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Taking people in GermanyPhase 2
Imaging immune cells to spot side effects in melanoma patients on immunotherapy
Tests a PET scan that tracks CD8+ immune cells in adults with metastatic melanoma.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen AöR
- Where
- Tuebingen, GermanySee the site
- Registry title
- Early detection of side effects in patients with metastatic melanoma receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy by investigation of the CD8+ immune infiltrate using [89Zr]Zr-Df-IAB22M2C-PET
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 2
- People taking part
- 35 people, planned
- Started
- 6 Sept 2022
- Expected to end
- 31 Dec 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Record updated
- 22 September 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with melanoma that has spread or cannot be removed by surgery, who are about to start immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment.
- Age
- 18 years or older.
- Sex
- Women and men can join.
- Disease stage
- Melanoma that has spread (metastatic) or cannot be removed by surgery. Performance status (ECOG) of 2 or lower.
- Earlier treatment
- Immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment must be planned as advised by the tumor board. No chemotherapy or radiotherapy in the 2 weeks before the study treatment, or longer depending on the agents used.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Known allergy to [89Zr]Zr-Df-IAB22M2C or its components
- Lasting side effects above Grade 2 from earlier cancer treatment, apart from hair loss
- Active infection above Grade 2, or heart failure NYHA III/IV
- Major surgery in the 4 weeks before starting study treatment
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding, or unwilling to use double-barrier contraception until 28 days after the last dose
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Male or female patients ≥18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent
- Patients with metastasized or irresectable melanoma
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance (ECOG) Status ≤2
- Patients scheduled for ICT as recommended by the interdisciplinary tumor board
- Understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent document prior to any study related assessments/ procedures
- Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements
- Consent to practice double-barrier contraception until end of the study (28 days after last [89Zr]Zr-Df-IAB22M2C injection): Females of childbearing potential (FCBP1) and male patients with female partner of childbearing potential1 are willing to use highly effective contraceptive methods at least 28 days before starting study drug, while participating in the study (including dose interruptions), and for at least 28 days after end of study treatment after the last dose. Recommendations (CTFG Recommendations related to contraception and pregnancy testing in clinical trials. Version 1.1, 2020) for highly effective contraceptive methods are: a) combined hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation • oral • intravaginal • transdermal b) progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation • oral • injectable • implantable c) intrauterine device (IUD) d) intrauterine hormone - releasing system (IUS) e) bilateral tubal occlusion f) vasectomized partner (2) g) sexual abstinence (3) 1For the purpose of this document, a female is considered of childbearing potential (FCBP), i.e. fertile, following menarche and until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile. Permanent sterilisation methods include hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy and bilateral oophorectomy. A postmenopausal state is defined as no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause. A high follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level in the postmenopausal range may be used to confirm a post-menopausal state in women not using hormonal contraception or hormonal replacement therapy. However, in the absence of 12 months of amenorrhea, a single FSH measurement is insufficient. For the purpose of this document, a man is considered fertile after puberty unless permanently sterile by bilateral orchidectomy. 2Vasectomised partner is a highly effective birth control method provided that partner is the sole sexual partner of the WOCBP trial participant and that the vasectomised partner has received medical assessment of the surgical success. 3In the context of the CTFG guidance sexual abstinence is considered a highly effective method only if defined as refraining from heterosexual intercourse during the entire period of risk associated with the study treatments. The reliability of sexual abstinence needs to be evaluated in relation to the duration of the clinical trial and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the subject
Who cannot take part
- Major surgery within 4 weeks of starting study treatment. Patients must have recovered from any effects of major surgery
- Patients receiving any systemic chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 2 weeks prior to study treatment or a longer period depending on the defined characteristics of the agents used
- Known hypersensitivity to [89Zr]Zr-Df-IAB22M2C or its components or to any drug with similar chemical structure or to any excipient present in the pharmaceutical form of the investigational medicinal product
- Persistent toxicity (>Grade 2) according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events [CTCAE] version 5.0, caused by previous cancer therapy, excluding alopecia
- Clinical signs of active infection (>Grade 2 according to CTCAE version 5.0)
- Heart failure NYHA III/IV
- Participation in other therapeutic clinical trials or observation period of competing trials
- Patients not able to declare meaningful informed consent on their own
- Women during pregnancy and lactation; female patients of childbearing potential or male patients with female partners of childbearing potential not willing to practice effective contraception by using a double-barrier method from Day 1 until 28 days postdose
- Male patients planning to donate sperm while participating in the study and for at least 28 days after end of study treatment
Where in Germany
- Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen AöRTuebingen, GermanyTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Feasibility of the early detection of immune-mediated ICT side effects by semiquantitative assessment of CD8+ lymphocyte infiltration using noninvasive [89Zr]Zr-Df-IAB22M2C PET imaging.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on the EU's official list of trials (CTIS).
- Official title
- Early detection of side effects in patients with metastatic melanoma receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy by investigation of the CD8+ immune infiltrate using [89Zr]Zr-Df-IAB22M2C-PET
- Plain-language title
- Imaging immune cells to spot side effects in melanoma patients on immunotherapyGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 9 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 22 September 2026