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Melanoma (Skin): early-phase trial registry

7 of 54 indexed Melanoma (Skin) trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #261 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

54 US clinical trials · 7 currently recruiting · #261 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Melanoma (Skin): 54 US clinical trials tracked, 7 recruiting.

Melanoma (Skin) is the subject of 54 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 7 of them currently open to new participants. 1 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 49 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is National Cancer Institute (NCI), running 10 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition melanoma-skin

OPEN 7 | RECR 13% | LATE 1 | EARLY 49 | RANK #261 | SPON 10

Nearest open-share peer: Myocardial Ischemia (13% recruiting · 31 trials)

Cirrhosis53.7%Colorectal Carcinoma51.9%Obesity, Childhood46.3%Melanoma (this)13%Brain and Central Nervous Sy1.8%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Melanoma (Skin)

Melanoma (Skin) lists 7 open slots (13% of 54 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 Melanoma (Skin) 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 (Skin) is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    7 of 54 indexed trials (13%) 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. One sponsor concentrates Melanoma (Skin) research.

    National Cancer Institute (NCI) accounts for 10 of 54 trials (18.5%). 33 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Melanoma (Skin) trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 35 among the 31 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 23 of those (74.2%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Melanoma (Skin) research is mostly interventional.

    53 interventional and 1 observational studies make up this index (98.1% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 127Phase 222Phase 31

Open and recent trials

54 total, page 1 of 2

RECRUITING NA 843 participants

Rural Adult and Youth Sun Protection Study

University of Utah

NCT06439979

RECRUITING 400 participants

Identification of Metabolic Phenotypes Associated With Melanoma Metastasis

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

NCT06400550

RECRUITING NA 396 participants

DermaSensor Postmarket Surveillance Study

DermaSensor

NCT06666790

RECRUITING Phase 1 180 participants

A Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Preliminary Efficacy of HMBD-501 in Patients With HER3-Expressing Solid Tumors

Hummingbird Bioscience

NCT06956690

RECRUITING NA 40 participants

High-Intensity Exercise and High-Fiber Diet for Immunotherapy Outcomes in Melanoma Patients: The DUO Trial

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

NCT06298734

RECRUITING Phase 2 30 participants

Phase II Study of Nivolumab in Combination With Relatlimab in Patients With Active Melanoma Brain Metastases

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT05704647

RECRUITING Phase 2 14 participants

Metronomic Cyclophosphamide With Pembrolizumab in Checkpoint Inhibitor Refractory Melanoma

University of California, Irvine

NCT06771544

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 1,150 participants

High-Dose Interferon Alfa in Treating Patients With Stage II or Stage III Melanoma

ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group

NCT00003641

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Early Phase 1 14 participants

Adaptive BRAF-MEK Inhibitor Therapy for Advanced BRAF Mutant Melanoma

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

NCT03543969

COMPLETED Phase 2 179 participants

Monoclonal Antibody With or Without gp100 Peptides Plus Montanide ISA-51 in Treating Patients With Stage IV Melanoma

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

NCT00077532

COMPLETED Phase 1 170 participants

Vaccine Therapy With or Without Cyclophosphamide in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Surgery for Stage II, Stage III, or Stage IV Melanoma

Craig L Slingluff, Jr

NCT00118274

COMPLETED Phase 1 127 participants

Multiple Class I Peptides & Montanide ISA 51 VG w Escalating Doses of Anti-PD-1 ab BMS936558

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

NCT01176461

COMPLETED Phase 2 77 participants

SWOG-9430: Surgery in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

SWOG Cancer Research Network

NCT00002860

COMPLETED Phase 2 60 participants

Vaccine Therapy and Interleukin-12 With Either Alum or Sargramostim After Surgery in Treating Patients With Melanoma

University of Southern California

NCT00031733

COMPLETED Phase 1 44 participants

PI-88 in Treating Patients With an Advanced Malignancy (Cancer) or Stage IV Melanoma

Cellxpert Biotechnology

NCT00073892

COMPLETED Phase 2 41 participants

Metabolomic and Inflammatory Effects of Oral Aspirin (ASA) in Subjects at Risk for Melanoma

University of Utah

NCT04062032

COMPLETED Phase 1 40 participants

Inhaled Sargramostim in Treating Patients With Melanoma Metastatic to the Lung

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

NCT00017121

COMPLETED Phase 2 35 participants

Isolated Limb Infusion of Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Melanoma or Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Arm or Leg That Cannot Be Removed By Surgery

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT00004250

COMPLETED Phase 1 35 participants

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IIB, Stage IIC, Stage III, or Stage IV Melanoma

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT00398073

COMPLETED Phase 2 32 participants

Ticilimumab (CP-675,206) in Treating Patients With Stage IIIC or Stage IV Melanoma

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT00471887

COMPLETED Phase 1 22 participants

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

University of Virginia

NCT00003224

COMPLETED Phase 1 22 participants

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma

Pawel Kalinski

NCT00390338

COMPLETED Phase 2 20 participants

Cyclophosphamide, Fludarabine, and High-Dose Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

NCT00085423

COMPLETED Phase 1 20 participants

Biological Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

NCT00002786

COMPLETED Phase 1 20 participants

Vaccine Therapy and Interleukin-12 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

University of Chicago

NCT00002952

COMPLETED Phase 1 20 participants

Sorafenib and Isolated Limb Infusion of Melphalan in Treating Patients With Stage III Melanoma of the Arm or Leg

Duke University

NCT00565968

COMPLETED Early Phase 1 20 participants

Hydroxychloroquine in Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma That Can Be Removed by Surgery

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

NCT00962845

COMPLETED Phase 1 19 participants

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IIB, Stage IIC, Stage III, or Stage IV Melanoma

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT00104845

COMPLETED Phase 1 15 participants

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Melanoma

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT00003556

COMPLETED Early Phase 1 15 participants

Genistein and Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma or Kidney Cancer

Northwestern University

NCT00276835

COMPLETED Phase 1 11 participants

Imiquimod and Laser Therapy With or Without a Green Dye in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma That Has Spread to Other Parts of the Skin

University of Oklahoma

NCT00453050

COMPLETED Phase 2

Pyrazoloacridine in Treating Patients With Metastatic Skin or Eye Melanoma

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

NCT00003802

COMPLETED Phase 2

Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastases From Kidney Cancer, Melanoma, or Sarcoma

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

NCT00003308

COMPLETED Phase 2

Lymphocyte-Depleting Nonmyeloablative Preparative Chemotherapy Followed By Autologous Lymphocyte Infusion, Peptide Vaccine Plus Montanide ISA-51, and Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT00079144

COMPLETED Phase 2

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IV Melanoma

SWOG Cancer Research Network

NCT00042783

COMPLETED Phase 2

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT00021164

COMPLETED Phase 2

Immunization With gp100 Protein Vaccine in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT00072085

COMPLETED Phase 2

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT00019994

COMPLETED Phase 2

Combination Chemotherapy, Total-Body Irradiation, Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation, and Lymphocyte Infusion in Treating Patients With Stage IV Melanoma

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

NCT00006233

COMPLETED Phase 1

Biological Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma or Metastatic Kidney Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT00020540

COMPLETED Phase 2

Vaccine Therapy With or Without Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma That Has Not Responded to Previous Treatment

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT00022438

COMPLETED Phase 1

Gene Therapy and Ganciclovir in Treating Patients With Stage IV Melanoma

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

NCT00005057

COMPLETED Phase 1

Vaccine Therapy With or Without Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Recurrent Metastatic Melanoma

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT00019175

COMPLETED Phase 1

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT00005633

COMPLETED Phase 1

Biological Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

NCT00045149

COMPLETED Phase 2

Vaccine Therapy With or Without Biological Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

NCT00006385

COMPLETED Phase 1

Gene Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT00005943

COMPLETED Phase 2

Irofulven in Treating Patients With Stage IV Melanoma

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT00005968

COMPLETED Phase 1

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma Who Are Undergoing Surgery for Lymph Node and Tumor Removal

Duke University

NCT00003229

COMPLETED Phase 2

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Melanoma

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT00020358

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 27
Phase 2 22
Phase 3 1

Named interventions

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

aldesleukin Biological
13 trials
incomplete Freund's adjuvant Biological
11 trials
gp100 antigen Biological
9 trials
MART-1 antigen Biological
5 trials
sargramostim Biological
4 trials
tyrosinase peptide Biological
3 trials
therapeutic tumor infiltrating lymphocytes Biological
3 trials
cyclophosphamide Drug
3 trials

US sites by state

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

Maryland 13 trials
New York 8 trials
California 7 trials
Illinois 6 trials
Texas 5 trials
Florida 5 trials
Arizona 5 trials
Washington 4 trials

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

What to do with this Melanoma (Skin) page

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

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 (Skin) condition card totals 54 registered trials; most-linked intervention aldesleukin; top US site state Maryland. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.