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Tests immunotherapy combinations before surgery for high-risk melanoma

Tests immune-boosting drugs given before surgery in adults with melanoma skin cancer.

Key facts

Who runs it
Fondazione Melanoma Onlus
Where
Meldola, Milan, Naples, Padova, Perugia, and Rome, ItalySee the 8 sites
Registry title
A Multicentre, Randomised Phase Ib Trial to evaluate Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy Combination of Nivolumab alone or plus Ipilimumab with the IL-2 Superkine MDNA11 alone or with Tocilizumab in Patients with High-Risk, Surgically Resectable Melanoma – NEO-CYT
Status
Not yet recruiting
Phase
Phase 1
People taking part
80 people, planned
Started
2 Sept 2025
Expected to end
2 Sept 2031
Type of study
Interventional
Record updated
27 October 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 high-risk melanoma that can be removed by surgery. It tests medicines given before surgery.

Age
18 years or older
Sex
Women and men can join.
Disease stage
High-risk melanoma that can be removed by surgery.

Where in Italy

  • Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori "Dino Amadori" - IRST S.r.lMeldola, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto Nazionale dei TumoriMilan, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • Istituto Europeo di Oncologia s.r.lMilan, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria - Universita degli Studi della Campania Luigi VanvitelliNaples, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione PascaleNaples, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • Istituto Oncologico VenetoPadova, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • Hospital Santa Maria Della MisericordiaPerugia, ItalyNot yet recruiting
  • I.F.O. Istituti Fisioterapici OspitalieriRome, ItalyNot yet recruiting

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on the EU's official list of trials (CTIS).
Plain-language title
Tests immunotherapy combinations before surgery for high-risk melanomaGenerated 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
27 October 2026