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ClinicalTrials.gov 7 recruiting now early-phase tilt

Malignant Melanoma: early-phase trial registry

7 of 29 indexed Malignant Melanoma trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #552 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

29 US clinical trials · 7 currently recruiting · #552 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Malignant Melanoma: 29 US clinical trials tracked, 7 recruiting.

Malignant Melanoma is the subject of 29 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 7 of them currently open to new participants. 2 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 24 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Hoffmann-La Roche, running 3 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition malignant-melanoma

OPEN 7 | RECR 24% | LATE 2 | EARLY 24 | RANK #552 | SPON 3

Nearest open-share peer: Burnout, Professional (24% recruiting · 29 trials)

Advanced Breast Cancer62.1%Amyloidosis51.7%Malignant Melanoma (this)24%Arthritis, Rheumatoid17.2%Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia0%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Malignant Melanoma

Malignant Melanoma lists 7 open slots (24% of 29 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Malignant Melanoma on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Malignant Melanoma is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    7 of 29 indexed trials (24.1%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Malignant Melanoma trials is spread across many organizations.

    Hoffmann-La Roche accounts for 3 of 29 trials (10.3%). 26 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Malignant Melanoma trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 50 among the 29 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 21 of those (72.4%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Malignant Melanoma research is mostly interventional.

    28 interventional and 1 observational studies make up this index (96.6% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 119Phase 25Phase 32

Open and recent trials

29 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING 800 participants

The Gut Microbiome and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy in Solid Tumors

VastBiome

NCT05037825

RECRUITING Phase 2 160 participants

A Clinical Study of V940 and Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in People With Melanoma (V940-012/INTerpath-012)

Merck Sharp & Dohme

NCT06961006

RECRUITING Phase 1 76 participants

Study to Evaluate LB-LR1109, Administered Alone for the Treatment of Solid Tumor and in Combination With Atezolizumab for the Treatment of NSCLC

LG Chem

NCT06332755

RECRUITING Phase 1 73 participants

A Phase 1 of CTX-8371 in Patients With Advanced Malignancies

Compass Therapeutics

NCT06150664

RECRUITING Phase 1 60 participants

Study of CRX100 as Monotherapy and in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Patients With Advanced Solid Malignancies

BioEclipse Therapeutics

NCT04282044

RECRUITING Phase 1 60 participants

GD2-SADA:177Lu-DOTA Complex in Patients With Solid Tumors Known to Express GD2

Y-mAbs Therapeutics

NCT05130255

RECRUITING Phase 1 37 participants

RAPA-201 Therapy of Solid Tumors

Rapa Therapeutics

NCT05144698

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 29 participants

Phase II Study Incorporating Pegylated Interferon In the Treatment For Children With High-Risk Melanoma

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

NCT00539591

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 12 participants

Phase Ib of L-NMMA and Pembrolizumab

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

NCT03236935

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 9 participants

A Clinical Trial of PF-08046037 Alone or With Sasanlimab in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Malignancies

Pfizer

NCT06974734

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 8 participants

Oral Decitabine/Cedazuridine (DEC-C) in Combination With Nivolumab for Patients With Mucosal Melanoma

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT05089370

COMPLETED NA 1,951 participants

SciBase International Melanoma Pivotal Study

SciBase AB

NCT01077050

COMPLETED Phase 3 529 participants

A Trial of ABI-007 Versus Dacarbazine in Previously Untreated Patients With Metastatic Malignant Melanoma

Celgene

NCT00864253

COMPLETED Phase 3 495 participants

A Study Comparing Vemurafenib Versus Vemurafenib Plus Cobimetinib in Participants With Metastatic Melanoma

Hoffmann-La Roche

NCT01689519

COMPLETED Phase 1 190 participants

A Study Of PF-05082566 As A Single Agent And In Combination With Rituximab

Pfizer

NCT01307267

COMPLETED Phase 2 133 participants

Phase II Trial of Allovectin-7® for Metastatic Melanoma

Vical

NCT00044356

COMPLETED Phase 1 131 participants

A Study of Vemurafenib and GDC-0973 (Cobimetinib) in Participants With BRAFV600E Mutation-Positive Metastatic Melanoma

Hoffmann-La Roche

NCT01271803

COMPLETED NA 78 participants

Comparison of Video-Based Versus Written Patient Education on Melanoma

University of California, Davis

NCT00826995

COMPLETED Phase 1 52 participants

A Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Study of RO5185426 in Previously Treated Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

Hoffmann-La Roche

NCT01107418

COMPLETED Phase 2 50 participants

GM-CSF as Adjuvant Therapy of Melanoma

Northern California Melanoma Center

NCT00350597

COMPLETED Phase 2 46 participants

A Study of Combination Treatment With HF10 and Ipilimumab in Patients With Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma

Takara Bio

NCT02272855

COMPLETED Phase 1 39 participants

A Study of MDX-1106 in Patients With Selected Refractory or Relapsed Malignancies

Bristol-Myers Squibb

NCT00441337

COMPLETED Phase 1 30 participants

Phase 1B Study Evaluating Alternative Routes of Administration of CMP-001 in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Participants With Advanced Melanoma

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

NCT03084640

COMPLETED Phase 1 27 participants

An Open-Label, Dose-Escalation Study of IMC-20D7S In Participants With Malignant Melanoma

Eli Lilly and Company

NCT01137006

COMPLETED Phase 1 19 participants

A Study of the Safety and Tolerance of CAN04 and Pembrolizumab in Combination With and Without Carboplatin and Pemetrexed in Subjects With Solid Tumors

Cantargia AB

NCT04452214

COMPLETED Phase 1 18 participants

Study of the Tumor Saturation and Biological Activity of MEDI-522 (Abergrin) in Patients With Advanced Malignant Melanoma

MedImmune

NCT00111696

COMPLETED Phase 1 9 participants

In Vitro Expanded Autologous Invariant Natural Killer Cells in Cancer

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

NCT00631072

COMPLETED Phase 1 6 participants

Vaccine Treatment for Advanced Malignant Melanoma

NewLink Genetics Corporation

NCT00300612

COMPLETED Phase 1 2 participants

Pilot Study of Vigil™ + Pembrolizumab for Advanced Melanoma

Gradalis

NCT02574533

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 19
Phase 2 5
Phase 3 2

Top Sponsors

Pfizer 2 trials
SciBase AB 1 trials
Vical 1 trials
Cantargia AB 1 trials
Takara Bio 1 trials
Gradalis 1 trials
MedImmune 1 trials

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Malignant Melanoma records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Pembrolizumab Drug
4 trials
Cobimetinib Drug
2 trials
SciBase III Electrical Impedance Spectrometer Device
1 trials
Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) Drug
1 trials
Allovectin-7® Genetic
1 trials
HyperAcute-Melanoma Vaccine Biological
1 trials
IMC-20D7S (Cohort 1B) Biological
1 trials
IMC-20D7S (Cohort 4A) Biological
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Malignant Melanoma trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 14 trials
Colorado 8 trials
Pennsylvania 6 trials
Illinois 6 trials
Texas 5 trials
Tennessee 5 trials
New York 5 trials
Michigan 5 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Malignant Melanoma page

29 registered trials, 7 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • 7 Malignant Melanoma trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Hoffmann-La Roche sponsors the most Malignant Melanoma trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Hoffmann-La Roche's trials
  • Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Malignant Melanoma condition card totals 29 registered trials; most-linked intervention Pembrolizumab; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.