during protocol treatment and for 3 months after last dose of Talimogene Laherparepvec
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
19 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC with radiotherapy

    Patients will receive 3 radiotherapy treatments (one treatment every 3-5 days) during weeks 3 and 4. The first treatment will occur 6 (+/- 2) hours after the Talimogene Laherparepvec administration at week 3.Talimogene Laherparepvec will be administered at weeks 0, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15. The first dose of Talimogene Laherparepvec will be 10\^6 plaque forming units (PFU)/mL, followed three weeks later by a dose of 10\^8 pfu/mL.

    Drug: TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC (TVEC) · Radiation: Hypofractionated Radiotherapy

  • Experimental
    Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC without radiotherapy

    Patients will receive Talimogene Laherparepvec alone, as described above, without radiotherapy.

    Drug: TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC (TVEC)

Interventions

  • DrugTALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC (TVEC)
  • RadiationHypofractionated Radiotherapy
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Best Response

    Overall subject level response is defined as partial or complete (\>50% or greater decrease in largest lesion) by the modified World Health Organization (mWHO) criteria, and will include measurements of tumor size by CT component of PET/CT, and clinically by digital photography.

    Time frame: 16 weeks

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Results

Posted Jan 29, 2025

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneIntralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC Without RadiotherapyIntralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC With Radiotherapy
Started910
Completed99
Not completed01
Withdrew: Disease progression before rt01

Outcome measures

PrimaryBest Response

Overall subject level response is defined as partial or complete (\>50% or greater decrease in largest lesion) by the modified World Health Organization (mWHO) criteria, and will include measurements of tumor size by CT component of PET/CT, and clinically by digital photography.

Time frame:
16 weeks
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Best Response
ParticipantsIntralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC Without RadiotherapyIntralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC With Radiotherapy
Complete Response11
Partial Response00
Stable Disease25
Progressive Disease64

Adverse events

Collected over Up to 30 months. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC Without Radiotherapy8/9 (88.9%)0/9 (0%)9/9 (100%)
Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC With Radiotherapy9/10 (90%)0/10 (0%)10/10 (100%)
Most frequent other events
Most frequent other events
EventIntralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC Without RadiotherapyIntralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC With Radiotherapy
FeverGeneral disorders5/93/10
ChillsGeneral disorders2/95/10
FatigueGeneral disorders2/93/10
Radiation dermatitisInjury, poisoning and procedural complications0/93/10
VomitingGastrointestinal disorders1/91/10
ConstipationGastrointestinal disorders1/90/10
HypotensionVascular disorders1/90/10
PainGeneral disorders1/90/10
ConfusionPsychiatric disorders1/90/10
DyspneaRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders0/91/10

Baseline characteristics

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC Without RadiotherapyIntralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC With RadiotherapyTotal
Median70 (32 to 76)62 (44 to 87)65 (32 to 87)
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC Without RadiotherapyIntralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC With RadiotherapyTotal
Female5813
Male426
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC Without RadiotherapyIntralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC With RadiotherapyTotal
Hispanic or Latino202
Not Hispanic or Latino71017
Unknown or Not Reported000
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC Without RadiotherapyIntralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC With RadiotherapyTotal
American Indian or Alaska Native000
Asian022
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander000
Black or African American022
White9615
More than one race000
Unknown or Not Reported000
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(Participants)Intralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC Without RadiotherapyIntralesional TALIMOGENE LAHERPAREPVEC With RadiotherapyTotal
United States91019
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Study locations

3 sites
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth
    Middletown, New Jersey 07748, United States
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester
    Harrison, New York 10604, United States
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    New York, New York 10065, United States
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References and documents

Study documents

  • Protocol and statistical analysis plan · Sep 10, 2019

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 29, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02819843
Lead sponsor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Collaborators
Amgen
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 30, 2016
Start date
Jun 21, 2016
Primary completion
Feb 22, 2024
Completion
Feb 22, 2024
Results posted
Jan 29, 2025
Last update
Jan 29, 2025

Study contacts

Christopher Barker, MD
principal investigator · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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