A Phase 1/2 interventional study of Nivolumab and Relatlimab and Melphalan in Metastatic Melanoma and Liver Metastases, sponsored by University of Wisconsin, Madison. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-30.
Sponsored by University of Wisconsin, Madison · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment
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Among 2,048 studies in Melanoma with a site in United States — 243 open to participants now, 439 under way, 32 of them phase 3. Melanoma · United States.
Among the 2,048 studies in Melanoma with a site in United States, this one is the 1,316th largest by planned enrollment of the 1,748 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 50 that started in 2026, is one of 287 in phase 1/2, reaches primary completion later than 406 of the 434 other live ones, and was the 2,002nd registered.
3,372 studies on the registry are indexed under Melanoma; 580 are open to participants now.
Browse Melanoma studies →243 of the 2,048 studies in Melanoma with a site in United States are open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:
Children's Oncology Group · Sites in United States
Ages up to 25
John Kirkwood · Sites in United States
Ages 18+
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute · Sites in United States
Ages 18+ · Healthy volunteers
University of Colorado, Denver · Sites in United States
Ages 55+
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Sites in United States
Ages 18+
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Of the 468 Melanoma studies recruiting now, 381 (81%) set no upper age limit and 49 (10%) stop at 75 or younger; 47 take children under 18; 29 take healthy volunteers.
This study: 18 Years and older · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.
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2,048 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.
A study in two phases is counted once above. Listed by phase, each with its combined phases: Phase 1 934 · Phase 2 907 · Phase 3 115 · Phase 4 11
First in 1991; this study’s year is marked. 50 started in 2026.
By drug class, each counting the studies that test any of its medicines:
This study's planned enrollment of 15 is below the median of 40 across 2,650 interventional studies indexed under Melanoma.
Median enrollment 37 across the 1,748 interventional studies, 156 across the 212 observational. Of the 1,481 that completed or were terminated, 598 (40%) have results posted.
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799 of 2,048 have an industry lead sponsor. The 10 most frequent:
University of Wisconsin, Madison is the lead sponsor of 1,189 studies on the registry; 182 are open to participants now.
Of its 157 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 118 (75%) have results posted.
University of Wisconsin, Madison has 9 studies filed under Melanoma — fewer than ten, so there is no comparison to draw.
141 of the studies in Melanoma with a site in United States that are under way reach primary completion within a year, 5 of them phase 3. Phase 3 first, then by date:
| Study | Primary completion |
|---|---|
| NCT05608291Phase 3Regeneron PharmaceuticalsA Trial to See if the Combination of Fianlimab With Cemiplimab Works Better Than Pembrolizumab for Preventing or Delaying Melanoma From Coming Back After it Has Been Removed With Surgery | 2027-01-15 |
| NCT05987332Phase 3IDEAYA BiosciencesIDE196 (Darovasertib) in Combination With Crizotinib as First-line Therapy in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma | 2027-01-15 |
| NCT06246916Phase 3Regeneron PharmaceuticalsA Study With Combinations of Anti-LAG-3 and Anti-PD-1 Antibodies in Adult Participants With Advanced or Metastatic Melanoma (Harmony Head-to-Head) | 2027-03-22 |
| NCT01223248Phase 3Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterRandomized Study Comparing Two Dosing Schedules for Hypofractionated Image-Guided Radiation Therapy | 2027-10 |
| NCT06112314Phase 3Immunocore LtdIMC-F106C Regimen Versus Nivolumab Regimens in Previously Untreated Advanced Melanoma (PRISM-MEL-301) | 2027-10-16 |
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Among the 2,048 studies in Melanoma with a site in United States, from their registry updates:
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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.
Co-Primary Objectives
Secondary Objectives
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Exclusion Criteria:
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The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).
Your pathology report is the document that shows this.
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.
Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.
PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are proteins that act as brakes on the immune system. Checkpoint inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab or nivolumab, block them so the immune system can attack a cancer.
PD-L1 can also be measured in a tumour sample. Some scores count stained tumour cells only (TPS); others also count certain immune cells (CPS). The study names the score and the minimum it uses.
The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.
The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.
The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.
“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
Cancer deposits in the brain from a cancer that started elsewhere in the body (CNS metastases include the spinal cord).
Studies differ: some leave out any brain metastases, some accept ones treated and stable for some weeks. Check what this study allows.
Cancer that has spread to the leptomeninges, the thin layers covering the brain and spinal cord, and the fluid between them. It is not the same as brain metastases.
Criteria often treat it separately, and many studies leave it out even where treated brain metastases are allowed.
Histologically or cytologically confirmed
The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).
Your pathology report is the document that shows this.
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Metastases
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
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Biopsy and archival tissue
A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.
Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.
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PD-1, PD-L1 and checkpoint inhibitors
PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 are proteins that act as brakes on the immune system. Checkpoint inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab or nivolumab, block them so the immune system can attack a cancer.
PD-L1 can also be measured in a tumour sample. Some scores count stained tumour cells only (TPS); others also count certain immune cells (CPS). The study names the score and the minimum it uses.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Measurable disease
The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.
The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
RECIST
The standard rules for measuring tumours on CT or MRI scans, to tell whether a cancer is shrinking, stable or growing during treatment.
“Measurable disease per RECIST 1.1” usually means at least one tumour 10 mm or more at its longest on a CT scan, or a lymph node 15 mm or more across its short axis.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hypersensitivity
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
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Brain metastases
Cancer deposits in the brain from a cancer that started elsewhere in the body (CNS metastases include the spinal cord).
Studies differ: some leave out any brain metastases, some accept ones treated and stable for some weeks. Check what this study allows.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Leptomeningeal disease
Cancer that has spread to the leptomeninges, the thin layers covering the brain and spinal cord, and the fluid between them. It is not the same as brain metastases.
Criteria often treat it separately, and many studies leave it out even where treated brain metastases are allowed.
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Drug: Nivolumab and Relatlimab · Device: Melphalan
Relatlimab is a human IgG4 LAG-3 blocking antibody. Nivolumab is a human IgG4 PD-1 blocking antibody. Nivolumab 480 mg and relatlimab 160 mg in a fixed-dose combination will be administered on Day 1 of each 28-day cycle that the participant is on treatment and will be given for up to 2 years from start of treatment.
Also known as: Opdualag
The recommended HEPZATO dose is 3 mg/kg based on ideal body weight (IBW), infusion every 6 to 8 weeks for up to 2 total infusions
Also known as: HEPZATO KIT
This study also gives Nivolumab. No intervention listed here names it: that was found by reading the record.
Incidence and Severity of Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)
A DLT is defined as any grade 4+ non-hematologic event lasting greater than 3 days (despite appropriate medical management) considered possibly related to study treatment (HEPZATO KIT™ or Opdualag™) within 12 weeks of Cycle 1 Day 1.
Time frame: up to 12 weeks
Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events
Time frame: up to 2 years
Incidence of Serious Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events
Time frame: up to 2 years
Number of Participants that Discontinue Treatment due to Adverse Events
Time frame: up to 2 years
Overall Response Rate (ORR)
The objective response rate is the proportion of all participants with confirmed Partial Response (PR) or Complete Response (CR) according to RECIST 1.1, from the start of treatment until disease progression/recurrence (taking as reference for progressive disease the smallest measurements recorded since the start of treatment).
Time frame: After treatment plus follow up for 2 years (up to 4 years)
ORR in Hepatic and Non-Hepatic Lesions
The proportion of all participants with confirmed PR or CR according to RECIST 1.1, from the start of treatment until disease progression/recurrence (taking as reference for progressive disease the smallest measurements recorded since the start of treatment) in Hepatic and Non-Hepatic Target Lesions.
Time frame: After treatment plus follow up for 2 years (up to 4 years)
Disease Control Rate (DCR)
The disease control rate is the proportion of all subjects with SD for 8 weeks, or PR, or CR according to RECIST 1.1, from the start of treatment until disease progression/recurrence (taking as reference for progressive disease the smallest measurements recorded since the start of treatment).
Time frame: After treatment plus follow up for 2 years (up to 4 years)
Progression Free Survival (PFS)
A measurement from the date of randomization until the criteria for disease progression is met as defined by RECIST 1.1 or death occurs. Participants who have not progressed will be right-censored at the date of the last disease evaluation.
Time frame: After treatment plus follow up for 2 years (up to 4 years)
Overall Survival (OS)
Overall survival is defined by the date of randomization to date of death from any cause.
Time frame: After treatment plus follow up for 2 years (up to 4 years)
Duration of Response (DOR)
Duration of overall response-the period measured from the time that measurement criteria are met for complete or partial response (whichever status is recorded first) until the date that recurrent or progressive disease is objectively documented (taking as reference for progressive disease the smallest measurements recorded since treatment started).
Time frame: After treatment plus follow up for 2 years (up to 4 years)
Number of Participants with Tumor Reduction at any time
Time frame: After treatment plus follow up for 2 years (up to 4 years)
Plan to share: Yes — Researchers must have local IRB approval for their study that is to include study of the biospecimens and accompanying data. Release of biospecimens to non-UW researchers will be performed according to all UW regulatory policies. Tissue (including blood) specimen as part of this research will be primarily stored at UW and may be sent to an outside lab/facility to achieve the objectives of the study. No study data or patient health information will be shared with a third party.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form
Access criteria: Researchers who are doing biomedical research may apply to the PI for access to blood and tissue (no patient identifiers on tubes or slides). Only de-identified information will be released with the specimens
No publications or documents are linked to this record.
Start is estimated for Nov 2026; primary completion for Dec 2030, 49 months later.
Of 85 non-industry phase 1/2 interventional studies under Melanoma, half reached primary completion within 59 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 47 and three quarters within 98. This study's planned 49 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 220 studies reached it within 61 months; a quarter within 42 and three quarters within 85.
Start moved twice since we started tracking on Sep 25, 2026: Sep 2026 → Nov 2026, last on Oct 30, 2026.
Earlier changes are on the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.
From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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