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NCT05727904RecruitingPhase 3

Study to Investigate Lifileucel Regimen Plus Pembrolizumab Compared With Pembrolizumab Alone in Participants With Untreated Advanced Melanoma.

A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label, Parallel Group, Treatment Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of the Lifileucel (LN-144, Autologous Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes [TIL]) Regimen in Combination With Pembrolizumab Compared With Pembrolizumab Monotherapy in Participants With Untreated, Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 24 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a Phase 3, multicenter, open-label, randomized, parallel group, treatment study to assess the efficacy and safety of lifileucel in combination with pembrolizumab compared with pembrolizumab alone in participants with untreated, unresectable or metastatic melanoma. Participants randomized to the pembrolizumab monotherapy arm who subsequently have a blinded independent central review- verified confirmed progressive disease (PD) will be offered lifileucel monotherapy in an optional crossover period.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
670 (estimated)
First submitted
6 Feb 2023
Start date
30 Mar 2023
Primary completion date
1 Mar 2028
Lead sponsor
Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Diseases
Melanoma
NCT number
NCT05727904
EU CT number
2022-503140-41-00

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Planned participants: 670
  • From 30 Mar 2023 to the primary completion date, 1 Mar 2028
  • 87 sites in 20 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Participant received more than 1 prior line of therapy.
  • Participant received prior therapy for metastatic disease
  • Participants with a BRAF V600 mutation-positive tumor received prior adjuvant/neoadjuvant ICI therapy only
  • Participant had another primary malignancy within the previous 3 years (except for those that do not require treatment or were curatively treated \>1 year ago, and in the judgment of the investigator do not pose a significant risk of recurrence.)

Other illness

  • Participant has an active medical illness(es) that, in the opinion of the investigator, would pose increased risks for study participation, such as systemic infections; seizure disorders; coagulation disorders; or other active major medical illnesses of the cardiovascular, respiratory, or immune systems.
  • Participant has a history of allogeneic cell or organ transplant.
    • Other protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria could apply.

Other

  • Participant has melanoma of uveal/ocular origin.
  • Participant has symptomatic untreated brain metastases.
  • Participant has any form of primary or acquired immunodeficiency (eg, SCID or AIDS).

Who the study is looking for

  • Participant has a histologically or pathologically confirmed diagnosis of Stage IIIC, IIID, or IV unresectable or metastatic melanoma.
  • In the investigator's assessment, the participant has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 and an estimated life expectancy of \> 6 months.
  • Participant is assessed as having at least one resectable lesion (or aggregate lesions) for lifileucel generation.
  • Participant must have at least one measurable disease as defined by RECIST 1.1 following tumor resection.
  • Participants must have adequate organ function.
  • Participants of childbearing potential or those with partners of childbearing potential must be willing to practice an approved method of highly effective birth control.
  • Participants who are \> 70 years of age may be allowed to enroll after the investigator discusses with the medical monitor.

Age in the registry: 18 years to 70 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (87)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Flinders Medical Centre
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Bedford ParkAustraliaRecruiting
Greenslopes Private Hospital
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GreenslopesAustraliaRecruiting
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
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MelbourneAustraliaRecruiting
Fiona Stanley Hospital
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MurdochAustraliaRecruiting
Westmead Hospital
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WestmeadAustraliaRecruiting
UZ Brussel
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JetteBelgiumRecruiting
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
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MontrealCanadaRecruiting
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
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TorontoCanadaRecruiting
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois Lausanne
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LausanneSwitzerlandRecruiting
Fakultni nemocnice Hradec Kralove
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Hradec KrálovéCzechiaCompleted
Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR
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BerlinGermanyRecruiting
Technische Universitaet Dresden
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DresdenGermanyRecruiting
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
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HamburgGermanyRecruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein
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LübeckGermanyRecruiting
Klinikum rechts der Isar der TU Muenchen AöR
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MunichGermanyRecruiting
LMU Klinikum Muenchen AöR
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MunichGermanyRecruiting
Universitäts-klinikum Würzburg
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WürzburgGermanyRecruiting
Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
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BarcelonaSpainRecruiting
Hospital Universitari Dexeus Grupo Quironsalud
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BarcelonaSpainRecruiting
Institut Catala D'oncologia
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L'Hospitalet de LlobregatSpainRecruiting
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
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MadridSpainRecruiting
Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro
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MadridSpainRecruiting
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
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MadridSpainRecruiting
Clinica Universidad de Navarra
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MadridSpainRecruiting
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
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MadridSpainRecruiting
Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga
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MálagaSpainRecruiting
Clínica Universidad de navarra
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PamplonaSpainRecruiting
Hospital Universitario Quironsalud Madrid
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Pozuelo de AlarcónSpainRecruiting
Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla
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SantanderSpainRecruiting
Hospital Universitario Virgen De La Macarena
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SevillaSpainRecruiting
Hospital General Universitario de Valencia
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ValenciaSpainRecruiting
HUS-Yhtymae
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HelsinkiFinlandRecruiting
Institut Paoli-Calmettes
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MarseilleFranceRecruiting
Hospital Hotel Dieu
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NantesFranceRecruiting
Hopital Saint Louis
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ParisFranceRecruiting
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
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BirminghamUnited KingdomRecruiting
Royal Marsden Hospital
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ChelseaUnited KingdomRecruiting
Beaston West of Scotland Canter Centre
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GlasgowUnited KingdomRecruiting
Sarah Cannon Research Institute UK
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LondonUnited KingdomRecruiting
Guy's Hospital
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LondonUnited KingdomRecruiting
Freeman Hospital
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Newcastle upon TyneUnited KingdomRecruiting
Laiko General Hospital of Athens
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AthensGreeceCompleted
General University Hospital Of Patras
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PatrasGreeceCompleted
Hadassah medical Center
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JerusalemIsraelRecruiting
Sheba medical center
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Ramat GanIsraelRecruiting
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
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Tel AvivIsraelWithdrawn
Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano
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AvianoItalyRecruiting
Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori "Dino Amadori" - IRST S.r.l
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MeldolaItalyRecruiting
Istituto Europeo di Oncologia s.r.l
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MilanItalyRecruiting
IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale
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NaplesItalyRecruiting
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana
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PisaItalyRecruiting
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese
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SienaItalyRecruiting
Bundang Medical Center - CHA University
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Seongnam-siSouth KoreaRecruiting
Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System
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SeoulSouth KoreaRecruiting
Samsung Medical Center
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SeoulSouth KoreaRecruiting
Seoul National University Hospital
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SeoulSouth KoreaRecruiting
Korea University Anam Hospital
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SeoulSouth KoreaRecruiting
Het Nederlands Kanker Instituut-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis Stichting
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AmsterdamNetherlandsRecruiting
Centrum Onkologii Ziemi Lubelskiej im sw Jana z Dukli
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LublinPolandCompleted
Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im Marii Sklodowskiej Curie Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy
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WarsawPolandCompleted
Sahlgrenska University Hospital-Vastra Gotalandsregionen
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GoteborgSwedenRecruiting
National Cancer Centre Singapore
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SingaporeSingaporeRecruiting
Institute of Oncology Ljubljana
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LjubljanaSloveniaCompleted
University of Colorado Cancer Center
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AuroraUnited StatesRecruiting
Baptist Cancer Center
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BartlettUnited StatesRecruiting
National Cancer Institute
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BethesdaUnited StatesRecruiting
University of Alabama at Birmingham: The Kirklin Clinic
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BirminghamUnited StatesRecruiting
MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper
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CamdenUnited StatesRecruiting
University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System
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ChicagoUnited StatesWithdrawn
Oncology Hematology Care
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CincinnatiUnited StatesRecruiting
Ohio State University
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ColumbusUnited StatesRecruiting
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Hospital dba Karmanos Cancer Center
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DetroitUnited StatesWithdrawn
Henry Ford Health
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DetroitUnited StatesWithdrawn
City of Hope
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DuarteUnited StatesRecruiting
St. Luke's Cancer Center - Anderson
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EastonUnited StatesWithdrawn
Swedish Cancer Institute
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EdmondsUnited StatesRecruiting
University of Kansas
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Kansas CityUnited StatesWithdrawn
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) - Norris Cotton Cancer Center
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LebanonUnited StatesRecruiting
USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Los AngelesUnited StatesRecruiting
University of Louisville - James Graham Brown Cancer Center
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LouisvilleUnited StatesWithdrawn
University of Minnesota
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MinneapolisUnited StatesRecruiting
SCRI Oncology Partners
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NashvilleUnited StatesRecruiting
Orlando Health Cancer Institute
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OrlandoUnited StatesRecruiting
Allegheny Health Network
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PittsburghUnited StatesRecruiting
Virginia Commonwealth University
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RichmondUnited StatesWithdrawn
Intermountain Health
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Salt Lake CityUnited StatesRecruiting
California Pacific Medical Center
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San FranciscoUnited StatesWithdrawn

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