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A Study to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of IOV-3001 in Adults With Advanced Melanoma Who Will Receive Lifileucel

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of IOV-3001 in Unresectable Melanoma, Metastatic Melanoma and Ocular Melanoma, sponsored by Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.. Recruiting at 5 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-15.

Sponsored by Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Other

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Mar 2025; still recruiting 1 year 6 months later.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
42
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

A Phase 1/2, open-label study of a modified interleukin-2 fusion protein (IOV 3001) in participants with previously treated, unresectable or metastatic melanoma who will receive lifileucel.

Read the detailed description

This study is the first-in-human (FIH) study of IOV-3001. IOV-3001 is an antibody interleukin-2 (IL-2) fusion protein in which a modified form of aldesleukin is incorporated into the antibody palivizumab.

The Phase 1 portion will include 2 parts. Participants will receive IOV-3001 either before the Lifileucel regimen (Part 1) or after Lifileucel instead of aldesleukin (Part 2).

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Conditions studied

  • Unresectable Melanoma
  • Metastatic Melanoma
  • Ocular Melanoma

Keywords

  • Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes
  • TIL
  • Unresectable Melanoma
  • Metastatic Melanoma
  • Cell Therapy
  • Autologous Adoptive Cell Therapy
  • Cellular Immuno-therapy
  • IL-2
  • Autologous Adoptive Cell Transfer
  • Melanoma
  • Lifileucel
  • Stage IV Melanoma
  • Malignant Melanoma
  • Uveal Melanoma
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In context

Melanoma

3,006 studies on the registry are indexed under Melanoma; 520 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 42 is above the median of 38 across 2,351 interventional studies indexed under Melanoma.

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Lead sponsor

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 16 studies on the registry; 8 are open to participants now.

Of its 5 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 3 (60%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Participant must be ≥ 18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent.
  2. Participant has unresectable or metastatic melanoma.
  3. Participant has melanoma not of uveal/ocular origin and experienced documented radiographic disease progression during systemic therapy with a PD-1/PD-L1 blocking antibody or within 12 weeks after the last dose of the PD-1/PD-L1 blocking antibody. If the tumor is BRAF V600 mutation positive, the participant also received or refused a BRAF inhibitor with or without a MEK inhibitor.

    OR Phase 1, Part 1 only: For participants with uveal melanoma, tebentafusp must have been received if available as standard of care (human leukocyte antigen [HLA]-A*02:01 positive participant and approved by local authorities for uveal melanoma) or refused.

  4. Participant has an ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 and, in the investigator's opinion, an estimated life expectancy of > 6 months.
  5. Phase 1, Part 2 only: Following tumor resection for lifileucel generation, the participant will have at least one remaining measurable lesion, as defined by RECIST v1.1.
  6. Participant has recovered from all prior anticancer treatment-related AEs

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Participant has symptomatic untreated brain metastases.
  2. Participant is at an increased risk for systemic infections; seizure disorders; coagulation disorders; or other active major medical illnesses of the cardiovascular, respiratory, or immune systems.
  3. Participant has active uveitis that requires active treatment.
  4. Participant has any form of primary immunodeficiency (e.g., severe combined immunodeficiency disease [SCID] or AIDS).
  5. Participant has a history of hypersensitivity to any component of the study intervention.
  6. Participant had another primary malignancy within the previous 3 years.
  7. Participants who require systemic steroid therapy 10 mg/day prednisone or another steroid equivalent dose.
  8. Participants who have had a history of allogeneic organ transplant or any form of cell therapy involving prior conditioning chemotherapy within the past 20 years.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
42 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Assigned Interventions

    Dose escalation participants with unresectable or metastatic melanoma

    Biological: IOV-3001

Interventions

  • BiologicalIOV-3001

    IOV-3001 will be administered as a single dose by IV infusion, which will be administered in a hospital setting.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Safety and Tolerability

    The frequency and severity of treatment emergent adverse events and serious adverse events will be assessed when IOV-3001 administered

    Time frame: Up to 30 days

  2. Recommended Dose for Phase 2

    Determine the recommended dose for Phase 2

    Time frame: Up to 30 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Pharmacokinetics (PK) profile of IOV-3001

    PK as measured by maximum observed drug concentration in plasma (Cmax) after single dose, and area under the concentration vs. time curve (AUC) after single dose.

    Time frame: Up to 8 days

  2. Pharmacodynamic (PD) Profile of IOV-3001

    The PD profile will be assessed by evaluating changes in the expression of phenotypic markers, serum cytokines and chemokines in blood.

    Time frame: Up to 8 days

  3. Antidrug Antibody (ADA) Profile

    ADAs to IOV-3001 will be measured in blood.

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  4. Overall Response Rate (ORR)

    ORR is defined as the proportion of participants who have a confirmed CR or PR per RECIST v1.1 as assessed by the investigator from the date of lifileucel infusion until disease progression, start of a new anticancer therapy, or death due to any cause cause, whichever occurs first (up to a maximum of 5 years after the lifileucel infusion)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  5. Complete Response (CR) rate

    CR rate is defined as the proportion of participants who have a confirmed CR per RECIST v1.1 as assessed by the investigator from the date of lifileucel infusion until disease progression, start of a new anticancer therapy, or death due to any cause cause (up to a maximum of 5 years after the lifileucel infusion)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  6. Duration of Response (DOR)

    DOR is measured from the time that criteria are met for CR or PR per RECIST v1.1 as assessed by the investigator disease progression or death due to any cause (up to a maximum of 5 years after the lifileucel infusion)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  7. Disease Control Rate (DCR)

    DCR is measured by the percentage of participants with a best overall confirmed response of CR or PR at any time participants with SD ≥ 4 weeks per RECIST v1.1 as assessed by the investigator from the date of lifileucel infusion disease progression, start of a new anticancer therapy, or death due to any cause (up to a maximum of 5 years after the lifileucel infusion)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  8. Progression-Free Survival (PFS)

    PFS is defined as the time from the date of lifileucel infusion until disease progression per RECIST v1.1 as assessed by investigator or death due to any cause (up to a maximum of 5 years after the lifileucel infusion)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  9. Overall Survival (OS)

    OS is the time from the date of lifileucel infusion to death due to any cause (up to a maximum of 5 years after the lifileucel infusion)

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

  10. In vivo persistence of Lifileucel

    In vivo persistence of lifileucel products will be assessed in the blood.

    Time frame: Up to 5 years

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Study locations

5 of 5 sites recruiting
  • SCRI Oncology Partners- Denver
    Denver, Colorado 80218, United States
    Recruiting
  • UNC Hospitals, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, United States
    Recruiting
  • Sarah Cannon Research Institute
    Nashville, Tennessee 37203, United States
    Recruiting
  • Greenslopes Private Hospital
    Greenslopes, Queensland 4120, Australia
    Recruiting
  • Hollywood Private Hospital Ramsay
    Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 15, 2026, 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
NCT06940739
Lead sponsor
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 23, 2025
Start date
Mar 11, 2025
Primary completion
Jun 2032 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 2032 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 15, 2026

Study contacts

Iovance Biotherapeutics
Contact
Clinical.Inquiries@iovance.com
1-844-845-4682
Iovance Biotherapeutics Study Team
study director · Iovance Biotherapeutics

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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