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NCT Number: NCT06880198

Study to Evaluate Impact® as Support to Anti PD1 or Anti PD1 Based Regimen Treatment in Patients With Inoperable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Melanoma

This is a monocentric, prospective study evaluating the effectiveness in reducing immune-related adverse events, and translational study conducted on 20 patients with inoperable locally advanced or metastatic melanoma.

The patients will be treated with Oral Impact® administered at the dose of two bricks/day for 21 days + one brick/day for 14 days, starting exactly one week before Anti PD-1 treatment (nivolumab) or anti PD1 based regimen therapy (Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab or Nivolumab plus Relatlimab) as per clinical practice.

The comparison will be done with historical literature data on patients matched by age, sex, disease stage, and therapy dosage, not treated with Impact.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS - Fondazione "G. Pascale"

Naples, 80131, Italy

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Paolo A. Ascierto

CONTACT

[email protected]

+39 081 17775088

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Age ≥ 18 years;
  • Histologically confirmed stage III (unresectable) or stage IV Cutaneous Melanoma;
  • PD-L1 evaluation and as per standard clinical practice, patients with PD-L1 < 1% will be treated with anti PD1 based regimen and patients with PD-L1>1% will be treated with anti-PD1 in monotherapy;
  • Anti-PD1 (Nivolumab) or anti PD1 based regimen (Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab or Nivolumab plus Relatlimab) planned as per standard clinical practice and decision by the treating oncologist; ;
  • Measurable disease by computed tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) per RECIST 1.1 criteria;
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0 or 1;
  • Screening laboratory values must meet the following criteria before starting the treatment:
  • WBCs ≥2000/μL
  • Neutrophils ≥1500/μL
  • Platelets ≥100 x 10³/μL
  • Hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL
  • Serum creatinine of ≤1.5 times the upper normal limits or creatinine clearance >40 mL/minute
  • AST ≤ 3 times the upper normal limits
  • ALT ≤ 3 times the upper normal limits
  • Total bilirubin ≤1.5 times the upper normal limits (except patients with Gilbert Syndrome who must have total bilirubin <3.0 mg/dL)
  • Prior palliative radiotherapy must have been completed at least 2 weeks prior to study drug administration;
  • Patients of reproductive potential, must use adequate contraception methods;
  • Signed written consent form;

Exclusion criteria

  • Active brain metastases;
  • Patients with previous malignancies unless a complete remission was achieved at least 2 years prior to study entry;
  • Patients with prior systemic anticancer therapy for unresectable or metastatic melanoma;
  • Any serious or uncontrolled medical disorder or active infection that, in the opinion of the investigator, may increase the risk associated with study participation, study drug administration, or would impair the ability of the patient to receive protocol therapy;
  • Presence of active, known, or suspected autoimmune disease;
  • Subjects with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of treatment;
  • Participation in any interventional drug or medical device study within 30 days prior to treatment start;
  • Patients with active hepatitis B (defined as having a positive hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] test at screening) or active C hepatitis or active HIV;
  • History of severe hypersensitivity reactions to other monoclonal antibodies;
  • Pregnant and breast-feeding women;
  • Patients of reproductive who refuse to use effective methods of contraception.

Treatment and study plan

Oral Impact®

Dietary Supplement

One Arm: 2 Impact brick/d for 21 days + 1 brick/d for 14 days, starting exactly one week before Anti PD-1 treatment in patients with inoperable locally advanced or metastatic melanoma Treatment duration: 35 days

Primary outcomes

  1. the role of immunonutrition with Oral Impact® in reducing G3 - G4 irAEs frequency and severity grade of anti-PD1 therapy (Nivolumab) or anti-PD1 based regimen in patients with inoperable locally advanced or metastatic melanoma.

    Time frame: up to 12 months from EoT

Secondary outcomes

  1. Prognostic bio-markers evaluation

    Time frame: from day -7 up to EoT

    Evaluation of peripheral blood biomarkers, metagenomic sequencing of gut microbiota, gene profile analysis, and, if archived tissues are available, tumor tissue biomarkers.

Study contacts

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

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Fondazione Melanoma Onlus

Other

Registry information

Official study title

An Interventional, Not Pharmacological Study to Evaluate Impact® as Support to Anti PD1 or Anti PD1 Based Regimen Treatment in Patients With Inoperable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Melanoma

Acronym: MELA-IMPACT

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Mar 17, 2025
Registry last updated
Sep 17, 2025

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