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Melanoma of Unknown Primary: early-phase trial registry

A small indexed set (5 trials) with no open enrollment listed right now.

Corpus placement: #3,391 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

5 US clinical trials · none currently recruiting · #3,391 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Melanoma of Unknown Primary: 5 US clinical trials tracked, none currently recruiting.

Melanoma of Unknown Primary is the subject of 5 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, none currently recruiting. 1 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 4 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is National Cancer Institute (NCI), running 3 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition melanoma-of-unknown-primary

OPEN 0 | RECR 0% | LATE 1 | EARLY 4 | RANK #3391 | SPON 3

Nearest open-share peer: Accelerated Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (0% recruiting · 12 trials)

Ablation80%ACL Reconstruction80%Abuse, Drug60%Acceptability60%Melanoma of Unknown Prim (th…0%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Melanoma of Unknown Primary

Melanoma of Unknown Primary has no open enrollment in this registry pull (5 archived studies). Peers show how other volume-matched labels compare on open share. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Melanoma of Unknown Primary 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. Melanoma of Unknown Primary is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    0 of 5 indexed trials (0%) are open to enrollment, against a 46.5% average across 27,806 conditions with fewer than 20 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. One sponsor concentrates Melanoma of Unknown Primary research.

    National Cancer Institute (NCI) accounts for 3 of 5 trials (60%). 3 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Melanoma of Unknown Primary trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 94 among the 5 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 3 of those (60%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Melanoma of Unknown Primary research is mostly interventional.

    5 interventional and 0 observational studies make up this index (100% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 11Phase 23Phase 31

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 1
Phase 2 3
Phase 3 1

Named interventions

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

Ipilimumab Biological
4 trials
Nivolumab Biological
3 trials
Pembrolizumab Biological
3 trials
Recombinant Interferon Alfa-2b Biological
1 trials
Tumor Treating Fields Therapy Procedure
1 trials
Patient Observation Other
1 trials
Stereotactic Radiosurgery Radiation
1 trials
Biopsy Procedure Procedure
1 trials

US sites by state

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

California 4 trials
Arizona 4 trials
Arkansas 4 trials
Alaska 4 trials
Alabama 2 trials
Georgia 1 trials

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

What to do with this Melanoma of Unknown Primary page

5 registered trials, 0 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • No Melanoma of Unknown Primary trials are currently recruiting in this registry; that can change as new trials post, or check the broader research index. Browse research indexes
  • National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsors the most Melanoma of Unknown Primary trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See National Cancer Institute (NCI)'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 Melanoma of Unknown Primary condition card totals 5 registered trials; most-linked intervention Ipilimumab; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.