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Metastatic Melanoma: early-phase trial registry

32 of 92 indexed Metastatic Melanoma trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #148 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

92 US clinical trials · 32 currently recruiting · #148 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Metastatic Melanoma: 92 US clinical trials tracked, 32 recruiting.

Metastatic Melanoma is the subject of 92 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 32 of them currently open to new participants. 4 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 82 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, running 16 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition metastatic-melanoma

OPEN 32 | RECR 35% | LATE 4 | EARLY 82 | RANK #148 | SPON 16

Nearest open-share peer: Invasive Breast Carcinoma (35% recruiting · 46 trials)

Metastatic Malignant Solid N49.5%Cerebral Palsy48.9%Critical Illness44.6%Metastatic Melanoma (this)35%Fallopian Tube Cancer29%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Metastatic Melanoma

Metastatic Melanoma lists 32 open slots (35% of 92 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 Metastatic 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. Metastatic Melanoma is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    32 of 92 indexed trials (34.8%) 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 Metastatic Melanoma research.

    M.D. Anderson Cancer Center accounts for 16 of 92 trials (17.4%). 54 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

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

    Median target enrolment is 37 among the 92 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 72 of those (78.3%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Metastatic Melanoma research is mostly interventional.

    88 interventional and 4 observational studies make up this index (95.7% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 146Phase 236Phase 34

Open and recent trials

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ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 29 participants

Bevacizumab and Atezolizumab With or Without Cobimetinib in Treating Patients With Untreated Melanoma Brain Metastases

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT03175432

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 27 participants

Study of the Selective PI3K-Beta Inhibitor GSK2636771 in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma and PTEN Loss

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT03131908

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 24 participants

Study of Oral Azacitidine (CC-486) in Combination With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT02816021

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 21 participants

Phase I, Open-Label, Study of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes Engineered With Membrane Bound IL15 Plus Acetazolamide in Adult Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT05470283

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 20 participants

Pembrolizumab and Ibrutinib in Treating Patients With Stage III-IV Melanoma That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery

Mayo Clinic

NCT03021460

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 19 participants

Cediranib Maleate and Selumetinib Sulfate in Treating Patients With Solid Malignancies

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT01364051

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 18 participants

UCDCC#272: IL-2, Radiotherapy, and Pembrolizumab in Patients Refractory to Checkpoint Blockade

Megan Daly, MD

NCT03474497

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 18 participants

Ibrutinib in Treating Patients With Refractory Metastatic Cutaneous Melanoma

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02581930

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 17 participants

Proof of Concept of TBio-4101, Lymphodepleting Chemo, IL-2 for Relapsed/Refractory Melanoma

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

NCT05628883

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 16 participants

Testing the Addition of the Anti-cancer Drug, Tazemetostat, to the Usual Treatment (Dabrafenib and Trametinib) for Metastatic Melanoma That Has Progressed on the Usual Treatment

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT04557956

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 16 participants

Abbreviated MAPK Targeted Therapy Plus Pembrolizumab in Melanoma

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT03149029

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 15 participants

Gene-Modified T Cells With or Without Decitabine in Treating Patients With Advanced Malignancies Expressing NY-ESO-1

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

NCT02650986

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 14 participants

In Situ Immunomodulation With CDX-301, Radiation Therapy, CDX-1140 and Poly-ICLC in Patients w/ Unresectable and Metastatic Solid Tumors

University of Southern California

NCT04616248

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 12 participants

Tacrolimus, Nivolumab, and Ipilimumab in Treating Kidney Transplant Recipients With Selected Unresectable or Metastatic Cancers

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03816332

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 10 participants

A Study of LN-144 in People With Metastatic Melanoma to the Brain

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT05640193

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 1 participants

Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors With NovoTTF-200M for the Treatment of Melanoma Brain Metastases

Emory University

NCT05341349

COMPLETED 160 participants

Long-term Data Collection for Subjects in MDX-010 Studies

Bristol-Myers Squibb

NCT00928031

COMPLETED Phase 1 140 participants

Nivolumab With or Without Ipilimumab in Treating Younger Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Solid Tumors or Sarcomas

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02304458

COMPLETED Phase 2 133 participants

Phase II Trial of Allovectin-7® for Metastatic Melanoma

Vical

NCT00044356

COMPLETED Phase 2 121 participants

A Study of INCMGA00012 in Participants With Selected Solid Tumors (POD1UM-203)

Incyte Corporation

NCT03679767

COMPLETED Phase 1 115 participants

A Phase I/Ib, Multicenter, Open-Label, Dose Escalation Study of E7080 in Patients With Solid Tumors and in Combination With Temozolomide in Patients With Advanced and/or Metastatic Melanoma

Eisai

NCT00121680

COMPLETED Phase 2 76 participants

Efficacy Study of Pharmacokinetic(PK)/Pharmacodynamic(PD) Relationship of Monotherapy MORAb-004 in Metastatic Melanoma

Eisai

NCT01335009

COMPLETED Phase 2 70 participants

Study of Everolimus With Paclitaxel and Carboplatin in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

SCRI Development Innovations

NCT01014351

COMPLETED Phase 2 52 participants

Docetaxel and Vinorelbine Plus Sargramostim in Metastatic Malignant Melanoma

John P. Fruehauf

NCT00256282

COMPLETED Phase 1 50 participants

Phase I/II Trial of a Long Peptide Vaccine (LPV7) Plus TLR Agonists

Craig L Slingluff, Jr

NCT02126579

COMPLETED Phase 2 41 participants

RFT-5-dgA in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

NCT00314093

COMPLETED Phase 1 37 participants

Dose Escalation Study of MLN4924 in Adults With Melanoma

Millennium Pharmaceuticals

NCT01011530

COMPLETED Phase 2 36 participants

Phase II Study of KW2871 Combined With High Dose Interferon-α2b in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research

NCT00679289

COMPLETED Phase 1 35 participants

Abexinostat in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumor Malignancies

Rahul Aggarwal

NCT03590054

COMPLETED Phase 2 33 participants

Immunotherapy Using Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes for Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT01993719

COMPLETED Phase 1 20 participants

The Use of Dendritic Cell/Tumor Hybridomas as a Novel Tumor Vaccine in Patients With Advance Melanoma

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

NCT00626860

COMPLETED 20 participants

Melanoma Biomarker Study

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

NCT00348088

COMPLETED Phase 1 20 participants

Phase I/II Study of High-Dose Calcitriol Plus Temodar for Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

Northwestern University

NCT00301067

COMPLETED Phase 2 19 participants

Study of MAGE-3/Melan-A/gp 100/NA17 and rhIL-12 With/Out Low Dose IL-2 in Metastatic Melanoma

University of Chicago

NCT00203879

COMPLETED Phase 2 18 participants

Pembrolizumab, Standard Chemotherapy, Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes, and High- or Low-Dose Aldesleukin in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT02500576

COMPLETED Phase 2 15 participants

Dendritic Cell Vaccines + Dasatinib for Metastatic Melanoma

Walter J. Storkus

NCT01876212

COMPLETED Phase 1 15 participants

Phase I Clinical Trial of Tremelimumab Plus MEDI3617 in Patients With Unresectable Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma

F. Stephen Hodi, MD

NCT02141542

COMPLETED Phase 1 14 participants

Melanoma Checkpoint and Gut Microbiome Alteration With Microbiome Intervention

Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

NCT03817125

COMPLETED Phase 1 12 participants

Immunotherapy of Melanoma With Tumor Antigen RNA and Small Inhibitory RNA Transfected Autologous Dendritic Cells

Scott Pruitt

NCT00672542

COMPLETED Phase 2 11 participants

Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes After Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

NCT01807182

COMPLETED Phase 1 8 participants

STAT3 Inhibitor WP1066 in Treating Patients With Recurrent Malignant Glioma or Progressive Metastatic Melanoma in the Brain

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT01904123

COMPLETED Phase 2 4 participants

Radiation and Combination Immunotherapy for Melanoma

Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

NCT03850691

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 46
Phase 2 36
Phase 3 4

Named interventions

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

Pembrolizumab Drug
12 trials
Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Other
11 trials
Computed Tomography Procedure
9 trials
Ipilimumab Biological
8 trials
Nivolumab Biological
8 trials
Cyclophosphamide Drug
8 trials
Biospecimen Collection Procedure
7 trials
Nivolumab Drug
6 trials

US sites by state

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

California 29 trials
Texas 23 trials
Florida 17 trials
New York 16 trials
Maryland 16 trials
Massachusetts 14 trials
Pennsylvania 13 trials
Illinois 12 trials

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

What to do with this Metastatic Melanoma page

92 registered trials, 32 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 Metastatic Melanoma condition card totals 92 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.