CD8 PET scans to guide where immune cells are collected in advanced melanoma
Tests whether CD8 PET imaging helps choose where to collect immune cells in melanoma.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Where
- Houston, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Optimizing Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte (TIL) Harvest Site and Patient Selection With CD8-PET Imaging in Patients With
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 6 people, planned
- Starts
- 18 Feb 2027
- Expected to end
- 31 Aug 2030
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Crefmirlimb
- PET/CT imaging
- Record updated
- 15 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 advanced melanoma who are going to have standard TIL therapy (Iovance) and who have measurable metastases, one of them easy to remove by a small surgery.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Advanced melanoma confirmed by tissue examination. Two additional measurable metastases (RECIST 1.1), one of them in the skin, under the skin, soft tissue or a lymph node, so it can be harvested without opening the abdomen or pelvis.
- Earlier treatment
- Must be selected and have consented for standard-of-care TIL therapy (Iovance), due to start in 28 days or more. Must not be receiving any other investigational agents.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Not able to have standard-of-care Iovance TIL therapy
- Due to receive Iovance TIL therapy in less than 28 days
- Receiving any other investigational agents
- Psychiatric illness or social situation that would limit following the study requirements
- Pregnant women; breastfeeding must be stopped if treated with crefmirlimab
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Participants must have histologically confirmed advanced melanoma and have been selected for, eligible for, and consented for treatment with standard-of-care TIL (Iovance)
- Participants must have two additional metastases that are measurable based on RECIST 1.1 criteria, one of which must have low surgical morbidity, defined as dermal, subcutaneous, soft tissue, or nodal metastasis not requiring entry into the abdominal or pelvic cavity to harvest
- Age ≥18 years. Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently available on the use of crefmirlimab in Participants <18 years of age, children are excluded from this study
- The effects of crefmirlimab on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason and because standard-of-care TIL used in this trial are known to be teratogenic, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation. (Refer to Pregnancy Assessment Policy MD Anderson Institutional Policy # CLN1114). This includes all female Participants, between the onset of menses (as early as 8 years of age) and 55 years unless the Participant presents with an applicable exclusionary factor which may be one of the following:; Postmenopausal (no menses in greater than or equal to 12 consecutive months); History of hysterectomy or bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy; Ovarian failure (Follicle Stimulating Hormone and Estradiol in menopausal range, who have received Whole Pelvic Radiation Therapy); History of bilateral tubal ligation or another surgical sterilization procedure
- Approved methods of birth control are as follows: Hormonal contraception (i.e. birth control pills, injection, implant, transdermal patch, vaginal ring), Intrauterine device (IUD), Tubal Ligation or hysterectomy, Subject/Partner post vasectomy, Implantable or injectable contraceptives, and condoms plus spermicide. Not engaging in sexual activity for the total duration of the trial and the drug washout period is an acceptable practice; however periodic abstinence, the rhythm method, and the withdrawal method are not acceptable methods of birth control. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
- Men treated or enrolled on this protocol must also agree to use adequate contraception prior to the study, for the duration of study participation, and 4 months after completion of [Agent] administration
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Who cannot take part
- Participants who are not eligible and consented for standard-of-care Iovance TIL therapy
- Participants who are due to receive standard-of-care Iovance TIL therapy in less than 28 days
- Participants who are receiving any other investigational agents
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study because crefmirlimab is radioactive substance with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants' secondary to treatment of the mother with crefmirlimab, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with crefmirlimab. These potential risks may also apply to other agents used in this study
- Participants with psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
Where in United States
- UT MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, United StatesContact: Ashley M Holder, MDNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
To find out if the amount of CD8 immune cells at the place where TIL cells are collected is linked to how well a patient responds to treatment.
The group in the trial
- Treatment with Crefmirlimab (IV)Treatment being tested
Patients will undergo baseline research evaluation with a single crefmirlimab infusion on Day 0
Treatment: Crefmirlimb and PET/CT 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 → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Optimizing Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte (TIL) Harvest Site and Patient Selection With CD8-PET Imaging in Patients With
- Plain-language title
- CD8 PET scans to guide where immune cells are collected in advanced melanomaGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 13 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 15 September 2026