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ClinicalTrials.gov 89 recruiting now early-phase tilt #36 of 28,707 conditions

Melanoma: early-phase trial registry

89 of 269 indexed Melanoma trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #36 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

269 US clinical trials · 89 currently recruiting · #36 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Melanoma: 269 US clinical trials tracked, 89 recruiting.

Melanoma is the subject of 269 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 89 of them currently open to new participants. 19 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 184 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, running 20 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition melanoma

OPEN 89 | RECR 33% | LATE 19 | EARLY 184 | RANK #36 | SPON 20

Nearest open-share peer: Adherence, Treatment (33% recruiting · 6 trials)

Aging47.9%Post Traumatic Stress Disord41.5%Head and Neck Cancer34.2%Melanoma (this)33%Leukemia18.6%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Melanoma

Melanoma lists 89 open slots (33% of 269 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 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 is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    89 of 269 indexed trials (33.1%) are open to enrollment, against a 37.1% average across 139 conditions with 100+ trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

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

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center accounts for 20 of 269 trials (7.4%). 139 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Melanoma enrolment sits around 72 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 72 among the 267 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 155 of those (58.1%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Melanoma research is mostly interventional.

    231 interventional and 38 observational studies make up this index (85.9% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 1117Phase 267Phase 316Phase 43

Open and recent trials

269 total, page 2 of 6

RECRUITING 75 participants

In Vivo Real-time Detection of Circulating Melanoma Cells

University of Arkansas

NCT01776905

RECRUITING Phase 2 72 participants

Anti-PD-1 mAb Plus Metabolic Modulator in Solid Tumor Malignancies

Dan Zandberg

NCT04114136

RECRUITING Phase 1 69 participants

A Study in People With Advanced Cancer (Solid Tumours) to Test Different Doses of BI 3810944 and to Find Out Whether it Helps

Boehringer Ingelheim

NCT07224425

RECRUITING NA 66 participants

Excision of Lymph Node Trial (EXCILYNT) (Mel69)

Craig L Slingluff, Jr

NCT05839912

RECRUITING Phase 1 60 participants

A Study to Investigate Safety of AZD6750 in Adult Participants With Select Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors

AstraZeneca

NCT07115043

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

High Dose-Rate Brachytherapy for the Treatment of Both Primary and Secondary Unresectable Liver Malignancies

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT05053555

RECRUITING Phase 2 60 participants

Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant IO102-IO103 and Pembrolizumab KEYTRUDA® in Patients With Resectable Tumors

IO Biotech

NCT05280314

RECRUITING Phase 2 60 participants

Trial of Relatlimab, Nivolumab, and Ipilimumab in Patients With Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Melanoma Brain Metastases

Stanford University

NCT06712927

RECRUITING Phase 1 56 participants

A Study of MQ710 With and Without Pembrolizumab in People With Solid Tumor Cancer

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT05859074

RECRUITING Phase 1 55 participants

A Phase I/II Trial of Vemurafenib and Metformin to Melanoma Patients

University of Louisville

NCT01638676

RECRUITING Phase 1 52 participants

Safety and Efficacy of OBX-115 in Advanced Solid Tumors

Obsidian Therapeutics

NCT06060613

RECRUITING 50 participants

Evaluation of Hypoxia in Primary Melanoma

Yana Najjar

NCT06831071

RECRUITING Phase 1 50 participants

Safety of SBRT With Anti-PD1 and Anti-IL-8 for the Treatment of Multiple Metastases in Advanced Solid Tumors and Melanoma

Yana Najjar

NCT04572451

RECRUITING 50 participants

A Study to Assess the Long-term Safety Outcomes in Patients Previously Treated With RP1, RP2, or RP3

Replimune

NCT06887348

RECRUITING Phase 1 45 participants

Ulixertinib/Palbociclib in Patients With Advanced Pancreatic and Other Solid Tumors

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT03454035

RECRUITING Phase 1 40 participants

Study of Autologous Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Participants

Iovance Biotherapeutics

NCT06566092

RECRUITING Phase 1 40 participants

MEM-288 Oncolytic Virus Alone and in Combination With Standard of Care Therapy in Advanced Solid Tumors

Memgen

NCT05076760

RECRUITING Phase 1 40 participants

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Treating Immune-Checkpoint Inhibitor Induced-Diarrhea or Colitis in Genitourinary Cancer Patients

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT04038619

RECRUITING Phase 1 38 participants

A First-in-human, Phase I, Open-label, Multicenter Study of NM1F(Anti-PVRIG) in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

Hefei TG ImmunoPharma Co.

NCT05746897

RECRUITING Phase 1 36 participants

Clinical Trial of CD40L-augmented TIL for Patients With Advanced Melanoma

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

NCT06961357

RECRUITING Phase 2 35 participants

Neoadjuvant Immune Checkpoint Blockade + a Prebiotic Food-enriched Dietary Intervention to Optimize Immune Response in Melanoma: NEO-PreFED

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT06548789

RECRUITING Phase 1 33 participants

R-5780-01 In Combination With PD-1 Checkpoint Inhibitors (Checkpoint Protein on Immune Cells Called T Cells) in Patients With Solid Tumors

Rise Therapeutics

NCT06398418

RECRUITING Phase 2 32 participants

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Guided Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Oligoprogressive Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Melanoma, and Renal Cell Carcinoma

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT05830058

RECRUITING Phase 1 30 participants

A Study of LN-144 or LN-145 in People With Advanced Uveal Melanoma, Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma, or Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT05607095

RECRUITING Phase 1 30 participants

Radiation Combined With BIspecific T-Cell Engager in DLL3 Expressing Tumors

University of Arizona

NCT06814496

RECRUITING Phase 1 30 participants

A Clinical Study of Intratumoral MVR-T3011 (T3011) Given as a Single Agent and in Combination With Intravenous Pembrolizumab in Participants With Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors

ImmVira Pharma Co.

NCT04370587

RECRUITING Phase 1 30 participants

NeoVax + CDX-301 and Nivolumab or Pembrolizumab in Melanoma

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

NCT04930783

RECRUITING 30 participants

Effects of Anti-PD1 Adjuvant Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy on Atypical/Dysplastic Nevi

John Kirkwood

NCT06599619

RECRUITING Phase 2 26 participants

Zimberelimab (AB122) With TIGIT Inhibitor Domvanalimab (AB154) in PD-1 Relapsed/Refractory Melanoma

Diwakar Davar

NCT05130177

RECRUITING Early Phase 1 25 participants

RP1 in Primary Melanoma to Reduce the Risk of Sentinel Lymph Node Metastasis

Yana Najjar

NCT06216938

RECRUITING Phase 2 25 participants

Neoadjuvant Ipilimumab/Nivolumab for Patients With Recurrent, High Risk, Resectable Melanoma

University of Utah

NCT06365619

RECRUITING Phase 2 25 participants

Axitinib + Ipilimumab in Advanced Melanoma

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

NCT04996823

RECRUITING Phase 1 25 participants

A Feasibility Study Utilizing Immune Recall to Increase Response to Checkpoint Therapy

Duke University

NCT05077137

RECRUITING 24 participants

Correlating Early FDG PET/CT and ctDNA in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI)-Treated Melanoma Patients

University of Wisconsin, Madison

NCT06199713

RECRUITING NA 21 participants

Promoting Immunotherapy Efficacy With Low-Dose Liver RT

Jordan Kharofa

NCT07225036

RECRUITING 20 participants

Evolution of Metabolic and Immune Dysfunction in In-transit Melanoma

Yana Najjar

NCT04658303

RECRUITING Phase 1 18 participants

Adoptive T Cell Immunotherapy for Advanced Melanoma Using Engineered Lymphocytes

Loyola University

NCT02870244

RECRUITING Phase 1 18 participants

Novel RNA-lipid Particle (RNA-LP) Vaccine for Anti-PD-1 Antibody Therapy Sensitization

University of Florida

NCT05264974

RECRUITING Phase 2 14 participants

Metronomic Cyclophosphamide With Pembrolizumab in Checkpoint Inhibitor Refractory Melanoma

University of California, Irvine

NCT06771544

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 6,000 participants

Collection of Tissue & Blood From Patients w/ Benign & Malignant Tumors of the Soft Tissue & Gastrointestinal Tract

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT00582647

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 4,082 participants

A Model for Genetic Susceptibility: Melanoma

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT00591500

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 1,820 participants

MElanoma Research Lymph Node Prediction Implementation National_001

SkylineDx

NCT04759781

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 1,564 participants

A Trial to See if the Combination of Fianlimab With Cemiplimab Works Better Than Pembrolizumab for Preventing or Delaying Melanoma From Coming Back After it Has Been Removed With Surgery

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

NCT05608291

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 1,546 participants

Clinical Study of Fianlimab in Combination With Cemiplimab Versus Pembrolizumab in Adolescent and Adult Patients With Previously Untreated Unresectable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Melanoma

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

NCT05352672

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 1,230 participants

Lymphodepletion Plus Adoptive Cell Transfer With or Without Dendritic Cell Immunization in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT00338377

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 1,089 participants

A Clinical Study of Intismeran Autogene (V940) Plus Pembrolizumab in People With High-Risk Melanoma (V940-001)

Merck Sharp & Dohme

NCT05933577

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 976 participants

Safety and Efficacy of Pembrolizumab Compared to Placebo in Resected High-risk Stage II Melanoma (MK-3475-716/KEYNOTE-716)

Merck Sharp & Dohme

NCT03553836

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 840 participants

A Basket Study of Customized Autologous TCR-T Cell Therapies in Patients With Locally Advanced (Unresectable) or Metastatic Solid Tumors

TScan Therapeutics

NCT05973487

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 790 participants

Effectiveness Study of Nivolumab Compared to Placebo in Prevention of Recurrent Melanoma After Complete Resection of Stage IIB/C Melanoma

Bristol-Myers Squibb

NCT04099251

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 714 participants

A Study of Relatlimab Plus Nivolumab Versus Nivolumab Alone in Participants With Advanced Melanoma

Bristol-Myers Squibb

NCT03470922

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 117
Phase 2 67
Phase 3 16
Phase 4 3

Named interventions

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

Ipilimumab Drug
19 trials
Pembrolizumab Drug
18 trials
Nivolumab Drug
16 trials
Cyclophosphamide Drug
9 trials
Pembrolizumab Biological
9 trials
Nivolumab Biological
6 trials
nivolumab Drug
5 trials
Biospecimen Collection Procedure
5 trials

US sites by state

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

California 101 trials
New York 82 trials
Texas 78 trials
Florida 74 trials
Pennsylvania 62 trials
Massachusetts 45 trials
New Jersey 42 trials
Illinois 38 trials

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

What to do with this Melanoma page

269 registered trials, 89 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 condition card totals 269 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.