Tests influenza vaccine injected into melanoma tumors
Tests a flu vaccine injected directly into melanoma tumors in adults with melanoma.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Carlo Contreras
- Where
- Columbus, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Intralesional Influenza Vaccine for the Treatment of Stage I-IV Melanoma
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 1
- People taking part
- 36 people, planned
- Started
- 20 Oct 2021
- Expected to end
- 31 Dec 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- Ipilimumab
- Nivolumab
- Pembrolizumab
- Quadrivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine
- Resection
- Nivolumab + Relatlimab
- Record updated
- 13 July 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 stage I-IV skin melanoma who have a melanoma tumor that can be injected directly. The trial tests flu vaccine injected into the tumor.
- Age
- 18 to 99 years
- Sex
- Women and men can join.
- Disease stage
- Skin (cutaneous) melanoma, clinical stage I-III (Cohort 1) or stage IV (Cohort 2). At least one palpable tumor, proven by biopsy, measuring at least 1 cm (0.4 in).
- Earlier treatment
- No melanoma treatment in the 6 months before enrolment. Earlier surgery to remove the tumor is allowed.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Known allergy or intolerance to flu vaccination
- Active autoimmune disease, or steroid or other immune-suppressing medicine within 14 days
- Active brain or leptomeningeal metastasis
- Melanoma of the eye or mucous membranes
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Males or females
- 18 to 99 years of age
- Histologically confirmed cutaneous melanoma by historical pathology report review, clinical Stage I-III (Cohort #1), or Stage IV (Cohort #2) cutaneous melanoma
- At least one, biopsy-proven, palpable melanoma tumor deposit suitable for intralesional injection measuring ≥ 1 cm by digital caliper (with digital photography documentation) or ultrasound (with ultrasound image documentation)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0-1
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1.5 x 10\^3/mm\^3 (drawn at or not more than 30 days prior to the screening visit)
- Hemoglobin (Hgb) >= 8 g/dL (drawn at or not more than 30 days prior to the screening visit)
- Platelet count >= 100 x 10\^3/mm\^3 (drawn at or not more than 30 days prior to the screening visit)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) or =< 5 x ULN in patients with liver metastases (Cohort 2 only) (drawn at or not more than 30 days prior to the screening visit)
- Prothrombin time =< 1.5 x ULN (drawn at or not more than 30 days prior to the screening visit)
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x ULN (unconjugated bilirubin of < 3 x ULN for patients with known Gilbert syndrome) (drawn at or not more than 30 days prior to the screening visit)
- Creatinine clearance of >= 50 ml/min by Cockcroft-Gault equation (drawn at or not more than 30 days prior to the screening visit)
- Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must agree to use effective contraceptive methods from screening until at least:; Cohort 1: 14 days after the surgical resection for subjects in Cohort 1; Cohort 2:; Nivolumab: 5 months after the last dose of either nivolumab or intralesional Flucelvax, whichever is later; Pembrolizumab: 4 months after the last dose of either pembrolizumab or intralesional Flucelvax, whichever is later; Ipilimumab: 3 months after the last dose of either ipilimumab or intralesional Flucelvax, whichever is later; Relatlimab + nivolumab (marketed under the trade name Opdualag): 5 months after the last dose of either Opdualag or intralesional Flucelvax, whichever is later; Combination ipilimumab with other checkpoint inhibitor: Whichever is later:; 3 months after the last dose of either ipilimumab or intralesional Flucelvax; Above-bulleted recommendation for nivolumab or pembrolizumab
- Non-childbearing potential is defined as a woman who meets either of the following criteria: a) postmenopausal state defined as no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause, or b) documented hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, or bilateral oophorectomy
- Effective contraception methods are defined as one of the following:; True abstinence, defined as refraining from heterosexual intercourse, when this is in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the subject; Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, post-ovulation methods), declaration of abstinence for the duration of a trial, and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception; Condoms and spermicide; Diaphragm and spermicide; Oral or implanted hormonal contraceptive; An intra-uterine device
- WOCBP must have a negative pregnancy test (serum or urine)
Who cannot take part
- Subjects with condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (> 10 mg daily prednisone/equivalent) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of study drug administration
- Any melanoma therapy within 6 months of enrollment; though prior surgical resection is permitted
- Known allergy or intolerance to influenza vaccination
- Active, known or suspected autoimmune disease
- Patients known to be HIV positive are eligible if they meet the following criteria within 30 days prior to randomization: stable and adequate CD4 counts (≥ 350 mm\^3), and serum HIV viral load of < 25,000 IU/ml. Patients may be on or off anti-viral therapy so long as they meet the CD4 count criteria
- Active brain metastasis or leptomeningeal metastasis
- Diagnostic biopsy of ocular or mucosal melanoma
- Incarcerated patients
- Pregnant or lactating patients
- Patients incapable of independently providing consent
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 99 years old?
Where in United States
- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer CenterColumbus, United StatesContact: Carlo M. Contreras, MDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This phase I trial investigates the effects of influenza vaccine in treating patients with stage I-IV melanoma. While intramuscular administration of influenza vaccine provides immunization against the influenza virus, giving influenza vaccine directly into the tumor (intralesional) may decrease the size of the injected melanoma tumor, or the extent of the melanoma within the body.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Cohort I (resectable Stage I-III melanoma)Treatment being tested
Patients receive an influenza vaccine IM on day 0 and intratumorally on days 2 and 14 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo surgery on day 28.
Treatment: Quadrivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine and Resection
- Cohort II (unresectable Stage IV)Treatment being tested
Patients receive an influenza vaccine IM on day 0 and intratumorally on days 2, 14, 28, 42, 56, 70, 84, and 98 in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also receive standard of care (single- or dual-agent) ipilimumab, nivolumab, relatlimab, or pembrolizumab.
Treatment: Ipilimumab, Nivolumab, Pembrolizumab, Quadrivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine, and Nivolumab + Relatlimab
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 → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Intralesional Influenza Vaccine for Patients With Melanoma
- Plain-language title
- Tests influenza vaccine injected into melanoma tumorsGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT04697576, who can take part
- Record updated
- 13 July 2026