The OncLive Immunotherapy in Melanoma condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on available and investigational immunotherapies in melanoma and other skin cancers. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on updates with checkpoint inhibitors and the ongoing research with this type of treatment.
April 22nd 2024
SCIB1 plus nivolumab and ipilimumab elicited responses in patients with advanced, unresectable melanoma.
First-Line UV1 Vaccine Plus Pembrolizumab Sustains OS in Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma
First-line treatment with the universal cancer vaccine UV1 in combination with pembrolizumab sustained overall survival in patients with advanced unresectable or metastatic malignant melanoma, according to updated data from cohort 1 of the phase 1 UV1-103 trial.
Adjuvant Nivolumab Approved in Europe for Completely Resected Stage IIB or IIC Melanoma
The European Commission has approved single-agent nivolumab for use in the adjuvant treatment of adult and adolescent patients aged 12 years or older who have stage IIB or IIC melanoma and who have undergone complete resection.
mRNA-4157 Plus Pembrolizumab Under Further Investigation in Phase 3 Trial in High-Risk Melanoma
The combination of mRNA-4157 and pembrolizumab will be further evaluated as an adjuvant treatment option for patients with resected, high-risk, stage IIB to IV melanoma in the phase 3 V940-001 trial.
Adjuvant Nivolumab Receives CHMP Recommendation for Completely Resected Stage IIB/C Melanoma
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of nivolumab monotherapy for the adjuvant treatment of patients at least 12 years of age with completely resected stage IIB or IIC melanoma.
Adjuvant mRNA-4157 Plus Pembrolizumab Improves RFS in Resected High-Risk Melanoma
mRNA-4157 in combination with pembrolizumab improved recurrence-free survival compared with pembrolizumab alone when used as an adjuvant treatment in patients with resected high-risk melanoma, regardless of tumor mutational burden.
MEDI9253 Plus Durvalumab Delivers Little Efficacy in Advanced/Metastatic Solid Tumors
March 22nd 2023The addition of MEDI9253 to sequential or concurrent treatment with durvalumab failed to elicit more than 1 partial response although proving feasible and safe in patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors, according to findings from a phase 1 trial.
Nivolumab Plus Relatlimab Induces Durable Responses in Advanced Melanoma
March 16th 2023The combination of nivolumab and relatlimab demonstrated clinical benefit with a manageable safety profile in patients with advanced melanoma who have progressed on prior PD-L1 or PD-1 inhibitors, regardless of PD-L1 and LAG-3 expression, according to findings from the ongoing phase 1/2a RELATIVITY-020 trial.
The fixed-dose combination of relatlimab and nivolumab continued to demonstrate a consistent progression-free survival benefit, showcased a clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival, and elicited a higher objective response rate than nivolumab alone in previously untreated patients with metastatic or unresectable melanoma.
UV1 Vaccine Plus Pembrolizumab Shows Strong Safety, Early Activity in Metastatic Melanoma
September 2nd 2021The universal cancer vaccine UV1 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in combination with pembrolizumab elicited encouraging initial signs of clinical response with favorable safety and tolerability when used in the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma, meeting the primary end point of an ongoing phase 1 trial.
FDA Approves Cemiplimab for Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma
February 9, 2021 - The FDA has approved cemiplimab-rwlc as the first immunotherapy for use in patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma that has previously been treated with a hedgehog pathway inhibitor (HHI) or for whom a HHI is not appropriate.
FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to PVSRIPO for Advanced Melanoma
January 11, 2021 — The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to the novel intratumoral immunotherapy agent PVSRIPO for the treatment of patients with advanced melanoma, specifically those with stage IIIB-IV disease.
Adjuvant Nivolumab/Ipilimumab Fails to Significantly Improve RFS in High-Risk Melanoma
The immunotherapy combination of adjuvant nivolumab and ipilimumab failed to lead to a statistically significant improvement in recurrence-free survival in the intent-to-treat population of patients with resected stage IIIB/C/D or stage IV melanoma.
Experts Examine Emerging Approaches in Melanoma Management
A panel of experts discuss some of the encouraging data on emerging modalities in melanoma presented during the 2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program and share how they might apply that information to clinical practice.
Melanoma Experts Make Sense of ASCO 2020 Data and Advise on Clinical Implications
As new data emerge in the melanoma treatment paradigm, new questions have come to light regarding neoadjuvant/adjuvant strategies, reduced dosing for immunotherapy combinations, and approaches following progression on, or resistance to, PD-1 inhibition.