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NCT Number: NCT07527325

Fianlimab&Cemiplimab as TotalNeoadj The (TNT) ForMelanoma

This is a phase II, open label clinical trial determining efficacy of Fianlimab in combination with Cemiplimab in subjects with Melanoma. These are subjects who will have surgery to remove their cancer.

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Key information

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center University of California, Irvine

Orange, California, 92868, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • ≥18 years at the time of signing informed consent form (ICF) and able to independently complete informed consent. A certified translator must be used in the completion of informed consent for non-English speaking individuals.
  • Patients must have surgically resectable, macroscopic Stage IIIB-D cutaneous melanoma or oligometastatic resectable stage IV (M1a, M1b, and M1c) melanoma per American Joint Committee on Cancer 8th Edition Staging Criteria. Patients are eligible at the time of the initial diagnosis or recurrence after previous surgery. Patients should have > 1 RECIST measurable lesion.
  • Participants must have Eastern Cooperative Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0, 1 or 2 at initial screening.
  • Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks.
  • Adequate bone marrow, liver, and renal function:
  • Hemoglobin >8.0 g/dL
  • Platelets >75/mm3
  • ANC >1.5/mm3
  • Creatinine Clearance > 30mL/min
  • AST and ALT less than 3 times the Upper Limit of Normal. participants with Gilbert's syndrome are excluded if total bilirubin > 3.0 × ULN; or direct bilirubin > 1.5 × ULN
  • Total Bilirubin < 3.1.
  • Albumin ≥ 3.0 g/dL
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 × 109/L
  • Absolute lymphocyte count ≥ 0.5 × 109/L
  • Women of childbearing potential must have had a negative pregnancy test performed within 7 days prior to the start of treatment.
  • Females of childbearing potential and males must be willing and able to use a highly effective method of contraception to avoid pregnancy for the duration of the study and for at least 6 months after the last dose of study treatment. Acceptable means of contraception are listed in the fianlimab institutional brochure.
  • Male participants must be willing to abstain from donating sperm from the time of enrollment until 6 months after administration of study interventions.

Exclusion criteria

  • Participants with visceral, bone, or brain metastases.
  • Participants with a local recurrence in scar or surgical bed of the primary melanoma as the sole site of disease.
  • Participants with N1a or N2a only disease.
  • Participants with a diagnosis of acral, ocular or mucosal melanoma.
  • Participants with a history of a malignant disease that can interfere with interpretation of study results.
  • Participants with previous treatment with investigational or standard immunotherapy for melanoma or other malignancy.
  • Patients with a history of myocarditis.
  • Patients with a TnT or troponin I (TnI) > 2x institutional ULN at baseline. Patients with Troponin T (TnT) or troponin levels between > 1 to 2x ULN are permitted if repeat levels within 24 hours are ≤ 1x ULN. If TnT or TnI levels are > 1 to 2x ULN within 24 hours, the subject may undergo a cardiac evaluation and be considered for treatment by the investigator based on the medical judgement in the patient's best interest.
  • Participants with known untreated or symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) metastases and/or carcinomatous meningitis.
  • Known hypersensitivity to the active substances or to any of the excipients.
  • Participants with a known history of chronic viral infections as indicated below.
  • Known HBV infection defined as hepatitis B surface antigen reactive. NOTE: Participants with HBV infection on stable anti-viral therapy for > 4 weeks prior to the planned first study intervention and viral load confirmed as undetectable during Screening may be eligible.
  • Known active HCV infection defined as detectable HCV RNA (qualitative) infection. NOTE: History of HCV is not exclusionary if participant has received curative treatment and viral load is confirmed as undetectable during Screening.
  • HIV infection with CD4 count <200/microliter as measured within screening time period. Patients with HIV infectious should be on combination antiretroviral medication.
  • History or current evidence of significant (CTCAE grade ≥2) local or systemic infection (eg, cellulitis, pneumonia, septicemia) requiring systemic antibiotic treatment within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of trial medication.
  • Ongoing or recent (within 2 years) evidence of an autoimmune disease that required systemic treatment with immunosuppressive agents except for the following: . The following are non-exclusionary: vitiligo, childhood asthma that has resolved, residual hypothyroidism that requires only hormone replacement, psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment.
  • Participants with a history of allogeneic tissue/solid organ transplant.
  • Live vaccine within 30 days of the planned administration of a study drug.
  • Positive pregnancy test during screening. Pregnant or lactating women are prohibited from enrolling in this study.
  • Participants must not have any serious or uncontrolled medical disorder that, in the opinion of the investigator, may increase the risk associated with study participation or study treatment administration, impair the ability of the participant to receive protocol therapy, or interfere with the interpretation of study results.

Treatment and study plan

Fianlimab

Drug

Given IV

cemiplimab

Drug

Given IV

Primary outcomes

  1. Major Pathologic Response (MPR) Rate by RECIST v1.1

    Time frame: 16 months

    Evaluate the major pathologic response (MPR), defined as pathologic complete response (pCR) + pathologic near complete response (pnCR) after treatment with dual checkpoint blockade in the index lymph node of Cohort 2 and Cohort 3

  2. Major Pathologic Response (MPR) Rate by RECIST v1.1

    Time frame: 16 months

    Evaluate the MPR rate in the primary cutaneous melanoma site after wide local excision (if wide local excision was deferred after diagnostic biopsy)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Major Pathologic Response (MPR) Rate by RECIST v1.1

    Time frame: 16 months

    Evaluate the major pathologic response (MPR), defined as pathologic complete response (pCR) + pathologic near complete response (pnCR) in Cohort 1.

  2. Objective Response Rate (ORR) by RECIST v1.1

    Time frame: 16 months

    Sum of Complete Response (CR) and Partial Response (PR) by RECIST v 1.1. Per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.1): Complete Response (CR) is defined as the disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR) is defined as a 30% decrease in the sum of diameters of target lesions. ORR = CR + PR for each dose cohort.

  3. Event-Free Survival (EFS)

    Time frame: 28 months

    Determine the event-free survival (EFS) for each cohort. EFS is measured from the date of randomization to the first date of any of the following occurrences: disease progression that preclude surgery, toxicity from neoadjuvant treatment that precludes surgery, inability to surgically resect the primary lesion or undergo TLND, disease progression, toxic effects of adjuvant treatment if indicated, surgical complications, melanoma recurrence after surgery during the follow up period, or death from any cause.

  4. Number of Patients with Adverse Events

    Time frame: 28 months

    Number of Patients who received at least one dose of Fianlimab with Cemiplimab with any reported Adverse Events (AEs) using the CTCAE version 5.0 for reporting of nonhematologic AEs and modified criteria for hematologic AEs.

  5. Number of Patients with Immune Related Adverse Events

    Time frame: 28 months

    Number of Patients who received at least one dose of Fianlimab with Cemiplimab with reported immune related AEs (irAEs) using the CTCAE version 5.0 for reporting of nonhematologic AEs and modified criteria for hematologic AEs.

  6. Number of Patients who Discontinued Treatment Due to Reported Adverse Events

    Time frame: 28 months

    Number of Patients who received at least one dose of Fianlimab with Cemiplimab requiring discontinuation of therapy due to reported AEs using the CTCAE version 5.0 for reporting of nonhematologic AEs and modified criteria for hematologic AEs.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center University of California, Irvine

CONTACT

[email protected]

1-877-827-8839

University of California Irvine Medical

CONTACT

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of California, Irvine

Other

Collaborators

  • UC Cancer Consortium

Registry information

Official study title

Fianlimab and Cemiplimab as Total Neoadjuvant Therapy (TNT) For Melanoma

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2029
Study completion
2030
First posted
Apr 14, 2026
Registry last updated
Jun 5, 2026

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