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Unresectable Melanoma: early-phase trial registry

8 of 25 indexed Unresectable Melanoma trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #652 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

25 US clinical trials · 8 currently recruiting · #652 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Unresectable Melanoma: 25 US clinical trials tracked, 8 recruiting.

Unresectable Melanoma is the subject of 25 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 8 of them currently open to new participants. 3 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 21 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is National Cancer Institute (NCI), running 7 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition unresectable-melanoma

OPEN 8 | RECR 32% | LATE 3 | EARLY 21 | RANK #652 | SPON 7

Nearest open-share peer: Shoulder Pain (32% recruiting · 28 trials)

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficien48%Alcohol Use40%Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia36%Alcohol-Related Disorders36%Unresectable Melanoma (this)32%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Unresectable Melanoma

Unresectable Melanoma lists 8 open slots (32% of 25 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 Unresectable 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. Unresectable Melanoma is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    8 of 25 indexed trials (32%) 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 Unresectable Melanoma research.

    National Cancer Institute (NCI) accounts for 7 of 25 trials (28%). 14 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Unresectable Melanoma enrolment sits around 94 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 94 among the 25 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 13 of those (52%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Unresectable Melanoma research is mostly interventional.

    24 interventional and 1 observational studies make up this index (96% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 16Phase 215Phase 33

Open and recent trials

25 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING Phase 3 670 participants

Study to Investigate Lifileucel Regimen Plus Pembrolizumab Compared With Pembrolizumab Alone in Participants With Untreated Advanced Melanoma.

Iovance Biotherapeutics

NCT05727904

RECRUITING Phase 2 135 participants

A Trial of LNS8801 With or Without Pembrolizumab in Patients With Refractory Melanoma

Linnaeus Therapeutics

NCT06624644

RECRUITING Phase 2 105 participants

Interleukin-6 Receptor Inhibitor Sarilumab in Combination With Ipilimumab, Nivolumab and Relatlimab in Patients With Unresectable Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma

NYU Langone Health

NCT05428007

RECRUITING Phase 2 100 participants

A Study of Lifileucel (Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocytes) in Adults With Advanced Melanoma

Iovance Biotherapeutics

NCT07288203

RECRUITING Phase 2 75 participants

Prebiotic Food-enriched Diet (PreFED) to Enhance the Microbiome and Response to First-line Immunotherapy in Unresectable Melanoma

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT06466434

RECRUITING Phase 1 53 participants

A Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of an Infusion of IOV-4001 in Adult Participants With Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma or Stage III or IV Non-small-cell Lung Cancer

Iovance Biotherapeutics

NCT05361174

RECRUITING Phase 1 42 participants

A Study to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of IOV-3001 in Adults With Advanced Melanoma Who Will Receive Lifileucel

Iovance Biotherapeutics

NCT06940739

RECRUITING 24 participants

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

University of Wisconsin, Madison

NCT06199713

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 407 participants

IO102-IO103 in Combination With Pembrolizumab Versus Pembrolizumab Alone in Advanced Melanoma (IOB-013 / KN-D18)

IO Biotech

NCT05155254

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 280 participants

Testing Two Different Treatment Schedules of Dabrafenib and Trametinib for Skin Cancer Which Has Spread

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02196181

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 267 participants

Dabrafenib and Trametinib Followed by Ipilimumab and Nivolumab or Ipilimumab and Nivolumab Followed by Dabrafenib and Trametinib in Treating Patients With Stage III-IV BRAFV600 Melanoma

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02224781

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 245 participants

Ipilimumab With or Without Sargramostim in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT01134614

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 150 participants

Using Biomarkers to Help Guide Safe Immunotherapy Discontinuation in Patients With Unresectable Stage IIIB-IV Melanoma, The PET-Stop Trial

ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group

NCT04462406

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 75 participants

Testing the Addition of Navitoclax to the Combination of Dabrafenib and Trametinib in People Who Have BRAF Mutant Melanoma

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT01989585

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 52 participants

Nivolumab With Trametinib and Dabrafenib, or Encorafenib and Binimetinib in Treating Patients With BRAF Mutated Metastatic or Unresectable Stage III-IV Melanoma

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT02910700

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 50 participants

Diet and Immune Effects Trial: DIET- A Randomized Double Blinded Dietary Intervention Study in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma Receiving Immunotherapy

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT04645680

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 43 participants

Talimogene Laherparepvec and Pembrolizumab in Treating Patients With Stage III-IV Melanoma

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02965716

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 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 2 15 participants

Rituximab and Hyaluronidase Human in Patients With Advanced Melanoma Undergoing Nivolumab and Ipilimumab Therapy

Emory University

NCT03719131

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

COMPLETED Phase 2 184 participants

A Study to Investigate the Novel Agent BNT111 and Cemiplimab in Combination or as Single Agents in Patients With Advanced Melanoma That Has Not Responded to Other Forms of Treatment

BioNTech SE

NCT04526899

COMPLETED Phase 2 169 participants

Ipilimumab With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Stage III-IV Melanoma That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT01950390

COMPLETED Phase 2 121 participants

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

Incyte Corporation

NCT03679767

COMPLETED Phase 2 94 participants

Testing Treatment With Ipilimumab and Nivolumab Compared to Treatment With Ipilimumab Alone in Advanced Melanoma

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03033576

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 6
Phase 2 15
Phase 3 3

Named interventions

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

Ipilimumab Biological
5 trials
Pembrolizumab Biological
4 trials
Nivolumab Biological
3 trials
Echocardiography Test Procedure
3 trials
Computed Tomography Procedure
3 trials
Biospecimen Collection Procedure
3 trials
Dabrafenib Mesylate Drug
2 trials
Dabrafenib Drug
2 trials

US sites by state

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

California 14 trials
Arizona 7 trials
Alabama 7 trials
Florida 6 trials
Colorado 6 trials
Texas 4 trials
Tennessee 4 trials
New York 4 trials

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

What to do with this Unresectable Melanoma page

25 registered trials, 8 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 Unresectable Melanoma condition card totals 25 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.