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Releasing the brakes on CD8+ T cells in the melanoma sentinel lymph node by pre-operative local administration of low-dose anti-CTLA-4 (tremelimumab)

Releasing the brakes on CD8+ T cells in the melanoma sentinel lymph node by pre-operative local administration of low-dose anti-CTLA-4 (tremelimumab) - Anti-CTLA-4 in the melanoma sentinel node

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON39041
Enrollment
17
Registered
2011-05-12
Start date
2012-03-13
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-02-10

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

melanoma

Interventions

After resection of primary melanoma and seven days before surgery, clinical stage II melanoma patients undergoing a triple-technique SLN procedure will be treated by local i.d. injections, around th

Sponsors

Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Stage II melanoma WHO 0-1 performance

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: no auto-immune disease no immune deficiency

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1) To determine clinical safety and tolerability of local i.d. administration of a single dose of tremelimumab in Stage II melanoma patients scheduled to undergo a SLN procedure. 2) To ascertain the immunological effects of local i.d. injection of tremelimumab on the frequency and functionality of tumor-specific T cells and Tregs -in the SLN and in blood- and on the number and activation state of DC subsets in the SLN.

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)